US television advertising analysis company Ace Metrix gains WPP investment and board member.

AlienVault closes $4m series A round with strategic investment from Teldat and Neotec.

Online content licensing software company Attributor takes its funding to more than $25m.

HighBar joins strategic investors in Soonr funding

Kainos spins out speech software unit with venture capital firm Crescent Capital help but retaining a stake.

SK Telecom Ventures uses Asian knowledge to back Giiv.com start-up.

Novartis Venture Funds leads first round of funding for NanoPowers

The US Army has led a $3.5m first round of investment in Ogmento, a New York-based company that adds computer-generated images to the physical real-world environment, known as augmented reality.

OutSmart Power Systems, a US-based energy management developer previously backed by strategic investor Manifold Products, has raised $200,000 towards a $4m equity round.