Fusion-io floats with corporate backers including Dell Ventures, Sumitomo Ventures and reportedly Samsung Ventures.

PTT Chemical owns 47.9% of Myriant after it invested $60m in January.

The Indian unit of US-based publisher International Data Group finds that technology deals make more than five times investors' money in the region.

Great Hill Partners and Primus Capital Funds bought SterilMed, which was also backed by First Analysis, Prism Capital and Sterling Partners as well as Ascension's corporate venturing unit, for an undisclosed sum.

Roche subsidiary Ventana Medical Systems will pay $100m for BioImagene on a debt-free basis.

Corporate venturing backers behind coupon company Groupon could reap 200 times return on its flotation.

Pharmascience, a Canada-based generic pharmaceutical company, has acquired corporate venturing-backed local peer Aegera Therapeutics for an undisclosed amount.

The company issued nearly 11 million shares at $18 each compared to an expected upper range of $17 per share prior to its initial public offering. A further 1.65 million shares can be sold if demand remains strong as it began trading at $20 each.

The combined business, called Reply, estimated revenues of more than $100m next year.

IDG Ventures Boston, the corporate venturing unit of US-based publisher International Data Group before it became independent and renamed Flybridge, and venture capital firm General Catalyst Partners invested $13.75m in BzzAgent in 2006.