Simon Ventures-backed electric scooter rental service Bird is getting a New York Stock Exchange listing through the merger with Switchback II Corporation.

Human resources software provider Legion and edge cloud services provider Zenlayer each received $50m while Intel is exiting Sedona Systems in a $100m acquisition.

Existing investor SoftBank is participating in a $1.5bn PIPE financing for the digital mortgage services provider as it looks to merge with Aurora Acquisition Corp.

The Illumina-backed microbial technology producer will list on the Nasdaq Capital Market through the reverse takeover transaction.

MIT spinout Ginkgo Bioworks will go public through a reverse merger with Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp to list on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

Kakao has agreed to acquire portfolio companies Tapas, for $510m, and Radish, for $440m, as it looks to strengthen its recently merged entertainment subsidiary.

The SAIC, Wanxiang, Full Truck Alliance and Quanta Computer-backed autonomous trucking technology developer will list on the Nasdaq Capital Market through the deal.

The GV, Louis Dreyfus Company and Emart-backed food development platform creator is pursuing a reverse takeover at a $1.35bn valuation.

AbbVie subsidiary Allergan Aesthetics has agreed to acquire Soliton, which is commercialising a cellulite treatment based on research at University of Texas.

SoftBank vehicle SB Energy and BASF contributed to a $250m PIPE financing that will support the merger with the Nasdaq-listed Acon S2 Acquisition Corp.