
News provider VentureBeat said actor Will Smith's Overbook Entertainment and rapper Jay-Z's Roc Nation, along with singer Shakira, skateboarder Rob Dyrdek, soccer star Gerard Pique, Skull Candy chairman Jeff Kear, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, ShoeDazzle founder Brian Lee and Omniture founder Josh James have all invested or partnered with Viddy.
At the end of 2010, Tabula Digital (now DimensionU) raised $2m to take its then-total to more than $20m.
Online sales database Salesforce, corporate venturing unit Intel Capital, and China-based media group Tencent were reportedly among Ark's $4.2m round.
Mitsui Ventures helps Israel-based gaming incentives company MoMinis raise $4.5m.
Google's corporate venturing unit backs stealth start-up Wander, joining NextView Ventures, SoftTechVC and others backing the company.
The venture firm of Google chairman Eric Schmidt is joined by First Round Capital, Greycroft and others backing the joke website.
Google Ventures' Krishna Yeshwant said the investment in the pharmaceutical research and discovery software company comes at a time the pharmaceutical industry "is going through one of the most dramatic transformations in its history".
The China-based private equity firm will reportedly work with the three corporates, including Cathay Financial Group, to invest in app design companies.
The WPP-owned consultancy business snaps up a stake in GME.FZ, a Dubai-based consultancy company it has worked with as a franchise partner since 2007.
The India-based clean tech fund has already raised $9m with backing from BP Ventures and the Indian government.