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In September mobile phone maker Nokia's corporate venturing division led the previous $10m series B round for Rocket Fuel, and was joined by Northgate, Mohr Davidow and Labrador.
Joining WPP in Visible Technologies' round were the US intelligence agencies' In-Q-Tel quasi-corporate venturing unit, venture capital firms Investor Growth Capital and Ignition Partners and an angel investor.
Venture capital firms Greycroft Partners, DFJ and ff Asset Management also invested in GameSalad's A round alongside Disney's Steamboat Ventures.
The $5.5m from Intel Capital-led consortium will help Total Immersion expand in US and Asia for its D'Fusion augmented reality platform.
Venture capital (VC) firm Emergence Capital led the B round in VigLink as a new investor and was joined by Google Ventures and VC firm First Round Capital. VigLink has now raised $7.3m since it started.
The $5.5m for Avangate is coming from venture capital firm 3TS Capital Partners' Technology in Central and Eastern Europe Fund (known as 3TS Cisco Growth Fund,) which was set up in 2007 and where Cisco is a main investor.
Family office Black Coral Capital led the round for Powerit Solutions with a consortium including Germany-based conglomerate Siemens, steel company ArcelorMittal's Clean Technology Fund, and venture capital firms @Ventures and Expansion Capital Partners.
Venture capital firm Adams Capital Management led ProspX's $8m series B round along with HPI Real Estate Services and Investments and the portfolio company has now raised $14.5m since its launch.
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