Palo Alto, Calif. - Kapow Technologies, the provider of a mashup creation platform for businesses, announced on Thursday that it has raised an $11.6 million third round of venture capital financing.

San Francisco - Mashery, a San Francisco-based provider of services and software designed to help clients build "mashup" Web services, said on Thursday that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in a new round led by Formative Ventures.

Atlanta - The Weather Channel Interactive on Tuesday announced its acquisition of Weather Bonk, a site that features user-generated and partner content on current weather conditions and forecasts.

New York - Eyespot, a provider of online media remixing technology, announced that it partnered with the producers of the Broadway musical "Spring Awakening" on a promotion that allows users to create video mashups using songs and video from the show. A contest will award the creator of the best mashup -- as judged by creator Duncan Sheik, the producers and cast members -- with a trip to New York to see the show and meet the cast.

San Diego - Eyespot, a provider of online video editing software, said on Wednesday that Paramount pictures is using its technology to allow film fans to create their own movie trailer mash-ups. The first title under the agreement is the upcoming film, "Shooter." More than 20 clips from the movie, as well as its official trailer, still photos, sound effects and music from the original score will be made available online to Eyespot users.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo on Thursday debuted a new service designed to make it easier for users and developers to create "mashups," or applications created by combining different Web-based services.