Venture capital firm East Ventures was the other investor in Le-Le-Le besides Dena's Incubate Fund, according to news provider Cnet Japan.

Alongside Ryan Holmes, CEO of Hootsuite, were venture capital firms Futura Corporation, 500 Startups, LX Ventures, 8capita Partners, and angel investors.

Veduca, a Brazil-based online video platform for educational content, raised $740,000 in its seed round from a consortium including Macmillan Digital Education, which also backed Easyaula, an online educational marketplace that makes it easy for people to learn anything from anyone.

US-based TVU Networks, a provider of mobile live broadcast solutions, has raised $4m of a $7.13m round led by SoftBank Korea Ventures.

UK-based fashion trade blog Business of Fashion has raised $2.1m in seed funding led by Index Ventures and including LVMH.

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich spin-out Qvanteq raises CHF 4m ($4.3m).