The New York Times' corporate venturing unit unveils its first product, after the media group decided to start the venture arm based on its experience running a research and development lab.

CyberAgent Ventures-backed Forkwell, a Japan-based jobs website for software engineers, raises more funds from Nippon Venture Capital.

Pinel Advocates' corporate venturing unit is off to a quick start in investing after launching in March.

Google Ventures backs the company set up by the co-founders of YouTube, which was bought by the US-based search engine in 2006

Japan-based materials supplier JSR Corporation and a venture firm linked to US-based advanced ceramics business Coorstek invest in the ionic liquids company, which plans to be the first producer of the battery material in "industrial volumes".

IDG Ventures India was joined by Accel Partners, backing the India-based medical technology company.

Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) provided the money to Dealvertise, which was founded in June by Berlin-based incubator Found Fair Ventures.

News provider VentureBeat said actor Will Smith's Overbook Entertainment and rapper Jay-Z's Roc Nation, along with singer Shakira, skateboarder Rob Dyrdek, soccer star Gerard Pique, Skull Candy chairman Jeff Kear, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, ShoeDazzle founder Brian Lee and Omniture founder Josh James have all invested or partnered with Viddy.

US-based internet university company Coursera nets the funds from venture firms, as it signs up top US universities like Princeton and Stanford offering courses for free.