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Intel Acquires Mashery

Chip maker Intel has acquired API management startup Mashery. Mashery will join Intel’s Services Division, but will remain in the same offices in San Francisco and keep its existing partnerships.

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DeveloperAuction Raises $2.7M To Change Technical Recruiting

DeveloperAuction closed a $2.7M round to change how in-house recruiters attract top engineers through an online auction process. Since launching its first auctions late last year, developers have received $225 million in job offers on the site. DeveloperAuction is currently live in several cities across the US.

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FitBit Annouces the Flex Wristband

Fitbit introduces a new form factor - a wristband - to its line of fitness tracking devices. The FitBit Flex will retail for $99, is available for preorder at www.fitbit.com, and will ship
in Spring 2013.

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About.me Goes Independent

Personal profile page startup About.me has spun out of AOL, which originally acquired the startup days after its public
launch in 2010. Since its launch, millions of about.me pages have been created by the community. About.me raised $5.7 M.

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TakeLessons Adds Tutoring
and $4M Round

TakeLessons, a marketplace for music lessons, closed a $4M round to fund expansion into new verticals. In addition to online and offline music lessons, TakeLessonns will now offer tutoring and performing arts to students in local markets.

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Ubooly, The Plush Toy With An iPhone Brain, Raised Seed Round

Ubooly, a cuddly plush toy that turns into an interactive experience when kids (and adults) slide in Apple’s iPhone or iPod touch, raised a $1.5 million seed funding round. The Boulder-based team aims to create an evolving digital experience to accompany a child’s physical toy Ubooly. The first batch of Ubooly's have already begun shipping to their new homes.

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Meet SoftTech VC’s Founders Honored as Forbes 2012 30 Under 30

Forbes released its annual ‘30 Under 30‘ list of disrupters, innovators and entrepreneurs – and we’re proud to see many of SoftTech’s rising stars represented.  Meet the SoftTech VC founders that made the list and a BIG congrats to Sam, Liam, Carly, Isaac, Zain, Stephen, and Alex!

Sam Chaudhary, 26 & Liam Don, 26 from Class Dojo (Forbes ’30 Under 30′, Education)

Class Dojo founders Sam Chaudhary and Liam Don as disrupting the classroom with their classroom management software that enables teachers to track good and bad student behavior. Since launching in 2011, six million teachers and students use Class Dojo on their smartphones, tablets, and the web to dramatically improve classroom culture and increase educational productivity.

 

 

Carly Gloge, 28 and Isaac Squires,29, from Ubooly (Forbes ’30 Under 30′, Games & Apps) Carly Gloge and Isaac Squires are the brains and games behind Ubooly, a iPhone/iPod Touch … Read more »

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