Joining WPP in Visible Technologies' round were the US intelligence agencies' In-Q-Tel quasi-corporate venturing unit, venture capital firms Investor Growth Capital and Ignition Partners and an angel investor.

News provider TechCrunch said CivicScience raised $1.2m from marketing research company, NPD Group, national polling company ALR, and angel investor Kevin McClatchy.

Angie's List, a US-based provider of consumer reviews on local services, takes total to more than $100m since 1995.

HomeAway's flotation will be managed by investment banks Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, according to its regulatory filing.

Venture capital (VC) firm Emergence Capital led the B round in VigLink as a new investor and was joined by Google Ventures and VC firm First Round Capital. VigLink has now raised $7.3m since it started.

News provider TechCrunch said MediaMath's investors in the latest round would be medical device maker Safeguard Scientific and venture capital firms QED, European Founders Fund and SJS.

Alongside Google Ventures and SalesForce in backing HubSpot's $32m D round were venture capital firms Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst Partners, Matrix Partners and Scale Venture Partners.

Alongside Baidu in backing Anjuke's $50m C round, was venture capital firm Matrix Partners China.

Rockfish Brand Ventures will provide 10 start-ups with capital over the next one to two years, as well as technology and marketing support with the aim of improving the marketing return on investment of its clients.