The drone-sourced data provider had raised $3.2m from Engie, Groupe Monnoyeur and its new owner Airware, which invested through its Commercial Drone Fund.

API.ai, backed by corporates Motorola Solutions, Intel, SAIC Motors and Alpine Electronics, has been acquired by Google for an undisclosed amount.

GV and Samsung Ventures are each celebrating an exit after GV's parent company Alphabet acquired Urban Engines for an undisclosed amount.

Amdocs has purchased Bertelsmann-backed payment processing technology provider Vindicia as one of three deals in which it spent a total of $260m.

Qihoo 360, Sprint and Samsung have exited the eye verification technology provider, which had reportedly raised about $13m in venture funding.

Glooko has merged with its peer Diasend and raised $8m in funding in the process in a round featuring existing shareholder Samsung.

Nokia has exited the travel comparison platform, which had raised at least $55m since 2010, in an acquisition by business travel and expenses service Concur.

Beenos and eContext are set to exit Citrus Pay in a $130m acquisition by Naspers subsidiary PayU Corporate, defying earlier reports valuing the deal at up to $180m.

Ford Smart Mobility is set to acquire shuttle service Chariot, which had raised $3m from investors including Major League Baseball, for a reported $65m.

Simon Property, Cisco, General Electric and Acuity Brands are set to exit LED technology provider Sensity Systems, which will be bought by Verizon.