Comcast Ventures and Liberty Global are joined backing the US-based performance marketing company by Foundry Group

Swisscom Ventures, the in-house venture capital division of the eponymous Alpine telecoms operator, and bank Credit Suisse's corporate venturing unit SVC - Ltd. for Risk Capital for SMEs, provided the $2m.

Tarsa, which is backed by Novo and Unigene, raises $28m.

Gorkana Group backs social media monitoring company Brandwatch for a second time.

Life Technologies Corporation and Flint Hills Resources-backed SG Biofuels has raised $26.4m across two rounds.

Oblong Industries, a visual software company co-founded by the scientist who developed the technology used in the Steven Spielberg film, raises the funds from Energy Technology Ventures and Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners.

The US-based cloud enterprise company says the latest round has taken it to $75m raised in total.

Neurophage extends its series B round with backing from healthcare companies Insitut Merieux and Shire.

The Roche Venture Fund-backed biotechnology company appoints the former executive chairman of BiPar Sciences, which was sold for $500m in 2009, as its chairman.

Alleghany Capital Corporation takes its overall investment in patent research company Article One Partners to $12m.