Baidu has paid an undisclosed amount to acquire Kitt.Ai, an Amazon Alexa Fund-backed AI language technology developer.

Topical skin treatment developer and JLabs graduate Sienna Biopharmaceuticals has filed for a $74.8m initial public offering, after raising $86m in venture funding.

The Deutsche Telekom-backed wearable fitness tracker developer was once valued at more than $3bn, but has now begun liquidation proceedings.

Sinar Mas and Dian Swastatika Sentosa-backed internet service provider MyRepublic is targeting the end of 2018 for an initial public offering, its CEO has said.

Existing investor Novo Ventures contributed to a series C round announced alongside Unchained Labs' acquisition of protein measurement device maker Trinean.

The pharmaceutical company has bought diabetes management platform MySugr for an undisclosed sum, two years after its corporate venturing unit backed a $4.8m seed round.

Dunnhumby Ventures has exited consumer analytics provider InfoScout in a cash and stock purchase by business intelligence company Market Track.

The corporate-backed online marketplace is reportedly holding out for $1bn, having rejected an acquisition offer of between $550m and $900m.

Progress Software has acquired business app development platform Kinvey, which had raised almost $18m from backers including NTT Docomo Ventures and Verizon Ventures.

The bone disease therapy developer had raised $92.5m from investors including UCB Pharma across two rounds in 2015.