—Glubble: Family-focused social network Glubble has raised $1 million (£607,000) in second round from (unidentified) European investors taking its total capital raised to date to $4 million (£2.42 million). The San Francisco-based site—founded in Amsterdam—provides with shared picture galleries and calendars and emphasises its safety benefits for young children. More at paidContent.org.

—Ticketea: The Spanish start-up has raised $280,000 (£107,000) from investors including New York based Worldwide Wealth Management Company CEO Jaime Diaz, ahead of its launch in the next few weeks. The company will offer small and medium size event promoters a way to sell tickets and promote their events online as well as data monitoring. Via Techcrunch.

—Northwest Vision and Media: The regional development agency has awarded £360,000 through its annual Regional Attraction Fund which supports entertainment and digital media companies. Included in this round are: Liverpool’s social mobile app development firm Kisky Netmedia (£50,000); Lancashire-based RealTimeUK (£15,000) and Liverpool-based internet marketing specialist CL5 (£50,000). Release.