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.

The Kaiser Permanente-backed medical device producer upscaled its initial public offering to $64.4m after the underwriters took up the over-allotment option.

The Hakim Unique, Shanda Interactive and Dong Yi Ri Sheng-backed lending platform raised $45m, floating in the middle of its range.

Utec-backed Chiba spinout Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory has filed for an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and plans to list on December 21.