Pelamis is looking to raise strategic financing by the end of the summer.

US-based electric vehicle charging company raises the funds with backing from corporate venturing units of Siemens, Hartford and Toyota.

SAP's corporate venturing unit, Toshiba and Juniper Networks are reportedly joined backing the company by GE Asset Management.

Evernote raises the funds and also buys Penultimate, a handwriting app, which is the fourth biggest selling application for the iPad since Apple began selling them.

The US-based celebrity endorsement company raises the funds with backing from Germany-based advertising company Ad Pepper Media, after reporting a 70% rise in gross billings in 2011.

The US-based rechargeable battery company wins backing from Applied Ventures and In-Q-Tel, as well as DE Shaw Ventures and Generation Investment Management among others.

The Cleveland Clinic-backed healthcare transparency company secures its fourth round of funding, taking it to $181m raised since it was founded in 2008.

At the end of 2010, Tabula Digital (now DimensionU) raised $2m to take its then-total to more than $20m.

The antibody therapeutics company Alder BioPharmaceuticals raises $38m, led by Novo Ventures with backing from Sevin Rosen, HIG Ventures and TPG Biotech among others.

Nordstrom invests in the online retailer and helps it sell in stores as well as on-line.