O’Reilly Alpha Tech, the corporate venturing unit of US-based media company O’Reilly Media, has helped LittleBits, a  “Lego for electronics” business, raise $3.65m.

O’Reilly Alpha Tech was joined by venture firms Khosla Ventures, Lerer Ventures as well as angels Jeffrey Walker, Joi Ito, Joanne Wilson, and Salah Chamma in the series A.

The company gave a TED talk show-casing the technology in March.

Ayah Bdeir, the company’s founder, said: “Only days after we launched our first products, they…