Los Angeles - SodaHead, an online community that features group discussions on a range of topics, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $8.4 million in its second round of venture capital financing, led by Mission Ventures.

Menlo Park, Calif. - Moblyng, a developer of mobile social media services, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $5.7 million in a first round of venture capital financing, from Mohr Davidow Ventures and Deep Fork Capital.

San Francisco - Tiny Pictures, the provider of a service that lets users share camera phone pictures and videos in real-time, announced on Monday that it has secured $7.2 million in its second round of funding, led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

Boston - Visible Measures, a start-up developing a system to measure the behavior of Internet video audiences, announced on Monday that it has raised a $13.5 million second round of funding, led by Mohr Davidow Ventures.

San Francisco - Big Tent Design, a developer of social networking tools for "trusted groups," has raised around $5 million in its first round of funding, from Menlo Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing.

San Francisco - Media Machines, a provider of 3D virtual world creation software and services, has raised $9.4 million in its first round of venture capital financing, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing.

San Francisco - Social networking site Hi5 has raised $20 million in a new round of venture capital financing, led by Mohr Davidow Ventures, TechCrunch reported.

Emeryville, Calif. - Fliqz, a video-sharing site and provider of video hosting services, announced that it has raised $2.5 million in its second round of venture capital financing, led by Mohr Davidow Ventures.