Lyft has hired an initial public offering advisor with plans to list as early as March next year, in a bid to beat its rival Uber to the punch.

A month after Sutro closed an $85.4m series E round backed by Merck & Co, Celgene, Amgen and Eli Lilly, the cancer drug developer has filed for a $75m initial public offering.

Alphabet and Salesforce-backed SurveyMonkey, which most recently disclosed a valuation of $2bn in 2014, is targeting a $100m initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Xiaomi owns nearly a fifth of Viomi Technology, a smart home appliances producer that is seeking a flotation in the US four years after being incorporated.

58.com could exit when Tubatu, a marketplace for home renovation contractors, lists on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Aptus-backed Alzheon hopes to raise $40.3m in proceeds, less than half as much as it had targeted earlier this year before withdrawing plans in May.

Tencent-backed smart vehicle developer Nio has set its pricing range at $6.25 to $8.25 and stands to raise $1.32bn if it floats at the top of its range.

The Lilly Ventures, GV and Bluebird Bio-backed cancer immunotherapy developer has raised at least $188m in the past three years.

Since the beginning of 2017, Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) Analytics has tracked and seen a number of companies backed by China-based internet company Tencent go public in Hong Kong and the US.