Frank Berlinghoff will head MiniNaviDent.

Launched in September 2012 a year after the company was founded, the bioinformatics tool of Sophia Genetics is being used by 12 hospitals and laboratories in Switzerland.

State-backed venture capital firm Mercia Fund Management and undisclosed business angels from the US and UK provided the money to Irresistible Materials (IM).

PDV Inter-Media Venture joins series A funding of digital publishing solutions provider.

The corporate venturing unit of US-based semiconductor company Qualcomm was one of the early backers of the company, which news provider Reuters said had been sold for $1.3bn, although terms were undisclosed.