Fender has been corporate-backed by Japan's Yamano Music and Kanda Shokai Corporation since the 1980s.

The power management chip company backed by Nokia's corporate venturing unit, reportedly nets a four times return for one of its long-term backers.

The healthcare company backed by Celgene and Eli Lilly's corporate venturing unit files to list on Nasdaq.

Intel Capital-backed Sinosun rose nearly 10% in its first day of trading on Thursday.

Quest was the subject of a bidding war which also involved private equity firms Insight Venture Partners and Vector Capital.

Abound was founded in 2007 after 15 years of development at Colorado State University and with support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and raised $300m of equity over its lifetime.