"Twitter with a voice" company Bubble Motion, which is backed by Singapore Telecommunications's corporate venturing unit, raises $5m series E round from JAFCO.

App analytics provider App Annie raises $6m in series B funding in a round led by Greycroft Partners.

Online map marketing company LocationInsight raises $5m from United Communications Group for management buy-out.

Siri rival Ask Ziggy lands $5m in funding from an anonymous "multinational corporation".

Alongside Crunchfund in the A round were venture capital firms Khosla Ventures, which led the round, Baker Capital, Data Collective and Tola Capital and individual angels.

Alongside RTP in the A-extension were venture capital (VC) firms Shea Ventures, Gray Ventures and Tugboat Ventures.

Alongside NTT in Shift's round are financial services conglomerate Mitsui and venture capital firm DFJ JAIC.

Alongside Shortcut as co-lead of the series A round was Russia-based corporation-backed Bright Capital.

Google's corporate venturing unit invests $8.2m in $55.7m Series D funding for eSignature company DocuSign, alongside Comcast Ventures and SAP Ventures.