Charlottesville, Virginia-based wind power developer Apex Clean Energy Inc raised around $4.4 million in the latest stage of its $25-million equity funding round which started last year.

Dell announced that it will start carrying MakerBot's 3D printers and scanners - a deal that may remove 3D printing in the niche industry and push the technology into mainstream.

For the its first quarterly earnings report this year, Apple beat analysts expectations when it came to iPad sales but did not do as well with iPhones, VentureBeat reported.

San Diego, US-based entrepreneur Ian Sells nabbed $50,000 on a Kickstarter campaign to fund the first batch of StrongVolt, a solar charger he created for smart devices.

FundersClub, the online network that links accredited investors with promising startups globally, has launched a community news site for private investors called "Venture News," VentureBeat reported.

Redwood City, California-based cloud contact center and customer solutions provider LiveOps Inc has purchased UserEvents and its product called CxEngage. The acquisition enables LiveOps to enhance its Cloud Platform.

The forecasts of the ongoing cold weather in several US key cities has made investors increase their bets on US natural gas futures.

XL-ID Solutions Inc. announced that at the meeting of its creditors which took place on January 24, 2014, the statutory majority of creditors approved the proposal submitted by the Corporation pursuant to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, in a proportion of 93,6% in number and 89,5% in value of the creditors who filed a proof of claim and voted on the proposal.

A group of strategic investors which included European utility company E.ON., Foundation Capital and Voyager Capital, led the Series C funding round for AutoGrid Systems which raised $12.75 million.

TigerText, a real-time messaging provider for the enterprise, has closed its Series B round led by Shasta Ventures with $21 million. New and existing investors also participated in the financing.