The chipmaker reportedly reveals itself as a backer of Israel-based memory storage company Anobit, which sold in January to Apple for $500m, as one of its executives says the company regretted not buying the whole company.

Terracotta has completed at least two rounds of post-seed funding from a consortium including investment bank Goldman Sachs, which has used the portfolio company's products on its trading room floors, and Presidio, the corporate venturing unit of Japan-based conglomerate Sumitomo and its subsidiaries, including Sumisho Computer Systems.

In July, SeaMicro raised $20m from a consortium including undisclosed, listed, strategic investors for its series D round.

Mitsui-backed cancer treatment research company Boston Biomedical has sold to its strategic partner Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, in a deal that could net up to $2.6bn.

Online collaboration and communication startup Cove, as well as its ex-Facebook founders, has been absorbed into cloud-based file sharing firm Dropbox.

The Viacom and Goldman Sachs-backed automotive retail software company will be part of eBay Motors.

Ecommerce delivery company Kiala has been acquired by UPS, granting an exit to investors including the corporate venturing fund for France-based postal company La Poste.

Ericsson provides exit for Deutsche Telekom and Comcast-backed ten year old wi-fi company, with an estimated $62.9m raised across five rounds.

The Siemens and JP Morgan-backed smart grid technology firm has been snapped up by Itron for a $100m sum.