Yola, formerly known as Synthasite, has raised $25m from Reinet, according to its Facebook page.

The other members of the consortium besides Google Ventures in backing WeatherBill were media-focused investment banks Allen & Company and Code Advisors and venture capital firms Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Index Ventures, First Round Capital and Atomico.

Venture capital firm Adams Capital Management led ProspX's $8m series B round along with HPI Real Estate Services and Investments and the portfolio company has now raised $14.5m since its launch.

Lenovo's Legend Capital and venture capital firm DCM reinvested in a consortium alongside GL Capital Group in Pharmaron's $40m C round.

The first deal of KBS+P Ventures is YieldBot

South Africa-based technology platform Personera has raised $1.4m in its series A round from quasi-corporate venturing unit Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa.

Comcast Interactive was joined by venture capital firms Scale Venture Partners, Advent Venture Partners, General Catalyst Partners and Dace Ventures in Vitrue's $17m C round.

Rearden raised its planned $47m at the start of February from 21 investors, according to a regulatory filing.

Venture capital firm Oak Investment Partners led the B round for Yoyi and was joined by Disney's Steamboat Ventures and Chinese private equity firm Gobi Partners.

Shin Nagakura, head of Transcosmos Investments since 2003, talks to James Mawson, editor of Global Corporate Venturing, about the company's corporate venturing strategy.