Oil majors BP and ConocoPhillips, along with PVS Chemicals, venture capital firm Northwater Capital Management and angel investors Carl Berg and David Zachry (who runs his eponymous construction company), provided the money.

Sports-focused companies Competitor Group and Running Specialty Group help US-based health and fitness company MapMyFitness raise its series B round.

The wireless LCD monitor company backed by Korea-based conglomerate Samsung's corporate venturing unit and South Korea Telecom, wins backing from venture firms including Enhanced Capital Partners.

The US-based crowd-sourcing platform backed by pharmaceutical group Eli Lilly raises $5.1m of a planned $7.5m round.

Google Ventures-backed mobile application problem solver wins A round funding from the corporate venturing unit, which also back the company's seed round last year.

Moonray-backed Romax Technology, a UK-based engineering company says it hopes to create around 100 new jobs in Nottingham and the UK over the next three to five years.

WPP is joined backing the US-based television and video analytics company by venture firms Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Leapfrog Ventures, and Palomar Ventures.

Investors in D extension include Siemens Venture Capital and Fidelity Biosciences.