The Rakuten-backed social media company, which was valued at more than $12bn in 2017, has filed to list on the New York Stock Exchange.

The Alibaba, Foxconn, Legend Holdings and SK Group-backed image recognition software provider is reportedly weighing up New York and Hong Kong for an $800m initial public offering.

Edge cloud platform Fastly has hired Bank of America to oversee an IPO valuing it at $1bn which would provide exits for Swisscom, Deutsche Telekom and O’Reilly Media.

The Xiaomi-backed online brokerage floated above its range while its other corporate investor, International Brokers, bought more than $13m of shares.

36Kr Media is considering an initial public offering in the US that would be sized at about $100m, providing exits for Baidu Video and Focus Media Information Technology.

Lyft has set the range for an IPO that would allow Alphabet, Rakuten, GM, Jaguar Land Rover, Alibaba, Didi Chuxing, Magna and Icahn Enterprises to exit, valuing it at up to $22.9bn.

The Africa-focused e-commerce platform, backed by MTN, Rocket Internet, Millicom, Orange, Axa and Pernod Ricard, has filed for a $100m initial public offering in the US.

Abiomed-backed Shockwave Medical has raised approximately $97m in an oversubscribed initial public offering, before its shares climbed more than 85% by the end of Friday.

Tencent invested $8m as the Chinese online brokerage floated at the top of its range in the US, at a valuation of more than $1.3bn.

The Shanghai International Group-backed drone maker is reportedly looking to raise between $400m and $500m in a US initial public offering later this year.