San Francisco - Gizmoz, a provider of customized, user-generated avatars for use with social media services, announced on Monday that it has raised $6.5 million in its second round of financing, led by DoCoMo Capital.

Menlo Park, Calif. - Emerging from stealth mode, Gizmoz, the developer of a new service that lets users create 3D talking characters and videos for use in blogs, social networks and e-mail, said on Thursday that it has raised $6.3 million in its first round of funding from Benchmark Capital and Columbia Capital.