Jamaican mobile telecoms company Digicel leads $6m funding for mobile payments app developer Flint Mobile.

As marketing departments set about modernizing, Comcast Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures join $7m series B follow-on round led by Foundry Group for Integrate, provider of a dashboard that allows a single media buyer to manage campaigns and do the work of an entire team.

Lenddo, an online platform that allows members to use their online social connections to access local financial services, has raised an additional $6m in a series B funding round from Philippine incubator Kickstart Ventures, Golden Gate Ventures and Skype co-founder and angel investor Toivo Annus.

Energy efficiency company Panoramic Power closes $8m series B financing led by Marker along with existing investors including Qualcomm.

Hearst Ventures leads $8m financing, including participation of SoftBank, for Swirl Networks, provider of in-store mobile marketing platform which makes use of micro-location targeting to influence shoppers.

Auckland spin-out PowerbyProxi attracts $4m from Samsung for wireless power system.

The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, a public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing the value of businesses in Japan, has invested $7.2m in US-based Zeptor, a battery technology company. The 27 corporate investors that invested collectively YEN14bn in the YEN280bn ($26bn) investment vehicle include Asahi Kasei Corporation, Canon Inc., Osaka Gas Co. and Sharp Corporation.

Google-backed gift card platform raises $5m series A funding.