The Orange Chef Company, maker of smart kitchen gadgets, raises $1.2m seed funding led by Google Ventures and SparkLabs, with the participation of investors including Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments.

University of Washington spin-out Qazzow brings in a further $2.4m series A just a month after closing its seed round.

Restaurant finder- app Retty, backed by CyberAgent and Gree, has raised $3.2m in a series B round of funding led by Itochu Ventures.

Coda payments, a company which allows users to pay for digital content using a prepaid card, has raised $2.3m in A round funding for expansion into Southeast Asia with backing from CyberAgent and Rakuten.

Automatic journal-keeping app Heyday, backed by Google Ventures as part of a $2m seed funding round in 2012, officially launches.

Ryerson University alumnus firm Figure 1 raises CAN$2m ($1.89m) seed round for healthcare photo sharing app.

The music entertainment app developer has raised $4m in a Qualcomm-backed series A round that will fuel expansion.

Google-backed toy robot maker Play-i raises $1.4m in pre-orders for its Bo & Yana robots, in a product crowdfunding campaign run through its own site.