Brandnew, an online advertising company focussing on image based sites, has gained funding from investors including Switzerland-based marketing company PubliGroupe.

The conference calling technology provider has now raised more than $10m in total after closing a round supported by Google and SoftBank.

Rocket Internet start-up ClickBus, founded last year, has received $10m in series A funding in a round featuring retail group Tengelmann.

Corporates Samsung, Sprint, Wells Fargo and Qihoo 360 all invested in the company's series A round, which took its total funding to $10m.

Software and e-commerce platform WebLinc has raised $6m in series A funding from Safeguard Scientifics, 10 years after the company's inception in 1994

New York Life Insurance was among the investors as the data analysis company took its total funding to almost $25m.

E-commerce company Beibei has raised $24.3m in series A funding from IDG, Banyan Capital and parent company Husor E-Business.