Last year, units in the sector sealed substantial exits, including UK-based media communications company WPP (also see our profile), US-based advertising company Interpublic, and education company Knowledge Universe, which was co-founded by Michael Milken. See the second paragraph for our most influential ranking.

DLA Piper, Bell Mason Group, Global Corporate Venturing and Silicon Valley Bank join a non-exclusive initiative to offer complimentary services.

Alongside Comcast Ventures in the C round were venture capital firms and angel investor David Sacks.

CyberAgent said it would help FashionGuide expand into Japan, China, Southeast Asian countries and South Korea.

Clareo said each of its four focus areas would have at least two partners committed with Bowman and Bryant responsible for corporate venturing.

AppNexus said its total funding since launch was $140.5m. In October 2010, AppNexus raised $50m in its C round from Microsoft and venture capital firms.