Pinel Advocates' corporate venturing unit is off to a quick start in investing after launching in March.

US-based internet university company Coursera nets the funds from venture firms, as it signs up top US universities like Princeton and Stanford offering courses for free.

University of Manchester spin-out Arvia Technology, which treats organic liquid waste, has raised money from prior backer MTI, as well as investors Sustainable Technology Investors and Park Walk Advisors.

The US-based enterprise social network business backed by CrunchFund, a venture firm set up with AOL's backing, buys the Scottish-based maker of a real-time interaction programme for Office.

Tibco's acquisition of the US-based data security company provides an exit for Germany-based software company SAP's corporate venturing unit.

Dow Chemical buys the company previously backed by its corporate venturing unit.

Robert Bosch Venture Capital leads the round for Intrinsic-ID, a technology security company which was one of five companies acquired from Philips in 2008.

Corporate-backed Chrysalix SET helps the energy efficiency software company raise the largest clean tech series A round in more than two years.

The Sumitomo-backed human resources company based in China raises a round led by China Broadband Capital.

Motorola and Cisco Systems-backed Vocera saw big gains after its flotation last week.