The American Superconductor-backed power grid company, which is aiming to build a SuperStation, has pulled in $3m in funding, according to a filing with the SEC.

The mobile enterprise startup has raised $4.8m in its series A round with Chevron Technology Ventures among the backers.

QualySense closed a SFr500,000 convertible loan with the Zurcher Kantonalbank's (ZKB) seed fund.

Caixa Capital Risc, the corporate venturing subsidiary of Spain's third-largest financial institution, has invested in Zero2infinity, a local company providing near-space private spaceflight for leisure.

Portfolio companies were backed with equity or long-term loans with a profit share, as SVC is trying to boost jobs in innovation in the country's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SVC said all its SFr100m would be fully invested by the end of 2013.

Intel Capital, in conjunction with SV Angel and Betaworks, has launched its Intel Innovators program on Facebook, and will invest $100,000 a month in entrepreneurs ages between 18 and 24.

Mobile app developer Schematic Labs has secured $4.8m in series A financing from investors including Softbank Capital, to add to its Google and AOL-backed seed round.

Iddiction, a startup concentrating on assisting small mobile application (app) developers with ease of distribution, has obtained $3.5m in seed funding from investors including Comcast and IDG, as it prepares to go public.