Nielsen will own 51% of Nielsen Innovate in Israel in partnership with local investment firm Partam HighTech.

Pearson had originally bought 17% of TutorVista in June 2009.

US-based recruitment company Gild has raised $8m in a round of series A funding led by SAP ventures.

In partnership with OpenX, CCI operates the exchange as OpenX Market Japan, which offers bidding on adverts.

In April 2011, SocialFlow raised $7m in its series A round from a consortium of publishers.

Venture capital firm QuestMark Partners led the round, and was joined by peers August Capital, Morgenthaler Ventures, Onset Ventures and Baseline Ventures as well as Thayer.

In January, Geniee said it would partner with Yahoo Asia Pacific allow advertisers in south-east Asia to place ads in Japan.

Alongside Ryan Holmes, CEO of Hootsuite, were venture capital firms Futura Corporation, 500 Startups, LX Ventures, 8capita Partners, and angel investors.