Research Triangle Park, N.C. - Digitalsmiths, a provider of broadband video indexing, analytics, and publishing technology, announced on Thursday that it has closed a $12 million second round of financing.

San Francisco - Mashery, a provider of services that help companies create APIs that open their content for use across the Web, announced that it has raised $2 million in new financing, led by .406 Ventures.

Boston - RatePoint, the provider of a new, open system for rating websites and other online content, has raised $1 million in its first round of venture capital, led by Prism VentureWorks and .406 Ventures.