Video conferencing technology provider Highfive has boosted its overall funding to more than $45m with its second Google Ventures-backed round.

Expedia has increased its reach into Latin America by purchasing a 20% stake in Decolar, which provides online travel agency services in 21 countries.

Bank-backed Business Growth Fund has invested $7.6m in the law firm, which plans to now expand using the funding.

With the slow recovery from the financial crisis and divestiture strategies undertaken by some big players, 2014 was marked by numerous exits by corporate investors in the industrials sector.

Event-planning service HoneyBook has now received $32m in venture funding to date, following a $22m series B round.

Human resources firm Recruit, which acquired a 7% stake in restaurant reservation platform Quandoo in October, has elected to buy the entire company.

The neighbourhood-based social network took its total funding to $210m with a Comcast-backed round raised at a $1.1bn valuation.

The online marketplace paid $267m to buy real estate platform Anjuke, giving an exit to Baidu in the process.