Movida Japan has invested Y5m ($2,000) in one of its accelerator programme graduates, ShareWiz.

In August, advertising group Dentsu Digital backed Sonix.

Startup incubator io/LA's Cozy, makes it's venturing debut with financial input from Google and others.

Predictive voice app developers, Expect Labs, has raised $2.4m in a seed funding round that saw investment from Google Ventures and Greylock Partners. The start-up's MindMeld app will be launched this month.

German media company Bertelsmann's corporate venturing unit contributes funds to online sales technology startup Whisbi, as it prepares to expand abroad.

The AWS challenge, first launched in 2007, offers companies implementing the amazon cloud service a $100,000 prize and exposure to venture capitalists.