Japan's NTT Docomo is leading the round with a $14m investment and also becoming the first partner to launch Eye-Fi's wireless memory card activation via mobile phones, with no computer required to share photos.

The diagnostic testing company has pulled in $20m from investors including medical research group the Mayo Clinic.

The fabless chip technology developer has closed a series C round featuring Tokyo Electron, a company which produces its own semiconductor equipment.

Cancer treatment company Galera reportedly heads to $30m round with Novartis' backing.

The fuel cell company, headed by a former Rolls Royce corporate venturing executive achieves a $500m valuation after securing a joint venture with Suzuki.

BioAmber has raised $30m in pre-IPO funding, with $10m coming from chemicals group Lanxess, which has launched a manufacturing partnership with the feedstocks company.

The round raised by the thin-film solar company follows its bumper $300m round in 2008, with a top tier syndicate including an EDF unit, private equity firm Riverstone and a unit of AES Corporation.

The internet TV streaming service is set to launch next month as it bumps its funding up to $25m thanks to a contribution from the Barry Diller-led internet firm IAC.