Hair colouring products, home delivery company Madison Reed raises $12m series B funding led by Norwest Venture Partners and including Maveron.

Energy grid management software provider AutoGrid Systems has raised $12.75m in series C financing from investors included Germany-based energy utility E.ON, looking to deploy its big data analytics in making energy cleaner.

Spain-based WiFi-sharing network Fon raises $14m in a venture round led by the venture capital unit of California-based microchip manufacturer Qualcomm. Other previous investors also took part in the round, including Google, Deutsche Telekom and ventures capital firms Index Ventures, Coral, Atomico.

Nexmo, a UK company that specialises in translating internet push messages into SMS, has raised $18m in a funding round led by US private equity firm Sorenson Capital. The company has raised $22.8m to date including from corporate venturing units Intel and NHN Investment, both of which participated in this latest round.

Flame-retardant plastic maker FRX Polymers raises $12 million series C financing led by Evonik Venture Capital and including BASF Venture Capital.