VitalSource has paid an undisclosed amount to acquire Hearst Ventures-backed educational content technology provider Acrobatiq.

Educational content creation platform Acrobatiq spun out from Carnegie Mellon University in 2015 and had been backed by the university's Carnegie Innovations division.

Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy a majority stake in the sales software producer, though it is unclear whether Salesforce and AT&T will exit.

Softgarden, a spinout of Saarland University, has been acquired for Investcorp Technology Partners for an undisclosed sum.

Epigenomics services provider Epinomics, co-founded by Stanford University faculty and alumni, has been bought by 10x Genomics in a transaction which enables StartX to exit.

Tapzo has been acquired by Amazon Pay India for a reported $30m to $40m, providing an exit to investors including American Express.

The size of the deal for portfolio company NxThera could reach $406m in size, with Mitsui exiting the medical device maker through the acquisition.

Alibaba spinoff Koubei has joined forced with the corporate's newly acquired Ele.me, with more than $3bn from Alibaba and SoftBank.