Each calendar year, GC&H forms a new fund, and partners, special counsel and eligible associates are invited to participate in deals that have included QuinStreet and Radiance Technologies.

Rocket Lawyer, a US-based legal lead generation start-up, bought LawPivot, a local legal question-and-answer platform, for an undisclosed amount.

WPP said it regarded this decade as very much the decade of Latin America, particularly with the FIFA World Cup taking place in Brazil in 2014 and the Olympics in Rio in 2016.

In October 2011, Chartboost secured $2m in its series A round from backers including SK Telecom Ventures, the corporate venturing unit operated by SK Telecom, the telecommunications division of South Korea-based conglomerate the SK Group.

US-based Tutor.com has been acquired by media conglomerate IAC for a reported $40m.

India-based One97's mobility fund has invested in mobile payment solutions provider MobiSwipe Technologies.