VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Motif Bio, which is working on a range of antibiotics, is planning to raise at least 4 million pounds ($6 million) - and potentially up to 16 million - through a stock market listing in London.

Dublin, Ireland-based firm Top Level Domain Holdings bagged $33 million in funding from its investors to beef up its bidding power in the upcoming private auctions of new Internet domains.

England, UK-based specialty medical device maker Lombard Medical Technologies PLC plans to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) and listing of ordinary shares in the US.

Cloud-based data management startup Rosslyn Analytics raised £2.1 million in a funding round joined by Amati Global Partners and IQ Capital. Rosslyn also eyes a listing on AIM early next year.

Servelec's initial public offering is said to be the largest technology listing in the UK in three years. The software and services company is expected to float 68.3 million shares worth GBP122 million on the London Stock Exchange.

Conviviality Retail seeks to secure GBP 64 million funding through the Alternative Investment Market.

Frontier raised GBP39.4 million by floating stocks in AIM.

Plus500 planned to go public via an IPO to enhance its market presence.