News provider Nikkei had earlier said SingTel would take 12% with Mitsui taking 19%.

Germany-based media company Bertelsmann and the university venturing fund it recently backed have joined venture firms Kapor Capital, Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Greylock Partners backing the on-line university network.

Siemens and British Gas are joined by Climate Change Capital Private Equity, backing the Germany-based smart grid company.

The corporate venturing unit of telecoms company the SingTel Group is joined by Relay Ventures,the managers of the Blackberry Partners Fund, and GrandBanks Capital backing the mobile advertising exchange.

Macmillan Digital Science, part of Macmillan Publishers, backs the independent review website for antibodies and life science products, in its second round.

France-based pharmaceutical company Ipsen is joined backing the US-based diabetes and obesity treatment company by venture firms MPM Capital, New Enterprise Associates, and Third Rock Ventures.