Data mixed about how widespread the venture capital resurgence will be.

Yandex.Factory will invest up to hundreds of thousands US dollars in Russian and international projects at their seed or early investment stage.

US-based cable company Comcast's Peacock Equity corporate venturing fund will sell its holdings to US-based growth equity investors Summit Partners and TA Associates, whose $350m funding in Bigpoint is the second-largest investment in an online gaming company.

The money will be drawn down in two tranches over the next two years to fund phase three development of Circassia's cat and ragweed allergy therapies.

Switzerland-based non-profit organisation World Economic Forum in its Global Entrepreneurship and Successful Growth Strategies of Early-Stage Companies report found the top 5% of the 380,000 companies contribute 72% of total revenue and 67% of total jobs.

The UK-based National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta), which is publicly-funded but about to become a charity and quasi-corporate venturer, invested in the B round along with venture capital firms Nauta Capital and Eden Ventures.

TGS will pay $45m initially and up to $35m in performance fees for Stingray Geophysical.