The cloud automation software company has taken its funding to nearly $16m after a series C round, with Google, Cisco and VMware joining as investors.

The life sciences technology company has taken its funding past the $15m mark with mutual insurance firm Sham co-leading the round.

Intel has carried on its long running relationship with firmware company Insyde, investing a further $9.9m.

Comcast Ventures and the Blackberry Partners Fund have joined in the series A financing of Padopolis, developer of mobile application Catalog Spree.

Social commerce company Minted.com has closed $5.5m in series B financing, with existing investor IDG Ventures among the participants.

The $7m round comes three months after the bank's Morgan Stanley Smith Barney brokerage chose Socialware to help it engage with customers and generate sales channel leads, while maintaining full compliance with organization and industry regulation.

The Clal and Investec-backed solar energy efficiency company is gaining a further round of series C funding worth $5m.

IDG Ventures has invested $4m in the India-based e-commerce company.