Sectors
Nxt-ID has purchased Fit Pay, providing an exit to Giesecke & Devrient.
The deal, valued at up to $14bn, has fallen through after SoftBank failed to secure the backing of enough Intelsat creditors.
The online gaming developer, backed by CyberAgent, has signed a preliminary agreement to float on the US stock exchange.
Microsoft has purchased the cybersecurity company, backed by Hewlett Packard, for $100m.
The on-demand food ordering platform, which raised $423m from Naspers just days ago, is reportedly set to float in Germany this summer at a valuation of up to $4.5bn.
Adtech developer Fringe81, whose backers include corporates NTT Docomo, Dentsu and Itochu, is set to float on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Online identity verification platform Are You A Human has been acquired by Distil Networks, allowing corporate venturing unit MDC Dream Ventures to exit.
Bioverativ could end up paying $825m for rare disease drug developer True North, which had raised $142m from backers including GlaxoSmithKline, Biogen Idec, Baxter and Baxalta.
SoftBank, already a 33% shareholder, has reportedly acquired the stakes of three other Snapdeal board members, and Flipkart has signed a term sheet to buy it for a price that could be under $1bn.
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