Ride hailing services company Uber, backed by many corporate investors, held its long-awaited $8.1bn IPO, which was the world's largest since 2014, though many consider it a disappointment

Monthly analysis: April 2019

Shareholders including Japan Post, Salesforce, CyberAgent, Recruit, GMO, Nippon Life and Nikkei are all in line for exits when Sansan floats in Japan next month.

First Data and Airbnb are set to exit the restaurant booking platform in an acquisition of undisclosed size by American Express.

The board at Flinders University-founded medical avatar software platform Clevertar has agreed to pump in funding to clear the spinout's outstanding liabilities to creditors including the university.

Alphabet, Telstra and RackSpace are in line to exit the cybersecurity technology provider CrowdStrike, which has set a placeholder target of $100m for its IPO.

A member of NYU's Future Labs incubator network, virtual receptionist developer Bowtie.ai has been acquired by wellness services software developer Mindbody.

Cortexyme has added $11.3m to its initial public offering, after the Pfizer, Takeda and Alphabet-based Alzheimer’s therapy developer raised $75m last week.

Motorola and JVC Kenwood-backed rugged electronics producer has floated below its range in a $39.6m offering, having previously raised some $117m in financing.

ADT, BMW and Duchossois Group have achieved exits after people-tracking app developer Life360 became one of the few US-based companies to float in Australia.