Leeds spin-out Xeros intends to take near-waterless washing machine technology to AIM.

Online marketplace eBay leads $133.8m in series D funding for Indian peer Snapdeal.com.

South African media and ecommerce company Naspers has closed down five, niche ecommerce businesses, with plans to build out its Kalahari online shopping platform.

Holiday makers and business travellers from China will have more destinations and offers to choose from now that online travel agency, 17u (also known as TongCheng) has raised $82.5m in expansion capital. The corporate venturing unit of Tencent has taken part in the series C round, as has Oriza Holdings and Boyu Capital.

Fosun Venture Capital Investment, the corporate venturing unit of Chinese industrial conglomerate Fusun Group, has led a $21.5m series B round of funding for game portal operator, Joyme.com. Fosun is no stranger to the gaming world, having already invested in gaming sites Perfect World and LineKong.

Cisco has invested $6m in the Jordan-focussed Badia Impact Fund, in its first close including investments from the European Investment Bank and Jordan's King Abdullah Fund for Development.