Bertelsmann's Random House publisher join another of the Germany-based media group's subsidiary in backing Flat World Knowledge.

Tactics II Stem Cell Ventures, a venture capital firm set up by Robert and Thomas Palay after they sold NimbleGen Systems to Switzerland-based drugs company Roche in August 2007 for $272.5m, led the round for Cellular Dynamics International .

Berg Enterprises backs GoldSpot Media, a US-based video advertising services company.

Best Buy Capital backs US-based mobile phone sales service Dashwire.

US-listed disposal company Waste Management and Total Energy Ventures International, the corporate venturing unit of French oil major Total are new investors in Agilyx.

FutureE Fuel Cell Solutions gains an undisclosed amount from a T-Venture-led consortium.

Venture capital firms Greycroft Partners, DFJ and ff Asset Management also invested in GameSalad's A round alongside Disney's Steamboat Ventures.

Games2win raises $6m in its series B round.

Corporate venturing units from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Mayo Clinic and CincyTech reinvested in AssureRx in an $11m B round led by venture capital firms Claremont Creek Ventures and Sequoia Capital and joined by peer Allos Ventures.

Venture capital firm Intersouth Partners led the B round consortium for Advanced Animal Diagnostics, which included Novartis Venture Partners.