British investor Sir James Dyson, founder of vacuum cleaner company Dyson, is donating $7.9m to The Royal College of Art to support engineering start-ups.

Alongside O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV) in the round were venture capital firm True Ventures and angel investor Chris Michel.

Biotechnology company Ziarco has closed the first round of its series A round with $6m.

Alongside Fung in the round were venture capital firms Lerer Ventures, Legend and Swan Ventures, Allegro Venture Partners, Bee Partners, as well as angel investors.

Germany-based pharmaceutical company Merck has spun off Asceneuron and invested $6.5m of seed funding for the development of its Alzheimer therapies.

In May 2010, Resolve raised $2m in the initial close of its A round before bringing in a corporate venturing unit later.

Talus Holdings, a local media holding company principally owned by GSO Capital Partners, an affiliate of New York-listed private equity equity firm Blackstone, invested in LocalVox for strategic and financial reasons as LocalVox has more than 20 publisher partners.

In May 2010, Resolve raised $2m in the initial close of its A round before bringing in a corporate venturing unit later.

Vizury Interactive has raised $9m in its Series B funding led by corporate venturing unit Nokia Growth Partners.