FibroGen, a Astellas-backed biotech firm, is lining up a $125m initial public offering to raise money for further drug development.

Home automation company Vivint acquired the Google-backed cloud-storage company in order to enhance its smart home platform.

The Reed Elsevier-backed advertising personalisation platform was bought by Quantcast for an undisclosed sum.

The corporates area acquiring trader messaging service Perzo, and will use it as the basis for a new company, Symphony Communications.

Calgary spin-out Trusted Positioning is bought by US company InvenSense.

Durham University will receive direct investments as part of the acquisition deal.

Big data company Cloudera has acquired Google-backed business intelligence and data visualisation company DataPad.

Ibibo, the online travel joint venture by Tencent and Naspers, exited CarDekho three years after acquiring the company.

The Israel-based company, backed by investors including Yaskawa Electric, intends to spend the proceeds on sales, marketing and product development.

Financial services firm Citi exited the mobile shopping rewards company through the deal, which will involve Shopkick becoming part of the SK Telecom group.