SIG's Asian unit has participated in a round worth 'tens of millions of dollars' for the online retailer, which sells mainly imported fruit to Chinese customers.

Amplidata has become the latest big data company to raise funding, receiving $11m in a round featuring Intel, Quantum and Swisscom.

The cloud-based data analysis developer, backed by Google Ventures in 2011, has been acquired by PerkinsElmer for an undisclosed sum.

Smilegate, creator of the hugely successful Crossfire game, has taken a 20% stake in SundayToz, a Softbank-backed developer of social app games.

The e-commerce group has taken a 25% stake in InTime, the owner of a chain of brick-and-mortar stores in China as it expands beyond the online market.

Quantum Health has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from GE Ventures, Altaris Capital Partners and others to help identify new market opportunities.

AMCS Group, headquartered in Limerick, has acquired US software company, PC Scale Technologies (PCST).

Zuzeen and Rushmore, two companies that alter the way fans interact with bands, have merged and gained $1.2m in funding.

Ingram Content Group's ICG Ventures invests an undisclosed amount into Librify, an ebook platform for book clubs.