We start the review on a positive note with the news of two small-cap IPOs (initial public offers), one in the healthcare space and one in the red-hot AI (artificial intelligence) space.Having sold its governance, risk and compliance software business to private equity earlier this year and returned £225 million to shareholders via a buyback and special dividend, business services group Marlowe (

We start this month's round-up with news of a bid at just shy of a 50% premium for oil and gas exploration company I3 Energy (I3E:AIM) from US-listed Gran Tierra Energy (GTE:NYSEAMERICAN).The US firm, which has a market cap of $260 million, is paying roughly $225 million or £174 million for the UK company through a combination of cash and shares.I3 Energy operates in the Western Canadian Sediment

Breedon purchase related to non-exec chairmanSofcat sale related to current chief executiveLight Science Technologies director buys sharesA PCA or person closely associated to Amit Bhatia, non-executive chair of construction materials giant Breedon (BREE:AIM), bought 1.1 million shares at 383p for a total value of £4,210,250 on 10 May.The purchase was made through Abicad Holding Limited, similar