Remgro's Invenfin corporate venturing unit will help Ad Dynamo with its international expansion having previously provided the seed round, according to news provider Memeburn.

Indiamart, which was founded in 1998, previously raised $10m from Intel Capital, the corporate venturing unit of US-listed semiconductor company Intel, in 2008 by selling a 14% stake and $3.4m in return for about 5% stake from Brand Equity Treaty the year before.

News provider Wall Street Journal said Amazon valued Lovefilm at about $320m but the cost of acquisition was offset by its 42% holding.

News provider Nikkei said Intel's Japanese unit would help develop software and provide other technical support for the e-book store, which will open early next month after Intel Capital invested an undisclosed amount for its minority stake in Bitway.

Backed by Naguib Sawiris, the entrepreneur behind the Orascom group, Sawari will invest in early- and growth-stage technology companies in the Middle East, such as its first two deals, Alzwad Mobile Services and Vimov.

The acquisition of Spain-based peer Let's Bonus for an undisclosed amount makes LivingSocial active in 10 countries with more than 16 million subscribers providing an expected $500m in turnover this year.

Venture capital firms GrandBanks Capital and High Peaks Venture Partners joined Hearst in the $3m series A round consortium for VillageVines, after the company raised an initial $750,000 round of seed funding from business angels.

Mail.ru had been a prior investor in Group alongside its former parent Digital Sky Technologies (DST) before its UK listing in November. However, while DST has reinvested in the $950m round, Mail.ru has not, Groupon said.

Zeo's regulatory filing said it planned a $15.4m round but gains $12.3m from consortium including Best Buy.

Started in 2004 by Qiangdong Liu, 360Buy has been growing at 300% per year and has raised $500m from investors, including US supermarket chain Wal-Mart.