Ally had raised $10m in seed funding from investors including UCB but disappointing animal studies led the company to be wound down.

WordPress and Tumblr-owner Automattic has acquired Frontity, a portfolio company and creator of a WordPress site development tool.

Amazon, Ford, Sumitomo, Cox Enterprises and Abdul Latif Jameel are set to score exits after the electric truck developer filed confidentially to go public.

Alibaba, Qualcomm, SoftBank, Suning and Dalian Wanda are among the investors that could exit the AI-equipped machine vision technology developer, most recently valued at $12bn.

The restaurant management software provider had received funding from Alphabet’s GV unit prior to the announcement of its IPO plans last week.

CapitalG-backed enterprise software producer Freshworks plans to float on the Nasdaq Global Select Market after reporting a boost in revenue this year.

Ferrovial and Mitsui Fudosan helped mobility platform developer Maas Global hike its latest round to nearly $46m while automotive technology developer Visic Technologies raised $35m.

The $3bn merger of meditation app developer Headspace and digital mental health services provider Ginger would present a new path for a plethora of corporate investors.

M12 helped cybersecurity software producer Hunters raise $30m while Scor and Transamerica are set to exit patient monitoring software developer 100Plus.

American Express Ventures will get the chance to sell shares in the eyewear retail brand, valued at $3bn as of a year ago, through the listing.