In December, Consert said it was in advanced talks with undisclosed potential buyers for an acquisition before the end of the year, according to news provider CleanTech Group.

In March 2007, Cylex raised $20.5m in its series C round from Siemens Venture Capital, the corporate venturing unit of the eponymous Germany-based industrial conglomerate, and co-leaders Channel Medical Partners and Canaan Partners, which are both venture capital firms.

In January last year, Time Warner Investments, the corporate venturing fund representing media conglomerate Time Warner, led a $12m series B round for US-based social TV analytics firm Bluefin Labs.

GDGT has raised $3.7m in its seed and series A rounds from a consortium including AOL Ventures and venture capital firms Betaworks, Spark Capital, True Ventures and Lerer Ventures.

Hearst Interactive Media and Google Ventures were involved in a $4m funding round for GoMiso in December 2011.

CyberAgent said it would help FashionGuide expand into Japan, China, Southeast Asian countries and South Korea.

Earlier in the month, Goldman Sachs joined a consortium investing $54m in Infusionsoft.

Israel-based conglomerate SK Group has acquired Camero, a Motorola-backed radar-based imaging developer, for an undisclosed amount estimated in the tens of million of dollars, according to news provider Globes.

In July 2004, Critical raised an undisclosed amount from Telus Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of the eponymous Canada-based phone operator.