Despite the overall increase, venture capital companies surveyed invested less in dot.coms than in the previous half year for the first time since 1998.
Visual Gold, the animation services company will focus on developing its character brand properties for television.
Milgo, bought of US VC Platinum, is to be added to Kingston’s existing voice and data-networking services.
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The new fund, Earlybird III, has already invested in 14 companies in Europe and the US.
The biopharmaceutical company will use the funding to boost infrastructure, programmes and recruit staff.
The group plans to acquire an additional 65 per cent shareholding in the airport from Barclays Industrial Investments Ltd and Barclays UK Infrastructure Fund.
The B2B support services supplier will use the financing to develop its product range and to recruit additional staff.
Half the total raised was invested by 13 multinational corporations and the rest came from institutional investors.
The technology investor has invested $4.9m in Kevab, a start-up developing 3G infrastructure products.