IDG's Xiaojun Li said it had backed the 16-month old company because it has "a vision" supported by the "tectonic changes" in the software industry.

Robert Bosch Venture Capital linked up with Capricorn and LRM to invest in the Belgian clean-tech company.

Singapore telcoms company SingTel Group has led a A$5m ($5.3m) funding round into Australia-based group buying company Dealised.

AMD said it sometimes invested in companies using its Fusion Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) products, understood to include Vivu.

The series A round also boasts involvement from Microsoft founder Bill Gates, as Nimbus aims to use computer technology to boost its pharmaceutical research.

An Indian private equity arm of Fidelity International has invested $15m in a local education company and will put two executives on its board.

Accel Partners portfolio company Atlassian Software backs peer Cloud9's $5.5m A round.

The US-based healthcare data company secures series A investment from a wide range of investors.

Alongside BlueCross in the consortium providing R20.5 crore ($4.5m) to Wellspring are corporate venturing peer Reliance Venture Asset Management and venture capital firm Catamaran.

Daily Deals for Moms, a provider of discount coupons for parents, has raised an undisclosed amount of angel financing from investors but reportedly said it would keep the financing round open to strategic investors for the next few weeks, according to news provider PEHub.