Media group WWE's wrestling television programme Monday Night Raw will be using the social media technology of the spin-off from the maker of Apple's Siri, in its 1000th episode.

Google Ventures is joined in the series A round by venture firms First Round Capital, Scott Banister, and Baroda Ventures, according to news provider TechCrunch.

The university's social venture fund backs the sustainable food company.

CrunchFund joined in the seed round by venture firms including Greylock Discovery Fund, FF Angel, True Ventures and Start Fund/DST.

Bertelsmann was reportedly joined in the A round by venture firms Resolute.vc, Lerer Ventures, RRE, Polaris Ventures and 500 Startups,

The Facebook branding company is the first graduate from the JFDI-Innov8 2012 Boot Camp, an incubator backed by Singtel's corporate venturing unit, to receive external funding.

Karthee Madasamy, a senior director at Qualcomm Ventures, says: "Our investment in Big Shoe Bazaar has come at a time when the rapid rise of smartphones, tablets and social media networks stands to greatly influence the way people engage in online shopping."

Fender has been corporate-backed by Japan's Yamano Music and Kanda Shokai Corporation since the 1980s.

Alongside Google Ventures, were venture capital firms Rincon, which led the seed round, SoftTech, Crosslink and Morado and angel investor Matt Coffin.