Cloud collaboration software provider Exostar was formed by BAE, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Rolls-Royce before Merck & Co became a shareholder in 2014.

TSE’s Mothers Market has approved an IPO for the engineer-oriented staffing services provider that would enable Crooz, InterWorks, MyNavi, Sega Sammy and Vector to exit.

Novartis bought $10m in shares as the fibrosis treatment developer floated at the top of its range in an expanded initial public offering.

The automotive e-commerce platform, which counts AutoNation among its investors, is set to raise up to $319m when it floats, at a valuation exceeding $1.9bn.

Celgene and BMS-backed cancer therapy developer Repare Therapeutics has filed to go public after raising more than $165m in equity financing.

The Legend Capital-backed industrial testing technology provider has filed to raise up to $98.8m when it floats on Shanghai’s Star Market.

Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments has exited affiliate marketing service Skimlinks, which was purchased by Connexity for an undisclosed amount.

The user interface engineering startup is set to list on TSE’s Mothers Market, handing exits to Blue Rose, Digital Garage, Finc, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Salesforce.

The female-focused media services provider has listed in Japan, enabling Asahi Broadcasting, AsobiSystem, GMO, Gree, Hakuhodo DY, iStyle, MAK, NEC, Nexyz, Seraku, SoftBank and TBS to exit.

Cisco intends to purchase the network analytics software producer, which had raised more than $110m from investors including GV and Salesforce Ventures, for a reported $1bn.