Phone operator Verizon's corporate venturing division backs services company CardStar.

BT Imaging (BTi), an Australia-based supplier of inspection equipment for solar panels, brings in strategic investor Applied Ventures.

Agriculture chemicals group Syngenta invests in Chamelic's $1.5m round.

News provider Techcrunch reports that Google Ventures has joined online games company Ngmoco's syndicate of venture capital investors.

Media group Sunshine Wireless backs My Damn Channel's series B round.

BringMeTheNews raises $1m from media peers.

Xtify, a US-based developer of a mobile advertising service, has raised $2.8m in its first round.

Cleveland Clinic Innovations, a corporate venture-style investor on behalf of the non-profit academic medical centre in Ohio, has reinvested in Explorys' $2.55m series B round.

Venture capital firm Latterell Venture Partners added $4m to the $12m raised in April by HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals.

Sailthru, an email marketing service provider, reportedly gains $1m seed round.