Data analytics software provider Quid has secured $37.5m in a round led by Relx subsidiary REV Ventures that included Lixil and Salesforce Ventures.

Amazon and existing backer Comcast both invested in a round that boosted lifestyle media platform Tastemade's total funding to $115m.

Simon Ventures and Naver have joined USV to co-lead the $25m first tranche of the location services provider's series F round on the way to a $33m close.

Brian Gallagher, Jr has left SR One after eight years as a partner, setting up a Boston office on the way, to join Abingworth.

Taejoon Park has become the second high-profile departure from Applied Ventures in recent months, moving to LG Technology Ventures.

Sector focus: IT

Nikesh Arora has joined Palo Alto Networks, as his former employer SoftBank begins making its own moves on succession to its founder, Masayoshi Son.

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Hiroshi Saijou, Yamaha

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Allison Goldberg, Time Warner

The online video collaboration platform has closed its series A round at $13.9m after securing new funds from investors including You & Mr Jones.

In Churchill’s history of The Second World War he wrote of his emotions upon hearing that Japan had attacked US forces at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 that only “silly people, and there were many,” underestimated American strength. For him, the entry of the US into the war meant that the ultimate outcome—favourable for his countries […]

Sector focus: Media

Intel Capital has revealed investments in 12 US or China-based portfolio companies and a partnership with the NBA.

Fundraising Salesforce to track Canadian startups with $100m fund Canada Trailblazer Fund will invest in Canada-based cloud services startups and has already backed Tier1CRM, Traction Guest, Tulip and OSF Commerce. Corporates swarm to The Hive General Electric, Rockwell, Verizon and Software AG all backed The Hive’s third AI-focused fund, which has closed at $26.5m. Illumina […]

Jessica Verrilli, who originally left Twitter for GV in 2015, has made the same move two and a half years later to take a general partner role.

Innovative region: Japan

The database technology developer has secured GV, Capital One, Line, NHN Entertainment and Naver as investors in its series A round.

The business and politics-focused online broadcaster's series D round includes Antenna Group, Dentsu, Liberty Global and existing backers including several other corporates.

Chorus, which had raised seed capital from Chernin Group and UTA Ventures, has elected to shut down its group fitness app shortly after its launch.

Axa's Kamet Ventures incubator has supplied $5.6m in seed capital for life insurance comparison platform Anorak Technologies.