3D printed orthotic company, Sols, gains $1.75m in seed funding led by Lux Capital.

Semiconductor technology company Adapteva has closed $3.6m in series B funding led by Carmel Ventures and Ericsson.

AirVend, a company that produces cashless touchscreen devices that attach to vending machines, has raised $1.2m in seed funding led by 365 Retail Markets.

Breaker, a Tokyo-based producer and distributer of mobile video entertainment, has closed $2m in seed funding.

MobStac, a platform that provides a mobile-specific e-commerce experience, has raised $2m in series B funding.

Rise Labs, creators of a nutrition and lifestyle coaching smart phone app, has raised $2.3m in funding led by Floodgate with participation from Google Ventures.

US-based Transcriptic, a Google-backed provider of automated scientific services, has raised an additional $2.8m in financing led by IA Ventures.

Canada-based GuestDriven, a hospitality software solution provider, has closed $3m in series A funding from investors including Plaza Ventures, the investment unit of real estate developer Plazacorp.