Media startup Watchup receives $1m backing from Microsoft Ventures and its incubator StartX.

Whirlscape, a spin-out of the University of Toronto, secures $500,000 for its mobile device touchscreen keyboard.

Mobile prescription management platform raises $1m seeding funding led by Atlas Venture and including SROne.

Automotive fuel start-up Simple-Fill receives seed funding from Ohio State University.

Stanford spin-out OneBreath raises rupees 18 crore ($2.87m) in angel backing for rechargeable ventilators.

The Microsoft Ventures Accelerator in Beijing China has selected the 19 start-ups that will participate in the fourth Beijing Accelerator class taking place in January. Accelerator Participants receive an average $250,000 worth of resources.

Japanese seed accelerator SunBridge backs tourism startup AnyRoad, an online platform which aims to bring technology to typically offline commerce.

The Orange Chef Company, maker of smart kitchen gadgets, raises $1.2m seed funding led by Google Ventures and SparkLabs, with the participation of investors including Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments.

Automatic journal-keeping app Heyday, backed by Google Ventures as part of a $2m seed funding round in 2012, officially launches.