
Veduca, a Brazil-based online video platform for educational content, raised $740,000 in its seed round from a consortium including Macmillan Digital Education, which also backed Easyaula, an online educational marketplace that makes it easy for people to learn anything from anyone.
Alongside Japan-based B Dash in the syndicate were venture capital firms Pinehurst Advisors and Ardent Capital and Dan Neary. 8capita provided seed money to E27 last year.
Germany-based Paymill, a payments company incubated by Rocket Internet, has raised $5m in its series A funding from Blumberg Capital.
Venture capital firms Spark Capital and First Round Capital also invested in the A round led by Intel Capital.
In December 2011, Catabasis extended its series A round by $8m to take its total raised to $47.6m from a consortium including drugs group AstraZeneca's MedImmune Ventures corporate venturing unit.
Novian is looking to raise a further $2.5m in its A round.
Data provider CB Insights said Random House Ventures also invested in the $26.8m round that closed in January, according to its regulatory filing (under Knowledge Holdings).