Two large and important deals above the $1bn mark in the e-commerce and e-retail space in East Asia appeared in the news last week. Both deals involved telecoms group SoftBank as a corporate backer.

The Rocket Internet-founded e-commerce group, whose investors include Tengelmann and Access Industries, could be valued at up to $2.8bn in the offering.

Alibaba-backed Babytree priced its shares at the foot of its range and will raise $217m at a valuation of $1.5bn, down from $2.2bn earlier this year.

Uniseed has upped its investment in probiotic drink maker Perkii after leading the Queensland spinout’s first $3m round in 2016.

The travel booking platform, backed by Ctrip, Dalian Wanda and Tencent, has priced shares at the bottom of its range and raised $180m in its initial public offering.

Walmart, which closed its $16bn acquisition of a 77% stake in Flipkart in August, has boosted its share of the e-commerce marketplace to 81.3%.

SoftBank's Vision Fund supplied $2bn for the e-commerce marketplace at a $9bn valuation, three years after a $1bn investment by its parent company.

SoftBank has reportedly led a round that valued the peer-to-peer e-commerce platform, which also counts Alibaba and CyberAgent as investors, at about $7bn.

The community-focused e-commerce platform has raised series A funds from investors including Ping An Ventures and SIG Asia.

Tyson Foods and General Mills are in line for exits after meat substitute producer Beyond Meat filed to go public in a $100m initial public offering.