Venture capital deals

Meilele, a Chinese online retailer of self-branded furniture, has raised $40 million in Series B funding.Lightspeed China Partners led the round, and was joined by Vertex Venture Holdings, Lightspeed Venture Partners, KTB Capital and LionRock Capital. www.meilele.com

Topell Energy BV, a Dutch provider of torrefaction technology solutions for the biomass supply chain, has raised €13 million in new VC funding. Yellow&Blue Clean Energy Investment Management and existing backer Innogy Venture Capital co-led the round, and were joined by Innovatie-en Investeringsfonds Gelderland. www.topellenergy.com

Credit Sesame, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company that helps consumers optimize their debt, has raised $12 million in new VC funding. Globespan Capital Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers Menlo Ventures and Inventus Capital.  www.creditsesame.com

Scvngr, a Boston-based mobile game and mobile payment app, has raised $12 million in new VC funding. Continental Investors and Transmedia Capital co-led the round, and were joined by return backers Highland Capital Partners, Google Ventures and Balderton Capital. www.scvngr.com

AliveCor, a San Francisco-based developer of a mobile electrocardiogram device, has raised $10.5 million in Series B funding. Khosla Ventures and return backer Burrill & Co. were joined by insider Qualcomm. www.alivecore.com

Blaze Bioscience Inc., a Seattle-based developer of “paint” for real-time, high-res visualization of solid tumors, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. No investor information was disclosed.www.blazebioscience.com

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