China-based enterprise management software developer Yonyou Software's corporate venturing unit, Yonyou Xingfu Investment, has invested RMB10m ($1.6m) in kitchenware retailer Jiaku.com.

Amazon had previously bought in 2008 Shelfari, a virtual bookshelf set up by Josh Hug, co-founder of Remitly with Matthew Oppenheimer.

Quantance, a US-based mobile device battery manufacturer backed by Docomo Capital, has raised $1.65m from five investors.

High-Tech Grunderfonds (HTGF), the German state and corporate-backed early-stage investment company, has backed four local companies.

Canada-based Saltworks converts salt water into fresh water through desalination.

Founded in 2004 and located at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Spinomix helps with sample preparation of biological materials.