The solar company backed by energy groups Total and Chevron as well as Japan-based imaging company Konica Minolta has raised more than $170m in its history.

Tropos will help ABB expand its offering for smart grids and other critical infrastructure applications and become part of ABB's global utility communications product group.

Japan-based conglomerate Marubeni Corp buys the agricultural and energy resources compan backed by industrial conglomerate Orascom Construction Industries.

The deal would be valued at more than $800m compared to the about $85m raised by Buddy since its launch in 2007, according to news provider All Things D.

Dong Yu sold the shares and separately acquired a total of 3.5 million Bona shares for nearly $40m from venture capital firms SIG China Investments, Matrix Partners China and Sequoia Capital.

Investment banks Jefferies and Leerink Swann are co-lead underwriters of OncoMed's initial public offering (IPO).

Investment banks JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are co-lead underwriters of Kythera's initial public offering.

The expected $220m round for Spotify follows Korea-based conglomerate Samsung's purchase of its corporate venturing unit's portfolio company MSpot for an undisclosed amount.

Wanxiang will join the board of directors of GreatPoint, which won the Global Corporate Venturing award for investment of the year when Wanxiang made its original investment at the start of the year.