Funding: Smarterer, ClearSlide, and Snapdeal can now accelerate growth and products development.

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Smarterer (Founded in 2010, Boston-based skills measurement startup), has raised $1.6 million in an additional funding round led by Rethink Education with participation from True Ventures, Boston Seed Capital, and Deborah Quazzo. This startup has developed a platform that allows job searchers to show off their skills to employers through crowd-sourced online quizzes covering a variety of subjects. Smarterer has raised $4.6 million to date and will use the new funds to accelerate development and bring its assessment technology to the enterprise market.

ClearSlide (Founded in 2009, San Francisco-based sales communications platform), has raised $50 million in a Series C round led by The Social+Capital Partnership with participation from all previous investors, including Greylock Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures, Comcast Ventures, and Silicon Valley Bank. ClearSlide's SaaS combines powerpoint, editing, and screen-sharing functions into one application that also provides analytics and data to improve sales productivity. ClearSlide has raised nearly $90 million to date and will put the new funding towards hiring and product development.

Snapdeal (Founded in 2010, Indian online marketplace), has raised $134 million in new a funding led by eBay with participation from all current investors including Kalaari Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Intel Capital, and Saama Capital. Connectikpeople.co recalls that, Snapdeal is one of India's largest online shopping sites and offers deals on branded products, from mobile phones to apparel. Launched in 2010, Snapdeal has now raised around $336 million in total funding to accelerate the growth of the e-commerce market in India.