Centerbridge has led a $178m round as part of a primary and secondary share purchase that will give it a majority stake in the Aegon and Transamerica-backed lending platform.

The CNS disease drug developer has filed to raise up to $100m in an initial public offering, just weeks after raising $96m from investors including GV.

Al Faisaliah-backed affordable e-commerce platform developer Awok has confirmed it has ceased operations, less than 18 months after a $30m series A round.

Telstra, Liberty Global, Kraft Group and 32 Equity are set to exit esports competition platform Skillz in a deal valuing it at $3.5bn.

The laser manufacturing equipment maker is going public on Shanghai's Star Market two years after a Legend Capital-backed seed round.

Dialpad has bought the video conferencing technology developer, which had raised more than $77m from investors including GV and Dimension Data.

Danone is the largest investor in Laird having closed a $10m investment in the plant-based superfood brand earlier this year.

American Express Ventures and Citi Ventures have exited flight insurance software developer Freebird in an acquisition by Capital One.

As the month of August draws to a close, last week we reported several initial public offerings (IPOs) which are lined up for the coming weeks along with some notable ones that have already taken place.

O'Reilly's OATV vehicle will exit web cybersecurity software provider in a deal consisting of $200m in cash and $575m of Fastly stock.