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Social TV start-up GetGlue closes a $12 million round but it has plenty of competition. GetGlue, the fledgling social network for TV watchers and other entertainment, has raised $12 million in new financing from new and existing investors. The two-year-old company's apps and website lets its two million registered users check in to TV shows and other entertainment while chatting to other people and picking up recommendations.

Rocket Lawyer, which offers free legal documents and subscriptions for cheap legal advice, has raised $10.8 million. Just months after raising $18.5 million, online legal service Rocket Lawyer has pulled in another $10.8 million.

Rocket Lawyer, which offers free legal documents and subscriptions for cheap legal advice, has raised $10.8 million. Just months after raising $18.5 million, online legal service Rocket Lawyer has pulled in another $10.8 million.

Rocket Lawyer, which offers free legal documents and subscriptions for cheap legal advice, has raised $10.8 million. Just months after raising $18.5 million, online legal service Rocket Lawyer has pulled in another $10.8 million

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New York City's mayor laughed it up at TechStars Demo Day, claiming the Bloomberg TV show resembles the Jersey Shore and that start-ups should grow to pay "a lot of taxes." New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg stepped in front of dozens of young entrepreneurs and hundreds of investors Tuesday and joked about the Jersey Shore and taxes. This was the prelude to TechStars Demo Day in New York City, where 31 start-up founders graduating from the incubator would be presenting their ideas to would-be funders

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Pixazza, a startup backed by Google Ventures, is known for "in-image advertising," a method of overlaying photographs with relevant ads--when a user mouses over a picture of, say, a bicycle, for example, he or she might see an offer to purchase a bike from an onlne retailer such as Amazon or Sears; if a purchase is made, Pixazza takes a cut of the sale.

CoolPlanet Biofuels, a startup that churns out biofuel from cellulosic waste (think plant waste and woodchips) just snagged an undisclosed amount of cash from Google Ventures in its Series B round of funding. This comes after an $8 million funding round last year, which included GE and North Bridge Venture Partners. Out of all the biofuel players in the market, why is CoolPlanet getting so much attention