D2M is understood to be bringing out a prototype of the wrist-worn device, which will save the last minute of buffered memory and send it wirelessly for editing and sharing the audio file.

Michael Harries, senior director and chief technologist at the Accelerator, by email said its standard investment amount was $250,000.

Also in the round alongside Google Ventures and CrunchFund were angel investors, such as social network Bebo founder Michael Birch.

In September 2011, CardioKinetix closed a two tranche round of series E financing worth $44m, led by venture capital (VC) firms SV Life Sciences and New Leaf Venture Partners.

In addition, Sorin is investing $5m in Rainbow Medical, an Israeli medical device incubator of 10 startups founded by Yossi Gross and owner of Enopace.

Online ordering platform EatStreet, started by Wisconsin graduates, receives $2m in a series A round from new and existing backers.

Broadview Ventures, the family office of the Leducq Family Trust and a new investor in DecImmune, and venture capital firm HealthCare Ventures joined Astellas in the round.