Zepp Labs Inc, a startup based in Los Gatos, California, closed its Series B round with $15 million to develop wearable technology to enable sports enthusiasts to step up their game.

Cambridge, England-based company Kensho closed a $10-million seed funding round for a cloud-based intelligent market research assistant called Warren that can answer complex financial queries in natural language.

Boston, US-based enterprise software maker Mendix nabbed $25 million in venture capital funding led by Battery Ventures to fuel its mission to build a big business in the software industry.

San Francisco, California-based recurring revenue management software provider ServiceSource acquired Seattle-based predictive analytics firm Scout Analytics in a deal valued at $32 million in cash.

Oregon, US-based vending machine technology firm VendScreen Inc has bagged $17.8 million in a funding round led by existing investors Merrickhanna Ventures and 3X5 Special Opportunity Fund.

In a long-awaited move, Facebook finally started running tests using third-party mobile apps as part of its plan to become a mobile ad network, as confirmed by Facebook engineer Sriram Krishnan on the company's developer blog.

Using Bitcoin as a form of reward to programmers working in open-source software projects is rapidly gaining popularity, a report in The Wall Street Journal Blog Venture Capital Dispatch said.

Brooklyn-based firm Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, a new seed investment fund founded by former First Round Capital principal Charlie O'Donnell, secured $8.3 million in funding from several investors.

San Francisco, US-based in-feed native ad exchange ShareThrough raised another $17 million in combined debt and equity financing in a round led by Floodgate and North Bridge Venture.

Chartio, a provider of cloud business intelligence for developers and businesses, has received $2.2 million in additional financing from Avalon Ventures which led the Series A round for the company in 2011.