Spearhead Integrated Marketing Communication has agreed to buy Smaato for $148m two years after the mobile advertising company raised series E funding from Singapore Press.

Liberty Global and You on Demand have backed cloud-based video service provider Frequency to support its global expansion.

Marketing technology developer Signal has received support from several loyal backers including Silicon Valley Bank.

TheSkimm, a curated news platform aimed at millennials, moves towards video with an $8m series B round led by 21st Century Fox.

The music syncing app developer took its total funding to $10m in a Slaight Music-backed series A round that will fund hiring and product development.

LMVH-backed K-pop record label YG has received $55m from Weiying and $30m from Tencent, likely partners in a Chinese joint venture.