True Ventures and Index Ventures have led the venture round for organic coffee company Blue Bottle Coffee.

Raine Group leads two US startups through late stage venture rounds as it oversees Japanese telecommunications giant Softbank's takeover of Sprint Nextel.

The Germany-based mobile web services developer wins backing from a consortium including T-Venture, the corporate venturing unit of Germany-based phone operator Deutsche Telekom.

Google Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners have led a $10m A round of ride-share start-up SideCar.

The corporate venturing unit of US delivery company UPS has led a $3.2m investment in UK courier web service Shutl to aid in their U.S expansion.

Japan state and corporate-backed venture capital firm Jafco Ventures led the B round as a new investor, with participation from existing investors, venture capital firms Accel Partners and Harrison Metal Capital.

Shareholders in Lifelock include American global computer security software corporation Symantec Corp (8.2%) and investment banking firm Goldman Sachs (10.9%) as well as venture firms Bessemer Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Industry Ventures.

Startup incubator io/LA's Cozy, makes it's venturing debut with financial input from Google and others.