Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) provided the money to Dealvertise, which was founded in June by Berlin-based incubator Found Fair Ventures.

News provider VentureBeat said actor Will Smith's Overbook Entertainment and rapper Jay-Z's Roc Nation, along with singer Shakira, skateboarder Rob Dyrdek, soccer star Gerard Pique, Skull Candy chairman Jeff Kear, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, ShoeDazzle founder Brian Lee and Omniture founder Josh James have all invested or partnered with Viddy.

At the end of 2010, Tabula Digital (now DimensionU) raised $2m to take its then-total to more than $20m.

Online sales database Salesforce, corporate venturing unit Intel Capital, and China-based media group Tencent were reportedly among Ark's $4.2m round.

An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation project to research a treatment for Glioblastoma, a type of brain tumour, has secured $1m in funding, with support from not for profit corporation i2E.

Mitsui Ventures helps Israel-based gaming incentives company MoMinis raise $4.5m.

Google's corporate venturing unit backs stealth start-up Wander, joining NextView Ventures, SoftTechVC and others backing the company.

The venture firm of Google chairman Eric Schmidt is joined by First Round Capital, Greycroft and others backing the joke website.

Imaxio, which was created partly from a spin-off from the Medical Research Council and Cambridge University in the UK, raises extra funds.