Whoever keeps writing those articles claiming that there's no investment money out there, take note. Although we typically only update our list of who secured funding once a week, a handful poured in today. In keeping with today's warm and fuzzy theme, we've decided to rattle off a few more start-ups that got funded. Happy Friday!

–Kitchen appliance retailer Cooking.com nailed $13 million for its ecommerce site, it announced this week. This round of VC funding comes on the heels of the $7 million it raised last January. The ten-year-old site (which is ancient in 'net terms) also offers demo videos, receipes, and extensive customer reviews of products. Ginsu knives and food processors for everyone!

–So you know how the news keeps reporting that video games are bad for kids? We beg to differ. Yet another video game company secured funding this week. SouthPeak Interactive raised $12.9 million for its indie games business in a private investment in public equity deal. Sure kiddie gamers may not be able to read, but at least one day they'll be rich!

–In less sexy investment news, Vaccsys, a Seattle-based vaccine maker, secured $9 million in first round investment. Ideally that money is going toward making shots less painful.

–Seesmic, an Internet video conversation business, earned $6 million in round two funding this week. The basic premise is that the site is a space where people can get together and have, er, conversations with each other over the Internet. Odd, but cool.