Comcast and SingTel-backed Bubbly, which had reportedly been set to liquidate only two weeks ago, has been bought by networking services company Altruist.

Incubator and venture firm Rocket Internet is set to reveal its plans for an initial public offering at the same time as one of its portfolio companies, Zalando.

Amazon acquired the video streaming platform, backed by Two-Take Interactive Software among others, for almost $1bn.

The gaming company will provide the funding in an attempt to increase its Southeast Asian business as it sells its stake in Supercell to parent company SoftBank.

The Nippon Insurance and Recruit-backed task crowdsourcing platform has been approved for an IPO in Japan.

SmartThings, the developer of an app for home automation, has been bought for $200m just over two years after it was founded.

Sumitomo-backed Alta has officially become the fourth solar product manufacturer to be acquired by Hanergy.

Otonomy, which is developing treatments for ear disorders, could boost the size of the offering to $115m if the underwriters take up the option to buy more shares.

The pharmaceutical company has raised over $100m in equity funding from investors including Boehringer Ingelheim and Allergen.

Biopharmaceutical company Otonomy is now trading on Nasdaq.