Dutch healthcare investor Jonghoud International and Industrial Bank of Taiwan Management's Boston Life Science fund are new investors in To-BBB's $5.5m B round, alongside existing investors Aescap Venture and Antea Participaties.

Japan-based manufacturers Fujikura and NTT Electronics (NEL) back Nistica's D round.

BlackBerry Partners Fund, a corporate venturing fund backed by investors including phone maker Research In Motion, reinvested in Neuralitic, alongside venture capital firms BDC Venture Capital, Vertex Venture Capital and Go Capital, while Export Development Canada led the round as a new investor. Neuralitic has now raised $20m in total.

Voddler gains $8m from Nokia as corporate venturing partner.

EDBI of Singapore led the series C round for Smaato. Aeris had led the company's $4.5m series B round in December 2009.

Comcast, which is posting David Horowitz on to the portfolio company's board, is following media peer Tribune in backing Perfect Market after becoming a user of its services.

Online retailer Amazon and technology company Webroot Software have joined as new investors a consortium providing $9m in the series B round for Sonian, a US-based email archiving company.

T-Venture had originally provided seed money to Sones in 2009 and reinvested in its series A round.

Cambridge Enterprise, the University of Cambridge's commercialisation office, and UK government-backed investment group Carbon Trust join Rhodia in the consortium backing Eight19.

China-based online travel site 17u.com sells 30% to Tencent