Jamaican mobile telecoms company Digicel leads $6m funding for mobile payments app developer Flint Mobile.

Nokia Growth Partners, the corporate venturing unit of mobile phone company Nokia, has led an undisclosed series D round of funding for SolarVista Media, a China digital outdoor advertising billboard company.

Juniper Strategic Investments leads series B funding for Gainspeed, provider of software-driven, all-IP cable network architecture designed to help cable operators meet skyrocketing capacity requirements.

In the context of greater water scarcity, technology conglomerate 3M follows ABB in making strategic investment in Israeli startup TaKaDu, provider of data analytics services for monitoring water networks.

Natural products company ChromaDex receives an undisclosed amount of equity financing from DSM Venturing.

E-commerce company Shoprunner has reportedly raised more than $200m, as Alibaba joins its backers and eBay divests its stake.

Celgene Corporation commits $35m to biopharmaceutical company PharmAkea in strategic alliance to develop therapeutics for cancer and fibrosis.

The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, a public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing the value of businesses in Japan, has invested $7.2m in US-based Zeptor, a battery technology company. The 27 corporate investors that invested collectively YEN14bn in the YEN280bn ($26bn) investment vehicle include Asahi Kasei Corporation, Canon Inc., Osaka Gas Co. and Sharp Corporation.