Partech International, the Franco-American venture capital firm backed by Edenred, the French employee benefits services provider, participates in $3.2m round for Racktivity.

Sri Lankan apparel maker MAS Holdings backs Attune to the tune of $20m.

Docomo Innovations, a corporate venturing unit of Japan-based phone operator NTT, joins $17m Midokura round.

Comcast Ventures, the corporate venturing division of the eponymous US-based cable and telecommunications corporation, participates in seed round for ElectNext.

CNF Investments-backed Revance lands $33m in series E cash.

Bright Capital, the corporate-backed venture firm, invests $35m in Aquion Energy.

Kakao, a South Korea mobile technology company that owns mobile messaging service Kakao Talk and social network Kakao Story, will start to invest in start-ups in its domestic market with a government-supported $27m investment fund.