Digby is a mobile commerce company that has raised $8 million in Series C funding led by Battery Ventures. RIM’s BlackBerry Partners Fund, S3 Ventures, and Daylight Partners also participated in this round. Based in Austin, Texas, Digby has raised a total of $16 million. Digby’s mobile commerce platform allows retail companies to easily add their inventory for purchase on smartphones. Some of their clients include Costco, Toys “R” Us, and The Home Depot. Digby also has a deal with AT&T their mobile commerce software platform for developers. [RetailCustomerExperience]

Viewdle is a facial recognition company that has raised $10 million in Series B funding from Best Buy, Qualcomm, and BlackBerry Partners Fund. Best Buy’s Kuk Yi and John Albright are both joining Viewdle’s board of directors as part of this funding round. Viewdle will use the financing to launch new consumer products. Viewdle researched facial technology for about 15 years and spent 3 years in commercial productization. [TechCrunch]

Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) is partnering with China Broadband Capital Partners to set up a $100 million fund called BlackBerry Partners Fund China. This fund will be used to invest in mobile Internet and mobile cloud companies in China.

Aepona has raised a $10 million round from the BlackBerry Partners Fund. Aepona lets third party developers tap into carrier features when creating features around messaging, location, billing, and voice communications. Aepona has about 20 networks across the world and runs on the GSM Association OneAPI standard. Research In Motion said that Aepona can be used by media companies and enterprises. [paidContent]