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17muscles has changed it's name to Axonify. Axonify announced it has raised an initial round of funding. "The investment, led by Bridgescale Partners in Menlo Park, CA, with participation from the Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) will be used by Axonify to fund product advancement, raise awareness about the company's offering and accelerate growth into new markets."

Instead of packing training into one grueling engagement, the startup, based, like RIM (RIMM), in Waterloo, Ont., breaks lessons into shorter, ongoing sessions. 

"Carol Leaman recently raised $3.3-million for her Waterloo-based startup, Axonify. The funding round involved two U.S. investors: Harmony Partners, a venture capital firm, and education giant Kaplan. Ms. Leaman, who sold another company, PostRank, to Google in 2011, had the choice of adding a Canadian investor to the round, but declined. "