US-listed legal service provider LawPivot had previously raised $400,000 from its angel investors. It will now move into Google's start-up incubator.

Comcast, which is posting David Horowitz on to the portfolio company's board, is following media peer Tribune in backing Perfect Market after becoming a user of its services.

China-based online travel site 17u.com sells 30% to Tencent

O'Reilly Media's corporate venturing unit led the $1m seed round for TripIt, which Nasdaq-listed travel group Concur has agreed to buy for up to $120m.

News provider SearchBlog says Tim Mayer is chief strategy officer and Ben Wright vice-president of service delivery and marketplace at Trada.

TargetSpot doubles previously raised $8.6m from the same consortium of CBS Radio, Union Square Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and Milestone Venture Partners.

The $13m investment from a SingTel Group's corporate venturing unit-led consortium came as Baynote hired Doug Merritt as its executive president from Germany-based software company SAP.

Searchmetrics has now raised $11m in total since being started in late 2007 by its chief executive, Horst Joepen, and Marcus Tober, and Holtzbrinck Digital financed its seed round.

Proximic raised $4.4m for its series C round from Holtzbrinck's corporate venturing unit and venture capital firm Wellington Partners.

Venture capital firm Oak Investment Partners led the $35m B round for AdKeeper as a new investor alongside its other investors, which include the New York Times