Ebates-backed brand customer review portal Influenster has been bought for an undisclosed amount by Marlin Equity Partners and will be merged with marketing software producer Bazaarvoice.

Qualcomm Ventures has exited software development testing service Bitbar Technologies in an acquisition by SmartBear Software.

Toy electronics kit provider LittleBits had raised $59m from investors including O'Reilly Media, and will become part of Sphero's smart toy product lineup.

App testing optimisation platform Apptimize, which counted Alphabet unit GV as an investor, has been acquired by Airship for an undisclosed amount.

SoftBank and Telstra are both set to exit digital banking technology developer Kony in an acquisition by Temenos that comes after about $113m of funding.

Smart urban lighting management business Smartnodes has been picked up by Lacroix Group having spun out of University of Liège and UCLouvain in 2007.

Comcast and Grace Beauty-backed exercise equipment provider Peloton has filed to raise up to $500m in an offering on the Nasdaq Global Select market.

The Alibaba and Foxconn-backed facial-recognition technology developer has filed for an offering that is reportedly set to raise $500m to $1bn.

Modis Therapeutics, a Columbia University spinout focused on a rare mitochondrial disease, has been bought by Zogenix in a deal potentially worth $400m.

The SIG and Ookbee-backed ticketing platform has been purchased by e-commerce company Tiki in the latter’s first-ever acquisition deal.