
The UK's bank-backed Business Growth Fund has purchased a minority stake in communications agency Four Communications.
Telecommunications form KDDI held a demo day for its eighth cohort of its Mugen Labo accelerator, awarding two awards to fashion e-commerce app Cinderella Shoes.
Sapphire Ventures has led the $27m equity portion of the round, while Silicon Valley Bank provided the media analysis platform with an additional $40m in debt.
Corporate-backed venture Evolution Media Partners led the series A round for the UTA and Science, Inc-backed video advertising technology startup.
HTC has purchased a 15% stake in virtual reality platform Wevr in return for $10m in a strategic investment connected to its forthcoming VR headset.
The media company is reportedly in talks to invest $250m in Buzzfeed at a $1.5bn valuation, while Vox would receive funding at an $850m valuation.
Fox Sports invested $150m in the round, acquiring an 11% stake in the fantasy sports company, whose $250m deal with Disney fell through in June.
Grace Beauty-backed advertising optimisation platform GraphScience has been acquired by adtech company Centro for an undisclosed sum.