Qualcomm-backed video conferencing platform Zoom is gearing up for an initial public offering that would reportedly value the company at several billion dollars.

GV has exited autonomous driving software developer Blue Vision in an acquisition by Lyft that was reportedly sized at $72m.

Sina invested $5m as online financing platform Pintec, which also counts Xiaomi as an investor, went public in a $44.3m initial public offering.

Our prediction that we would see the highest number of deals yet in a calendar year has come true with another quarter still ahead of us.

Rakuten has scored an exit from digital invoicing platform MakeLeaps after Ricoh agreed to buy the company for a reported eight-figure amount.

Workday Ventures has exited recruitment matchmaking platform Simppler in an acquisition by Teamable two years after it invested in the company.

The Brazilian payment and commerce services provider floated above its range and raised an extra $100m from Ant Financial through a private placement.

Alphabet and Slack have exited business intelligence software provider DataFox in an acquisition of undisclosed size by Oracle.

Bertelsmann Asia Investments owns almost 10% of the Chinese automotive marketplace, which has filed to raise up to $150m in a US offering.

Cloud security software provider Dome9 has been acquired by Check Point for $175m plus stock and options, following $29m in funding from investors including SoftBank.