VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher, and Tesla founder Elon Musk invested $40 million in the second funding round of secretive artificial intelligence (AI) startup Vicarious.

Russian tech investor Yuri Milner, together with Morgan Stanley chief John Mack, invested an undisclosed amount in Los Angeles, US-based cloud graphics firm Otoy to commercialize its suite cloud-based content creation tools.

Hollywood, US-based digital media firm SpinMedia Group acquired SpinMedia LLC for an undisclosed amount, and poured in $10 million in funding to deal with the company's debts.

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has invested an undisclosed amount in Monaco-based electric car startup Venturi Automobiles and co-founded a new electric racing team which will compete in the Formula E series next September.

New York-based all-digital media firm Ziff Davis, the publishing arm of Hollywood-based internet services company J2 Global Inc, bought consumer electronics deal aggregating site TechBargains.com for an undisclosed amount.

The 80-year-old actress of "Private Benjamin", Eileen Brennan, died Sunday.

Forbes' third highest paid actor for 2013, Hugh Jackman, earned his US$55 million primarily from the movie 'The Wolverine'.

"The Wolverine" is expected to "heal" Hollywood from big-budget losses.