Japan personal finance iOS app company Moneytree has attracted $1.6m in a seed investment round led by DG Incubation, the corporate venturing unit of Digital Garage. PayPal, MasterCard and Morgan Stanley senior executives also took part in the round.

GE Ventures to coinvest with Israeli crowdfunding platform OurCrowd in energy, healthcare, software and advanced manufacturing start-ups.

CYP Design, a spin-out of De Montfort University, receives unspecified seed fund from investment firm Mercia.

Edutech startup Panorama Education receives $4m seed round from backers including Mark Zuckerberg, Google, and Yale.

Middle Eastern version of beauty product e-tailer GlamBox raises $1.36m funding from Saudi Telecommunications Company and Middle East Broadcasting Center.