Dailymotion, the France-based video sharing website, has raised $34m (€24.9m) from AGF Private Equity, Advent Venture Partners, Atlas Venture and Partech International. The investment will be used towards technological and creative development as well as marketing. Dailymotion was launched within a few months of its main competitor YouTube, which was sold to Google last year for $1.65bn (€1.3bn). Website analysis company Alexa currently rates Dailymotion as the worlds 49th most visited site, compared to Youtube’s ranking of 4th.

XMOS Semiconductor, the UK-based fabless semiconductor company, has raised $16m (€11.7m) in series A funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, DFJ Esprit and Foundation Capital. XMOS has created a new category of semiconductors - called Software Defined Silicon (SDS) chips - for consumer electronics applications that require high performance, low manufacturing cost and design flexibility. The company expects its silicon, development tools and software components will sample to lead customers towards the end of this year and be broadly available from Q1 2008.

Netviewer, the Germany-based provider of real-time collaboration software, has raised €9m from Invision Private Equity and TVM Capital. Netviewer’s service enables business users to view each other's PC screens simultaneously in order to collaborate on a variety of documents, calculations or graphs. The company says that it has more than 10,000 corporate and SME customers from more than 43 countries. The latest investment is to be used to accelerate international growth and for further product development.

Power Paper, the Israel-based provider of low-voltage patch technology to the cosmetic industry, has raised $12m (€8.8m) from Amadeus Capital Partners, Apax Partners, Clal Industries and Investments, Infinity Venture Capital and Partech International. Power Paper’s patches, powered by an embedded ultra-thin printed battery, are designed to boost cosmetic efficacy by enhancing the effect of active ingredients. The company develops patches addressing various cosmetic applications including anti-aging, anti-wrinkle, skin whitening, anti-cellulite and acne. Pharmaceutical applications are also under development.

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