Intel Capital made a second investment in the cloud storage platform, which will invest the cash in boosting its sales and marketing efforts.

Japan-based Star Festival has received $27.4m from one of the country's largest office supply mail-order companies as part of a partnership agreement.

The data storage company has now raised $45m, after Cisco reinvested together with several venture firms.

IDG-backed software developer Sourcebits, which has operations in both India and the US, has been acquired by software company Globo for an undisclosed amount.

Nanoscale coating company HZO has raised $20m in an oversubscribed round of series B funding, which follows $7m raised in 2011.

The cloud-based marketing technology developer has now raised $54m in equity after Softbank joined its existing investors in a $20m series B round.

The healthcare data storage service raised the debt following a $29m series B round last year that featured Intel Capital.

The media company joined backers including two other corporates, Comcast and Liberty Media, in a round that raised Tastemade's overall funding to more than $40m.

The motion sensor developer has now secured $72m across three rounds as SK Telecom joined MediaTek among the company's investors.