Foxboro, Mass. - Play Hard Sports, a developer and publisher of casual online sports games, on Wednesday announced its launch and a $5 million first round of financing, led by New Enterprise Associates.

Dundee, Scotland - Independent video game developer Realtime Worlds announced on Monday that it has raised $50 million in its second round of funding, led by Maverick Capital.

Edinburgh, Scotland - Rapid Mobile Media, a provider of mobile advertising and applications, announced on Thursday that it has raised about $4 million in its second round of financing, led by New Enterprise Associates.

Baltimore - TidalTV, the developer of a broadband TV platform that will feature professionally produced, branded programming, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $15 million in its first round of venture capital, led by New Enterprise Associates and Valhalla Partners.

Durham, N.C. - Motricity, a provider of mobile content services, announced that it has raised $185 million in a round of venture capital, which was led by Advanced Equities, Carl Icahn and New Enterprise Associates.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Vuze, a distributor of video content using BitTorrent peer-to-peer technology, announced that it has raised $20 million in its third round of funding, led by New Enterprise Associates.

San Francisco - Federated Media Publishing, an online ad network for blogs and other conversational media websites, has raised $4.5 million in its second round of funding, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing.

Baltimore - New Enterprise Associates (NEA), the Baltimore-based venture capital firm focused on technology and life sciences, said on Monday that it has invested $10.5 million in Chicago-based MediaBank, the developer of a technology and services platform for media buying agencies and advertisers.

Menlo Park, Calif. - Jentro Technologies, a Germany-based provider of location-based mobile software and services, said on Wednesday that it has received a $28 million investment from New Enterprise Associates.

Burlingame, Calif. - Limbo 41414, the developer of a Web and mobile entertainment product called the Limbo Auction, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $8 million in new financing, led by New Enterprise Associates.

San Mateo, Calif. - Rinera Networks, a provider of Internet video distribution tools for content owners and aggregators, said on Tuesday that it has raised $9 million in its first round of funding, from previous investors New Enterprise Associates and Foundation Capital.

Foster City, Calif. - Teracent, a developer of online advertising technology, has raised around $5 million in its first round of venture capital financing, led by New Enterprise Associated, PEHub.com reported.