Sonitus Medical raised $25m in its series D round led by venture capital firm Abingworth.

Google's corporate venturing unit invests $8.2m in $55.7m Series D funding for eSignature company DocuSign, alongside Comcast Ventures and SAP Ventures.

Mobile payments start-up Square has attracted a $25m Series D investment from US-based coffee retailer Starbucks.

Gene therapy specialist Bluebird Bio raises $60m in a Series D financing round, backed by UK and US-listed pharmaceutical company Shire.

Versalis was joined in the D round for the sustainable chemicals company by US-based refuse company Waste Management and venture firms Alloy Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Mohr Davidow Ventures and VantagePoint Capital Partners.

The memory chip company receives another investment from chip manufacturer Qualcomm's corporate venturing unit, in its second round this year.

NTT Electronics, a Japan-based hardware company, is joined in the Series D round for the air quality measuring company by venture firms Focus Ventures, DAG Ventures, and China-based healthcare PE investment fund Mingxin China Growth Fund.

US-based electric vehicle charging company Coulomb wins BMW investment, making it at least the fourth corporate backer to support Coulomb.