Inventages had invested $6m in Tanfield Food Company in January last year and adds a further $1m this year.

CyOptics breaches $150m in total funding as it closes on latest $50m target.

Net One Systems, Stoke's distributor in Japan as a networking and systems integration provider, and phone operator NTT's Docomo Capital corporate venturing unit reinvested in Stoke, a year after NTT started using its Stoke Session Exchange 3000 product.

Zend Technologies doubles round to $16.5m with Viola Private Equity.

Italian insurer invested through its Generali Financial and BSI subsidiaries in VisionCare's $31m series E round.

Novo, a $20bn quasi-corporate venturing investment company wholly owned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, is leading a $130m round for Symphogen.

Viscogliosi Brothers lead $15m F round for Small Bone Innovations.

China-based parts supplier Ningbo Shentong Auto Decorations joins Australia-based investment bank Macquarie in backing Fallbrook Technologies' $39m E round.

Small Bone Innovations (SBI), a US-based orthopedic company treating the small bones and joints, adds Olympus' $12m.

Samsung Ventures Europe (SVE) was one of two new investors - the other was undisclosed - backing the $16.5m investment round for Cambridge Broadband Networks, a data network equipment supplier.