Aspen has agreed to buy the Munich RE-backed IoT data analytics provider in a deal worth $78.2m, weeks after acquiring Sabisu's digital workspace platform.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Woodford Investment Management will auction unlisted biotech investments which include Oxford Nanopore in a process that could take three months to reach its conclusion.

Tencent-backed Douyu has successfully listed on Nasdaq after completing a $775m initial public offering that came after economic tensions forced a delay earlier this year.

8x8 has acquired cloud-based communications technology provider Wavecell in a $125m cash and stock deal, allowing Telkom Indonesia's MDI Ventures to exit.

Visa has acquired the cloud-based payment processing software provider Payworks, one of its portfolio companies, also handing an exit to Commerzbank.

SoftBank is the largest shareholder in CloudMinds, owning more than a third of the AI and robotics technology developer that is targeting an overseas listing in the US.

Engie, SunPower, Siemens and GE-backed Tendril Networks has joined forces with Simple Energy to create a utility software provider called Uplight.

Blackstone has agreed to buy the in-app advertising platform, in a reported $750m deal that will see Alphabet and Verizon exit.

Boehringer Ingelheim will pay a total of up to $365m to acquire its venture fund's portfolio company Amal Therapeutics, an immunotherapy spinout of University of Geneva.