VENTURE CAPITAL POST

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development latest EUR20 million capital infusion into the Baltic region through BaltCap Private Equity Fund II, L.P. aimed to help small and medium-sized businesses and small mid-cap firms with much-needed long-term financing.

Bain Capital has began raising USD3.5 billion for its fourth European private equity fund. The American private equity firm also offered its investors two fee structure to choose from.

An investment was recently completed by Element Partners, an industrial technology focused equity fund, in Hayward Gordon, an industrial manufacturer of fluid handling systems.

According to technology news site Techcrunch, Pure Storage's recent USD150 million funding was a step to dominate the flash storage market.

Women's boutique retailer Francesca's Holdings Corp. has ousted Lululemon as the most attractive company to date to land private equity bids.

NoSQL Couchbase received an additional USD25 million in a Series D funding round led by Adam Street Partners.

India's Flipkart raised US$200 million from a clutch of private equity funds.

Patriot Capital's latest PE fund raised US$250 million.

Growth capital and buyout funds from the wealthy Gulf Arab region are being drawn towards Turkey's stable and growing economy.