In February last year, venture capital firm RezVen Partners led the $4.4m A round in StyleHaul.

Alongside Motorola Solutions Venture Capital as backers of Retailigence, has been Opt, a Japan-based advertising agency.

Alongside Qualcomm Ventures in the A round were venture capital firms Lux Capital, which led the round, Felicis Ventures, Red Swan Ventures and Greylock Partners and angel investors.

News provider Startup Dating said FreakOut founder Yuzuru Honda previously launched a content-matching ad platform called Brainer, which he sold to Yahoo Japan in 2008.

As part of its financing, Cargill is collaborating with Evolva on creating Steviol Glycosides, a sweetener, through fermentation rather than needing to be grown in Stevia plants.

Geo raised more than $1m of debt and equity financing from intergrated circuit (IC) manufacturer Genesis Microchip in March 2011.

US-based recruitment company Gild has raised $8m in a round of series A funding led by SAP ventures.