Mobile payments platform Carta Worldwide has raised $7m from DC Thomson and Difference Capital in the first tranche of its series D funding.

The online beauty products retailer will use the cash to grow its business across the Asia Pacific region.

The technology discovery company has now raised $7m in the space of a month from investors including Google's corporate venturing unit.

Medical device company Esco has launched a venture capital fund targeting the life sciences, medical and healthcare technologies sectors, which will invest $8m over a three-year period.

Soneter, which manufactures water flow and leak sensors, has raised $6m at the same time as it signed a strategic agreement with Flextronics.

The cancer diagnostics developer raised $7.4m in the Wuxi Pharmatech-backed round, and has now secured more than $15m in overall funding.

The valet parking start-up will use the cash, provided by investors including Wells Fargo-backed Norwest Venture Partners, to expand geographically.

Semiconductor company Intel's corporate venturing unit invested alongside Flint Capital, VTB and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Mobile healthcare technology company Wellframe has taken its financing this year to $10m after closing a Formation 8-backed series A round.