Vista Equity Partners has agreed to buy Applause, a brand services provider that had raised $115m from investors including corporate venturing unit Accenture Ventures.

Amazon Alexa Fund has exited Dragon Innovation through an acquisition of undisclosed size by design and supply chain services firm Avnet.

Smart commercial lighting developer Digital Lumens, which has raised about $60m from investors including Nokia, is reportedly set to be bought for a mid-sized eight-digit sum.

The skin disease therapy developer has filed for a $34.5m initial public offering, days after raising $11.3m in a Sun Pharmaceutical Industries-led round.

The corporate has agreed to acquire hyperconvergence software provider Springpath, two years after its Cisco Investments unit invested in the company.

Stanford University, one of the investors in hyperconvergence software provider Springpath when it came out of stealth, is set to exit the company.

The phone-based audio archiving software provider has been acquired for an undisclosed amount, allowing Swisscom Ventures and Vodafone Ventures to exit.

Mitsui and corporate venturing units Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Ascension Health Ventures had helped provide $60m to the Aethon, which is set to be acquired by VTLS.