Hearst Corporation was the only shareholder in Pandora Media with a more than 5% stake to sell down shares as part of the initial public offering to reap about $64.8m in pre-charge profits.

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.

3M New Ventures, the company's corporate venturing unit, and 3M Electro & Communications Business provided the money that will help Txtr provide access to documents and books wherever they are.

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

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.

Andrew Birch, chief executive of Sungevity, said: "I am thrilled about the potential of reaching Lowe's 15 million weekly customers at their more than 1,750 retail locations, with Sungevity's services."

Active Network offered 8.2 million shares in its flotation, and selling stockholders sold 2.8 million.

Yandex sold more than 52 million ordinary shares at $25 each compared to a planned $22 to $24 range, for an initial market cap of about $8bn before a 55% first day pop in its share price.

News provider International Financing Review (IFR) said the Beijing-based company could soon mandate banks on the initial public offering, which is planned for the final three months of the year.