Southeast Asian online department store Lazada has raised a massive $250 million round led by online retail giant Tesco with participation from Access Industries, Kinnevik, and Verlinvest. Tesco's investment was announced along with its new partnership with Rocket Internet, Lazada's Berlin-based incubator. Founded in 2012, Lazada has already established a strong presence in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, and has raised over $430 million in funding to date.

Palo Alto-based digital social magazine Flipboard has raised another $50 million to complete its Series C round with a valuation of $800 million. The latest funding was led by Rizvi Traverse Management with participation from Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Ventures, and Insight Venture Partners. Flipboard, a social content aggregation and display platform, will use the new funding to continue working on tools for users to easily build magazine-like content feeds. Founded in 2012, the company has raised over $160 million in funding to date.

New York-based TV advertising company Simulmedia has raised a $25 million funding round led by previous investors Valiant Capital and R&R Ventures. Simulmedia brings web-like advertising techniques to TV, building the world's first fully-scaled digital ad targeting platform for linear television. Founded in 2009, Simulmedia has raised $58 million in funding to date.

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