The educational toy maker, which aims to teach children words and languages, will spend the funding on marketing, technology development and content creation.

Idinvest Partners helped provide the mobile device repair service's series A funding, which will support an expansion into four new markets by the end of this year.

The Legend-backed startup released its smart smoke alarm conversion kit at the same time as it revealed a $5.5m series A round featuring USAA.

The company, which is developing a device to treat heat valve diseases, secured the cash in a round backed by Elron Electronic Industries and HTGF.

Google Ventures returned to back a second round for the startup, which is building an app helping mobile users in emerging markets access cheaper data plans.

The classified listings platform was launched just over six months ago but is hoping its mobile-focused service can topple more established players such as eBay and Craigslist.

Drexel licensee DecisionSim secures $1.85m in series A for simulation-based learning platforms.