Samsung, Mastercard and Sberbank have exited the mobile payment app developer in a purchase reportedly sized around the $100m mark.

Bertelsmann, Joyy and Tencent-backed group buying platform Tongcheng Life has joined forces with Suning-backed peer Lininlyi in a deal that involved a nine-figure dollar investment.

Springer, Nikkei and The New York Times have exited curated news provider Blendle, which has been purchased by peer Cafeyn.

GE Ventures has divested stakes in 16 companies including Carbon, Desktop Metal and Proterra to venture firm 40 North Ventures.

Cerevel Therapeutics, co-founded by Pfizer, is set to undertake a reverse merger with Nasdaq-listed Arya II in a deal that will give Cerevel a market cap of $1.3bn.

Naspers Ventures-backed Joymode has been saved through an acquisition by XRC Labs, having failed to scale its consumer goods rental service effectively.

University of Utah spinout Vaporsens has been acquired by Gentex for $10.5m after the corporate had supplied $3m in equity financing.

Existing backer Hughes Network Systems has committed $50m to join Bharti Enterprises and the UK government in acquiring the bankrupt satellite internet services provider.

The SingTel, WarnerMedia and Sony-backed streaming service filed for liquidation in March and has reportedly agreed to let Coupang buy its assets.

Bonnier and Paltel Group are exiting Arabic audiobook platform Kitab Sawti in a cash-and-shares acquisition by StoryTel.