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Curalate to relocate to Center City // First Round Capital launches First Round Review [Startup Roundup]

SEER Interactive CEO Wil Reynolds is going to swap lives with a Seattle-based CEO, Safeguard Scientifics executive vice president and managing partner James Datin resigns and more.

WHO’S GETTING FUNDED?

First Round Capital launched the First Round Review, or what the venture capital firm hopes will be “the Harvard Business Review for startups.” Subscribe here.

First Round Capital’s Dorm Room Fund announced another investment: $20,000 for PennApps-built PageVamp, which turns Facebook pages into websites.

James Datin, executive vice president and managing director of Safeguard Scientifics, resigned last week, according to a release. Datin had been with Safeguard since 2005.

WHO’S MAKING MOVES?

Life swap? SEER Interactive CEO Wil Reynolds is swapping jobs with Rand Fishkin, CEO of Seattle-based software startup Moz for a little less than a week this October. Read more on Fishkin’s blog.

Adminovate, the Center City insurance software startup, announced an international client last week: Health India TPA.

Homejoy, the First Round Capital-backed home cleaning startup that expanded to Philly in May, launched “Homejoy Perks,” where employers can offer Homejoy’s service as a benefit to their employees. Interested employers can request more info here. Read more on TechCrunch.

FastFig, the DreamIt Ventures Austin grads that offer an app to do math problems,  released new features to its app that allow teachers more control, according to the company blog. The startup is headquartered at Callowhill’s Venturef0rth coworking space.

DuckDuckGo, the Paoli anonymous search engine, launched a mobile app for Android and iOS last week.

Meet Zuppler, the five-year-old online ordering platform that serves 4,500 restaurants.

WHO’S GETTING BUZZ?

Curalate CEO Apu Gupta has a guest post on Forbes on what the rise of the visual web means for marketers. Curalate marketing lead Brendan Lowry also has a guest post on the same topic, except it’s more of a “how-to” for marketers, on Ad Council.

Speaking of the University City visual analytics firm, Curalate is moving to Ticketleap‘s office space in Center City West next week, Lowry said. Ticketleap will relocate one floor up in the same building. The Curalate team, at more than a dozen staffers, has outgrown First Round Capital’s headquarters, where it had office space since this fall.

Old City’s Artisan Mobile raised $5.5 million in a round led by First Mark Capital and Forbes took note.

Technical.ly Philly currently shares office space with Curalate at venture firm First Round Capital's office, both featured in this roundup.
Companies: Artisan Mobile / Curalate / DuckDuckGo / First Round Capital / Safeguard Scientifics / SEER Interactive / Ticketleap / Zuppler

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