Venture firms Foundry Group, 500 Startups and Trinity Ventures join US-based advertising company Wieden + Kennedy backing the cloud cost monitoring start-up.

Google Ventures is joined in the series A round by venture firms First Round Capital, Scott Banister, and Baroda Ventures, according to news provider TechCrunch.

Crispin Leick, managing director of Innogy Venture Capital, says: "Enercast addresses a fundamental problem of renewable energies. Fluctuations in the feed in of wind and solar electricity lead to a burden on the grids and ultimately to a level of insecurity with regard to the supply of electricity. The more reliable forecast data is available, the better renewables can be integrated into existing grids and thus into the electricity market. "

The university's social venture fund backs the sustainable food company.

Bertelsmann was reportedly joined in the A round by venture firms Resolute.vc, Lerer Ventures, RRE, Polaris Ventures and 500 Startups,

The Facebook branding company is the first graduate from the JFDI-Innov8 2012 Boot Camp, an incubator backed by Singtel's corporate venturing unit, to receive external funding.

Israel-based technology holding company Elron joins venture firms Accelmed and Access Medical Ventures, and Peregrine Ventures backing the Israel-based cartilage treatment company.

The venture firm backed by Alstom, Solvay Rhodia and Schneider Electric invest in the France-based light emitting diode company.

Qualcomm Ventures announced the news but provided no further details of investors.