In October 2011, Chartboost secured $2m in its series A round from backers including SK Telecom Ventures, the corporate venturing unit operated by SK Telecom, the telecommunications division of South Korea-based conglomerate the SK Group.

The company previously held a $42.5m first close on the round, including from Roche Venture Fund, WuXi Corporate Venture Fund, and Google Ventures.

After launching in New York City last year, Aereo said it would be expanding to 22 cities in the US this year.

US-based Shape Security has raised $20m in Series B funding led by Venrock and with participation from return backers Google Ventures.

US-based data start-up for hospitals and health systems Kyruus raises $11m in a series B round led by Lux Capital, which was joined by Fidelity Biosciences, Venrock and Highland Capital Partners.

Japan-based TeamSpirit has raised funds from Nippon Venture Capital, SMBC Venture Capital and Nissay Capital in a $1.1m Series B round.

India-based data analytics start-up iCreate Software has closed a $9.2m series B round led by venture fund Sequoia Capital with involvement from return backers, publisher International Data Group's IDG Venture India corporate venturing unit.

Sanofi-Genzyme BioVentures1, a corporate venturing unit of France-based healthcare company Sanofi Aventis, and Ireland-based pharmaceutical company Shire are joined by a large crowd of investors in the series B for the rare genetic disorder treatment company.

Concur makes its latest investment via its recently formed $150m Concur Perfect Trip Fund by leading a $9m B round into US-based data-driven pricing and merchandising Nor1.