Social game developer Donuts has acquired Social Lunch, a website operated by SyncLunch, a year and four months since its launch.

Seed accelerator SunBridge Global Ventures has invested in US-based Language Cloud through the SunBridge Startups programme.

Sadara, a Palestine-focused investment firm, invests $1m into Souktel, a mobile tech venture, via a fund backed by Google and Cisco.

Bright Capital Digital invests $3.5m in Russian based Fotoshkola.net, an online training resource for amateur photographers.

Ward Howell sets up its Talent Equity Venture Fund to invest in start-ups valued at up to $5m, working on geographically scalable professional training and HR projects.

Concur makes its latest investment via its recently formed $150m Concur Perfect Trip Fund by leading a $9m B round into US-based data-driven pricing and merchandising Nor1.

Media company Discovery Communications says the investment is one of the "strategic growth opportunities in select investments in the next generation knowledge space."

The corporate-backed state venture fund, which raised nearly $380m for the first close of its second venture fund in October last year, is in late-stage talks with one company started outside Germany, after securing the ability to invest overseas as part of the new fund.

The venture arm of Verizon Communications, Verizon Ventures, makes an undisclosed investment into US-based search technology company Q-Sensei Corp.