The Rocket Internet-founded e-commerce group, whose investors include Tengelmann and Access Industries, could be valued at up to $2.8bn in the offering.

Alibaba-backed Babytree priced its shares at the foot of its range and will raise $217m at a valuation of $1.5bn, down from $2.2bn earlier this year.

The travel booking platform, backed by Ctrip, Dalian Wanda and Tencent, has priced shares at the bottom of its range and raised $180m in its initial public offering.

The radio ad marketplace operator has agreed to an acquisition by one of its investors, iHeartMedia, with Intel Capital and Universal Music also set to exit.

Ireland’s Comptroller and Auditor General has highlighted issues in a Waterford Institute of Technology licensing deal that garnered low returns when the spinout in question was acquired.

Synthorx, spun out of Scripps Research Institute, is targeting $100m in a proposed offering half a year after it raised $63m in a series C round backed by Osage University Partners.

Autodesk has agreed to acquire the construction management software provider for $875m, providing an exit to investors including Box and Alphabet.

The Alexandria Real Estate Equities-backed plant breeder has filed to go public, having raised $189m in equity and debt financing.

The biopharmaceutical spinout of University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna is issuing 400,000 shares in an initial public offering that is set to fetch between $34m and $41m.

Drone provider Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory plans to float on December 21, having raised at least $25m in VC funding from investors including Rakuten.