Alongside Pfizer Ventures in the C round were venture capital firms Sofinnova Ventures, which led the round, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and Correlation Ventures and Osage University Partners, which backs university start-ups.

The Germany-based mobile web services developer wins backing from a consortium including T-Venture, the corporate venturing unit of Germany-based phone operator Deutsche Telekom.

Venture capital firm Globespan Capital Partners has led a $15m C round of mobile hardware and software solution company Perfecto Mobile.

Battery Ventures and Flybridge Capital Partners have led a $55m investment for Calxeda, a developer of low-power server chips with ARM processors, backed by the UK-based company.

US-based Genocea Biosciences has raised $30m in Series C capital from a joint venture syndicate including Polaris Venture Partners and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Switchfly, a US-based SaaS (Software as a Service) online travel service provider has raised $2.8 million in new Series C funding backed by Thayer Ventures.

Big Pharma backed Bio-tech firm Synovex has reached the halfway mark for a planned $7m Series C round.

A quarter of the money will be used to buy out former sharesholders, which has included local mobile phone operator France Telecom-Orange with an 11% stake.

In-Q-Tel, the quasi-corporate venturing unit of the CiA and Amazon's founder have led the fifth round of funding of quantum computing company D-Wave Systems.

Enterprise data management company Rainstor continues expansion and product development with financial banking from venture companies and several multinational corporations including Credit Suisse and Dow Chemical.