Broadcast TV and advert social analytics company SecondSync, who developed their business in conjunction with SetSquared, has been acquired by Twitter.

The London-based tech accelerator will partner with the New York co-work collective to give its members a path to expand into the US.

Amplidata has become the latest big data company to raise funding, receiving $11m in a round featuring Intel, Quantum and Swisscom.

The intiiative will support students who want to start businesses focused around big data and real-time solutions applications.

Games making hub Finland, land of high-profile games studios Supercell and Rovio, has attracted a free-to-play Helsinki-based startup named Next Games.

The fuel cell developer, which has received funding from investors including defunct Russian oil company Yukos, has secured $63m from Singapore's sovereign wealth fund.

AMCS Group, headquartered in Limerick, has acquired US software company, PC Scale Technologies (PCST).

MGI Digital Graphic Technology has reached an agreement whereby Konica Minolta will acquire a 10% stake in MGI through a reserved capital increase.