The social media monitoring service has pulled in series A funding from Credit Agricole at the same time as it acquires American competitor ReviewAnalyst.

The Russian government, through its Skolkovo initiative, has given $5m in grant money to the firm to carry on its oncological research.

The loyalty and rewards network has raised capital from Bertelsmann and kbs + p as well as VC firms, in its latest round.

In a filing, Craig Wireless said it would own 51% of a new holding company, Woosh, with the latter's current chairman, Rod Inglis, the remainder.

The semiconductor conglomerate invests in a mix of old and new companies.

General Compression, which counts energy companies Duke and ConocoPhillips among its backers, has attracted more funding to take its series B round to $60m.

The funding round backed by Deutsche Telekom's corporate venturing unit, backs the on-line advertiser which has helped promote Cars 2.