Incubate Fund backs local start-up ResuPress, as it continues raising its second fund.

Tech news media company Lid and customer relationship solution developer Repica are two of the first companies to join Docomo's incubator programme.

Coinsetter said it would "soon be launching a levered forex trading platform for Bitcoin that enables people to make levered trades on margin and short the Bitcoin market".

Alongside DT's T-Venture in the round was local venture capital firm Innovation Works and angel investors.

Alongside Pfizer Venture Investments, which led the financing, were venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates and property debt manager Alexandria Real Estate Equities.

The other investors included venture capital firms Great Oaks, 500 Startups and BHV Ventures.

University of Michigan start-up AlertWatch raises $1m from a range of backers.

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) spin-out Neon receives seed backing for undisclosed sum.

Namo Media has raised $1.9m in a seed funding round led by Google Ventures.

TheBestDay, a Sydney spin-out, secures AU$1m ($1.05m) to launch its social planning tools service.