The Tencent and Bertelsmann-backed social commerce platform has spoken to potential advisors and underwriters about an offering that could value it at $4bn.

Salesforce Ventures has exited ZenIQ through an acquisition by 6Sense, after co-leading a $4.6m round for the company last year.

Alibaba's financial services affiliate has reportedly already raised $3bn from investors including Temasek and is targeting an $8bn to $9bn close.

Johnson & Johnson has bought UW spinout C-Sats, which has created a platform to evaluate surgeons and helps them boost their skills.

Medtronic spinout Inspire Medical Systems, the developer of a neurostimulation device for sleep apnea, has targeted $86.3m for its IPO.

The Dell EMC spinout has set the range for an offering in which General Electric will sell up to $62m of shares.

The YY-founded live game streaming platform raised $462m from Tencent last month at a valuation of $1.16bn.

The age-related disease drug developer, which counts Mayo Clinic and WuXi PharmaTech as investors, raised $55m as recently as last month.

Duke spinout Element could generate as much as $30m from the sale, which will enable UCB to boost its research capabilities.

Ola has acquired Times Internet-backed public transportation app developer Ridlr in an all-stock deal reportedly worth almost $50m.