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After Facebook and Twitter, SecondMarket Buyers Lust for Pinterest, ZocDoc and Klout

SecondMarket, the private market dominated by sales of stock by former employees at consumer Web and social media companies, had more than $558 million in transactions in 2011, for 55 percent year-over-year growth, it said today. Buyers tell SecondMarket they are still most interested in getting shares from regular targets like Facebook and Twitter, but some recent emerging targets include Pinterest, Practice Fusion, ZocDoc, Klout and Kickstarter. (Of course, just because there are would-be buyers doesn’t mean there are sellers.)

Practice Fusion, Helping Doctors Go Paperless, Lands $23 Million

Practice Fusion, an electronic medical record system in the cloud, lands an investment round led by Peter Thiel’s Founder’s Fund.

Salesforce.com Dips Its Toe Into Electronic Medical Records

The tech industry’s push into health care continues today, with word that Salesforce.com is investing in Practice Fusion, a closely held company in the electronic medical records business.