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LoopPay pocketed $250m in acquisition

Samsung acquired the mobile wallet developer LoopPay in February this year, providing exits to corporate backers Visa and Synchrony Financial.

May 15, 2015

Arcadia harvests $65.6m IPO

The seed technology developer went public after raising more than $100m in funding from investors including BASF.

May 15, 2015

Galapagos enters US markets with $275m IPO

Johnson & Johnson and AbbVie bought a combined $55m of stock as the biopharmaceutical company, already listed in Europe, went public on Nasdaq.

May 15, 2015

Bank of Ireland seed fund begins divestment programme

Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Fund plans to divest 25% of its portfolio in the next year, beginning with medical device developer NeoSurgical.

May 14, 2015

HTG Molecular profiles $50m IPO

Novo, GlaxoSmithKline and Merck-backed molecular profiling platform HTG offered almost 3.6 million shares priced at $14 each.

May 14, 2015

Jaguar hunts out $20m IPO

Pet medicine developer Jaguar Animal Health, backed by Napo Pharmaceuticals, raised $20m after receiving $2.2m of venture funding.

May 14, 2015

Twitter gives clue to Niche acquisition price

Twitter revealed in its earnings report that it spent a combined $86.6m to acquire William Morris Endeavor-backed Niche and Periscope earlier this year.

May 13, 2015

Corporates consider investing $55m in Galapagos IPO

Galapagos has increased the target for its upcoming IPO on Nasdaq to $230m, while $55m of the stock could be bought by AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson.

May 11, 2015

Gilead pays $65m for cancer drug developer EpiTherapeutics

Novo Seeds, Lundbeck, Merck and Astellas all exited EpiTherapeutics after it was acquired by biopharmaceutical firm Gilead.

May 8, 2015

Fitbit warms up for $100m IPO

The wearable fitness device maker has raised $83m in funding from investors including SoftBank and Qualcomm.

May 8, 2015

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