B2M Solutions, a UK-based supplier of mobile analytics data, has closed a £2.5m ($4.2m) round featuring Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, the corporate venturing subsidiary of mobile device maker Motorola Solutions, and Restoration Alpha Angels. B2M said in April it would invest the funds in its marketing and sales.
Samsung Venture Investment Corp, a corporate venturing unit for electronics manufacturer Samsung, has invested an undisclosed amount in US-based video broadcast company Replay Technologies. Replay secured $9m from financial services firm Guggenheim Partners in May, which it said made up the majority of the funding in the round.
US-based industrial automation and material handling technology company Grabit secured an undisclosed sum from supply chain products maker Flextronics and venture capital firm Draper Nexus Ventures on Monday. Grabit previously received an undisclosed amount from apparel producer Nike, corporate venturing unit ABB Technology Ventures and VC firm Formation 8 in October 2013.
US-based learning platform Pathbrite has raised $3.7m in a series B round led by educational product provider Cengage Learning and supported by non-profit organisations ACT and Serious Change. Pathbrite has now raised $10.2m from backers also including VC fund Rethink Education and several angel investors.
GMO Global Payment Fund, an investment unit owned by internet company GMO, invested an undisclosed amount in Thailand-based mobile payment services provider 2C2P on Tuesday as part of a deal that will see GMO and 2C2P form an alliance as its GMO Payment Gateway subsidiary expands into Thailand. GMO previously provided $500,000 of a $2m series B round raised by 2C2P in July 2013.
Japan-based 3D printing service Kabaku closed a ¥200m ($2m) financing round led by CyberAgent Ventures, internet company CyberAgent’s venture capital unit, today. The round also included Nissay Capital, which operates as a subsidiary of Nippon Insurance, and Fuji Startup Fund, a corporate venturing unit owned by broadcaster Fuji Media, and Kabuku will spend the cash on upgrading its platform and expanding globally.
Ambition Systems, the US-based creator of an app that gamifies business functions, has secured $2m in seed funding from backers including Google Ventures, internet company Google’s corporate venture capital subsidiary, SV Angel, High Line Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Promus Ventures, Initialized Capital and Acequia Capital, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The startup previously received $600,000 in seed funding from incubator Lamp Post Group.
Dentsu Digital Fund, the corporate venturing fund owned by the digital marketing arm of advertising firm Dentsu, has invested $2m in S-cubism, the Japan-based developer of an internet infrastructure platform Tech in Asia reported today. DDH made the investment in February but only formally announced it this week.
Semiconductor maker Intel’s venture investment unit Intel Capital has contributed an undisclosed amount to a series A round being raised by WhoKnows, a US-based developer of software that enables businesses to build accurate employee profiles. WhoKnows previously secured $1.75m of series A funds in November from software producer Citrix Systems and VC firm PivortNorth Capital.
Booster Pack, a Singapore-based mobile game developer founded by ex-employees of developer LucasArts, raised almost $1.5m on Tuesday in a seed round led by mobile app company Cyberworld Studios, and supported by Ariel Star Group, and Kathrein Ventures. It will use the cash to complete its first game, which is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Japan-based deli food delivery service Okan has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from CyberAgent Ventures and online food retailer Oisix, The Bridge reported. Okan will now seek to improve the systems and marketing behind its service, which officially launched in March.
Definigen, a UK-based producer of stem cell life science products, raised £1m ($1.7m) on Monday in a series A round funded by biotechnology company Abcam, along with Cambridge Enterprise and 24 Haymarket, the two of which jointly led the round, London Business Angels, Wren Capital, Ranworth Capital, Providence Investment Company and Cambridge Capital Group. (Disclosure: 24 Haymarket is also an investor in Mawsonia).
Telecommunications company KDDI has invested ¥100m ($1m) in Creema, a Japan-based e-commerce site that allows users to sell their wares directly to each other, through its KDDI Open Innovation Fund. Creema plans to use the funding to develop its service, which was launched in 2010, more fully.
Writepath, the Taiwan-based creator of an online editing, proofreading and translation service, said on Tuesday it has raised just over $500,000 in a seed round led by B Dash Ventures, the VC fund backed by a host of Japanese internet companies. The round also featured Pinehurst Advisors and several private investors, and Writepath plans to now establish offices in Japan, Korea and the US.