Johan Feenstra, Liquavista's founder and new chief executive (CEO) of Liquavista, said: "The outright acquisition of Liquavista by the largest electronics company in the world [Samsung] is the fulfillment of a strategy dating back to the original spin-out and confirmation of the disruptive potential that our technology will have in the display market."

The company will sell 7.15 million common shares at its initial public offering (IPO) at between $13 and $15 each, according to Gevo's regulatory filing.

News provider Wall Street Journal said Amazon valued Lovefilm at about $320m but the cost of acquisition was offset by its 42% holding.

Biotie will issue 161,448,371 shares to acquire Switzerland-based Synosia.

Steamboat invested in Scrapblog's series A1 funding round in December 2007 but has sold company to Mixbook.

O'Reilly Media's corporate venturing unit led the $1m seed round for TripIt, which Nasdaq-listed travel group Concur has agreed to buy for up to $120m.

BW and Investinor provide exit for OceanSaver's investors.

Newswire Reuters said a prospectus for LinkedIn's initial public offering was expected to be completed by end-March with the three banks as book-runners selling its shares to the public.

SurePayroll closed its series B round in January 2001 and a decade after launch sells to peer Paychex.

After more than a decade of venture backing, Aprimo sells to Teradata for $525m.