Google Ventures and Otto Capital lead $800,000 seed funding for consumer shopping intelligence startup.

Toshiba America Electronic Components invests $2m in seed funding round for cyber security company.

Google Ventures leads $2.4m seed funding for technology startup Apportable, with participation of Salesforce.com and others.

Harvard startup Mark43 lands $1.95m for policing technology.

Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation and Atlas Venture back biotechnology, neuroscience startup.

Turner Broadcasting Systems selects five companies to join the Turner/Warner Bros Media Camp accelerator programme.