The internet TV streaming service is set to launch next month as it bumps its funding up to $25m thanks to a contribution from the Barry Diller-led internet firm IAC.

The spatial database company has raised an additional $1.2m to bring its series A round to $2.7m, with Reed Elsevier among the investors.

The specialist online dog food retailer has launched, with help from retail group Tengelmann.

The mobile platform, which allows users to get points by picking out the next big thing in music, has raised $1.8m from backers including AOL.

Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, latterly also a president of Facebook, are launching a live social video site, to be known as Airtime, with Google part funding an $8.3m series A round.

After co-funding its seed round, Qualcomm Ventures is making a return investment in social media platform Viddy, which has now raised $8.2m.

The Intel-backed online video broadcasting company discloses its second corporate backer in under a week.

The mobile commerce company has topped up a series A round partly financed by Samsung and Mitsui to $6.4m.