In November 2010, ABB used its corporate venturing group, Technology Ventures, to make a strategic investment in Pentalum Technologies.

In July, Rex Health Ventures, a $10m fund managed on behalf of the eponymous community non-profit hospital, invested $500,000 in Aerial.

In June, Xtreme raised another $10m, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Founded in 2010, Avraham said it had now raised $14.7m to test patients with Alzheimer's disease after a $9m round in April 2010.

Aeris Capital, the family office of software provider SAP co-founder Klaus Tschira, and Benjamin Kahn, Altantium executive chairman, joined Aster, which is backed by France-based corporations Alstom, Solvay and Schneider Electric, in the round.

Germany-based Paymill, a payments company incubated by Rocket Internet, has raised $5m in its series A funding from Blumberg Capital.

Venture capital firms Spark Capital and First Round Capital also invested in the A round led by Intel Capital.