Germany-based online auction house Auctionata raises funds from eVenture which joins HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and Raffay & Cie backing the company

Chrysalix Set has secured an initial close from the two backers of its first fund, Essent and Delta, Netherlands-based utilities, allowing it to remain active in the market.

SAP Ventures is running the $155m fund, which will reportedly also focus the traditionally late stage corporate venturing firm on early stage deals.

Carnegie Mellon voice recognition spin out raises its series A led by Pittsburgh Equity Partners.

The partnership between Merck and the venture firm, follows the pharmaceutical company partnering with venture firm Lumira and fund of funds Teralys Capital last month.

Corporate-backed Chrysalix SET helps the energy efficiency software company raise the largest clean tech series A round in more than two years.

RR Donnelley, a US-based print company, backs Real Value Corporation, the parent company of iPad shopping app CoffeeTable, which is led by venture firm Maveron's Ben Choi.

Enterome, a gut healthcare company backed by Natixis venture unit Seventure, raises the funds after a $1.5m seed round from Inra Transfert, the French National Institute in Agronomic Research's tech transfer organisation.

Enterome, a gut healthcare company backed by Natixis venture unit Seventure, raises the funds after a $1.5m seed round from Inra Transfert, the French National Institute in Agronomic Research's tech transfer organisation.

Marshall's Martlet and Fidelity's Moonray Investors back LED company iSotera.