Tokyo Stock Exchange has approved an initial public offering for enterprise communication platform Chatwork that will enable GMO Venture Partners to exit.

VR streaming technology creator Vreal has reached the end of the road having previously raised money from Intel Capital and Akatsuki Entertainment Technology Fund.

Goldman Sachs-backed IT professional networking platform Spiceworks has agreed to be purchased by Ziff Davis, having raised $111m in funding.

Dentons subsidiary Nextlaw Labs has exited legal documentation technology developer Doxly in an acquisition by Litera Microsystems.

Doxly has become the first exit for the IU Philanthropic Venture Fund after its acquisition by Litera Microsystems.

Deutsche Börse has exited financial compliance software developer RegTek Solutions less than two years after leading its series A round.

SnapGene, a molecular biology documentation spinout of UChicago, has been acquired by scientific data analysis tool provider GraphPad Software.

SoftBank-backed workspace provider We Company has filed for an initial public offering in which it reportedly expects to raise up to $4bn.

Novartis and Eli Lilly are exiting the neurological disease therapy developer in an acquisition that will involve $52.5m upfront and up to $250m in milestone payments.

Virtual scheduling assistant developer Clara has been acquired by recruitment services provider TopFunnel two years after raising $7m from investors including Slack Fund.