Business social net solutions provider SelectMinds has closed a $5.5 million first round financing, which was provided solely by Bessemer Venture Partners. The funding will go towards general expansion efforts for the New York-based company. SelectMinds has been around since 2000 and has more than 60 clients. Among the list of companies SelectMinds has worked with are JPMorgan Chase, Dow Chemical, Ernst & Young, Lockheed Martin and others/ More details in the release, which is available here (PDF).