LinkedIn has acquired a startup called Refresh, which offers information about the people you're meeting in a professional setup, reports TechCrunch. It is essentially a digital briefing book. The company hasn't disclosed the deal value, however this appears to be an acqui-hire with 12 of Refresh's current team of 15 expected to join LinkedIn. Refresh co-founder Bhavin Shah confirmed the deal through a blog post, in which he mentions that the Refresh has stopped accepting new users and their iOS app will be shutting down on April 15. Excited to have @RefreshApp join the LinkedIn family to give members insights to help them be better in their jobs http://t.co/AJ5wJBoD6E — LinkedIn (@LinkedIn) April 2, 2015 Refresh combs the web to find information about the person you're scheduled to meet such as news articles about them, or information from their Facebook and LinkedIn accounts to provide a better picture. LinkedIn has itself been working on incorporating more predictive computing elements in the products it offers, like the LinkedIn Connected app. So, it'll be interesting to see how the company utilises what Refresh brings to the table. Earlier this year, LinkedIn had expanded its marketing solutions platform and launched Lead Accelerator, a lead generation product for advertisers. The company had mentioned its acquisition of Bizo in August 2014 enabled the building of this product. The company had also launched Limited listings last year, through which it aggregates external jobs from certain employers in the United States. This feature was rolled out by using the technology LinkedIn acquired…
