Western Michigan University Research Foundation and Biosciences Research and Commercialization Center help Pennsylvania University-founded life sciences start up raise $2m.

Cfund is founded by Alessandro Piol of Vedanta Capita; and Amol Sarva from Peek and Virgin Mobile USA

The audio technology company emerges with $750,000 of angel funding less than a year after entering the incubator.

Qualcomm Ventures's QPrize is set to select eight finalists from across the globe, and the competition's reach has been expanded to include Brazil and Eastern Europe.

Spain-based bank BBVA seals its first deal in Silicon Valley, backing the seed fund.

UK micro-processing company Arm's vice president of corporate business development says the UK needs to develop a culture where people want to talk about entrepreneurship at a dinner party.

The mobile app for seating diners was developed by Firespotter Labs, an incubator backed by Google Ventures, and set up by Craig Walker, a former entrepreneur in residence at the search engine's corporate venturing unit.

Vungle is at least the third graduate from incubator AngelPad to receive backing from both AOL Ventures and Google Ventures.

CSU Ventures, Colorado State's university venturing unit, seals a partnership to commercialise its researhc with The Innovation Center of the Rockies.

The Germany-based dog food company is backed in a seed deal, by the state-backed fund supported by industrial groups.