Netflix chief Reed Hastings led an $11 million round for DreamBox Learning, investing through the Charter School Growth Fund, the company announced Wednesday. Also investing in the round were venture capitalist John Doerr, publicly traded GSV Capital Corp. and individual investor Deborah Quazzo. The Web-based learning company was founded in 2006 in Bellevue, Wash., and acquired in April 2010 by the Charter Fund in partnership with Reed Hastings, the company said.

Dendreon Corporation has agreed to sell for $125 million in cash its royalty interest related to intellectual property licensed to Schering and associated with VICTRELIS, a treatment for chronic hepatitis C. The royalty interest was acquired by CPPIB Credit Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CPP Investment Board.

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Edmodo, a San Mateo, Calif.-based online network for teachers and students in K12 schools, has raised $15 million in Series B financing. Greylock Partners and Benchmark Capital led the round and, as a result, Greylock’s Reid Hoffman has joined the company’s board along with Benchmark’s Matt Cohler. Edmodo’s existing investors include Union Square Ventures and Learn Capital, the company said.

The parcel bomb sent to Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann is a wake-up call to security forces at all other banks.

Klarna, an online payments service based in Stockholm, has closed $155 million financing from DST Global, General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital. The funding will support expansion efforts. With Klarna, consumers do not have to pay for products until they are delivered. The company says it handles more than $2.5 billion worth of transactions annually.

Online comparison shopping company Nextag has acquired FanSnap, an online ticket comparison shopping site. FanSnap will relocate its team to Nextag’s headquarters in San Mateo, California. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nextag is backed by Providence Equity Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures and Technology Crossover Partners.

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SOASTA has added $12 million in fresh capital from existing shareholders The Entrepreneurs’ Fund, Canaan Partners, Formative Ventures and Pelion Venture Partners. The latest round brings SOASTA’s total raised to $32 million. The Entrepreneurs’ Fund led the round, “significantly” increasing its stake, says Chief Executive Tom Lounibos. “It was pro rata or a slight uptick for everyone else,” he says.

The computer game Angry Birds will become a live attraction for children next year when the first Angry Birds playgrounds appear in Finland, writes Reuters Life. Mobile gaming firm Rovio, which owns the hit game, earlier this year raised $42 million from venture capital firms including Accel Partners, which previously backed Facebook and Baidu, and Skype founder Niklas Zennstroem’s venture capital firm Atomico Ventures, writes Reuters Life.

The ranks of unemployed back office workers at banks--these folks are definitely not the fat cats--is growing. And many will be pleased to know that they apparently qualify for government assistance via the U.S. Labor Department's Trade Adjustment Assistance program, which was originally aimed at workers displaced because their jobs were offshored.

San Francisco-based Getaround, which has created a peer-to-peer carsharing marketplace that enables car owners to rent their cars, has partnered with the city of Portland, Ore., to launch its service in the city in February of next year.

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