Gengo, a translation platform for global companies, has recently closed a $12 million round of funding led by Intel Capital, with participation from Atomico, Iris Capital, Infocomm Investments, NTT-IP Fund and STC Ventures. Details of the investment were not released.

Iris Capital and Capnamic Ventures have agreed to a partnership for making early stage investments in Germany. Iris Capital’s early-stage vehicle, OP Ventures Early Stage, will co-invest with the newly launched Capnamic Ventures Fund. The cooperation may also extend to later stage investments in Germany.

BuyBox said it raised $2.3 million from Iris Capital and Midi Capital. This money will go to product development and international expansion.

AppGratis said it raised $13 million from Iris Capital and other investors. No other detail on the investment partners was available. AppGratis is developing app discovery technology.

DelfMEMS said it raised $10.5 million in Series B funding from CDC Entreprises, Iris Capital, Capitalaria, VIVES as well as existing investors A2D Invest, Alliansys, Finorpa, Inovam, Rhône-Alpes-Création and various angels. The funding will be used to support the company’s growth in MEMS based switching products used as front end wireless modules for mobile devices like smart phones and tablets.

France Telecom-Orange is making a strategic investment in mobile security company Lookout. Orange is investing through the Orange & Publicis strategic venture capital initiative with Iris Capital.

Iris Capital, with offices in Paris, Dusseldorf and Dubai, said it has expanded its international reach by opening offices in North America and Asia. The new offices are located in Montreal. San Francisco, Beijing and Tokyo.

YouScribe, a Paris-based startup focused on digital document publishing and sharing, has raised €2 million from investors, including Iris Capital and individual investors Philippe Oddo and Bruno Emsens. Previous investors Thierry Dassault, Habert Dassault, Benoit Habert, the Gilberte Beaux family and Henri and François de Maublanc also participated in the funding.

Software company Kyriba, based in San Diego, California, has raised $10.6 million in funding. The round was led by Iris Capital, a pan-European late stage investor, with return investor BRED Banque Populaire. The money will be used to accelerate the growth of the company, according to Kyriba.