Anergis, a Switzerland-based firm to inhibit birch pollen allergies, has raised SFr18m ($20m) in its series A round co-led by Vinci Capital-Renaissance PME, a local venture capital firm.

Matt MacInnis, founder and chief executive of Inkling, said: "McGraw-Hill and Pearson, two of the largest educational content providers in the world, have invested in Inkling."

GSR Ventures backs Innovation Works incubation portfolio company Dianxin OS.

Pontifax is chaired by Eli Hurvitz, chairman of local generic drugs maker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, and has invested $1m in StimatixGI.

Nokia's investment nearly doubles previous funding for SponsorPay.

The liver helps regulate one of medical sciences' four humours in the blood and Royal Society Enterprise Fund has backed OrganOx.

South Africa-based technology platform Personera has raised $1.4m in its series A round from quasi-corporate venturing unit Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa.

Nasdaq-listed vending group Coinstar and venture capital firm Claremont Creek Ventures led the equity part of EcoATM's A round. Silicon Valley Bank is providing the venture debt.

Local training company Giant Associates was part of the investment consortium along with angels and venture capital firm E-Synergy in AirPos.

Venture capital firms New Venture Partners, which specializes in intellectual property (IP)-related spin outs, Summerhill Venture Partners, which span out from local phone operator Bell Canada in 2007, and the Business Development Bank of Canada through its BDC Venture Capital unit provided the A round to Blinq Networks.