Annovation won backing from healthcare company The Medicines Company and venture investors including Atlas Venture.

Data company Predilytics attracts a $6m series A round from Google Ventures and other venture firms.

Robot manufacturer QBotix attracts $6.5m for its series A round from Siemens Venture Capital and other investors for solar panel maintaining robots.

The ticketing site, run by BigTree Entertainment at the moment sells 2 million tickets per month,according to news provider VC Circle, which reported the plans to launch the online wallt.

Educational games developer Fingerprint Digital, backed by games developer THQ, raises $7.7m from undisclosed investors.

Biofirm Aerpio Therapeutics secures a $27m series A round, led by Novartis, an existing backer of parent company Akebia.

Social photo network Everyme, backed by AOL's Crunchfund, raises $2.15m series A round led by Tencent.

Carnegie Mellon University backs NoWait, set up by alumnus Robb Myer, in a $2m round.

SumUp, a European rival to mobile payment company Square, raises a $20m series A round backed by Germany-based retailer Tengelmann's corporate venturing unit, b-to-v Ventures and others.