Memrise: Memrise, a TechStars Boston 2011 startup, announced a $1.05 million seed round from a host of investors, including Avalon Ventures, Balderton Capital, Audrey Capital, and Lerer Ventures, along with a chorus of angels. Get all the details on its blog. Memrise provides an online community that takes a crowdsourcing-plus-games approach to teaching languages, which TechCrunch's Alexia Tsotsis checked out. (Hey--also see our cheat sheet on language programs!)
