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		<title>CapMan Russia Closes First €97M on Fund II, EBRD Commits Additional €20</title>
		<link>http://invest-iq.net/2013/04/capman-ebrd-fund-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shudeep.Chandrasekhar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CapMan Russia made a first close worth EUR97 mln on its newly established CapMan Fund II late March. Nearly 3 per cent of that investment has been made in-house &#8211; by the investment team at CapMan Russia and by CapMan Plc &#8211; while the remaining has come from 10 other LPs &#8211; both new and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qiwi Getting Ready for IPO</title>
		<link>http://invest-iq.net/2013/04/qiwi-ipo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Qiwi, Russia&#8217;s leading payment service provider is considering IPO on NASDAQ in mid 2013 that may value the company at USD 1bln. The company named JP Morgan and Credit Suisse as joint bookrunners, filed to raise USD 100 million last week, and plans to offer up to 30% of its share. Pricing terms remained undisclosed for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine in Black Raise Single Digit Funding From Bright Cap and Others</title>
		<link>http://invest-iq.net/2013/03/wine-in-black-bright-capital-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wine in Black  an online seller of premium quality wines has raised several million Euros in a financing round led by Bright Capital of Russia. Existing investors e.ventures (DE), Passion Capital (UK) and Project A (DE) also contributed significantly to the funding.  The raised sum will help Wine in Black to enter the international market, build a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abris Closes Second Fund at €450M</title>
		<link>http://invest-iq.net/2013/03/abris-closes-second-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shudeep.Chandrasekhar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CEE-centric investment firm Abris Capital Partners have met their hard-cap target of EUR450 mln for their Fund II. There were 21 investors for this fund against 18 for Fund I; of the 21, approximately half the LPs were from Europe, with the remaining being spread out over Australia, the Middle East and United States. Notably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viennese Biotech Co Zytoprotec Raises €2M of €4M Funding Round from Baxter Ventures</title>
		<link>http://invest-iq.net/2013/03/zytoprotec-baxter-ventures-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://invest-iq.net/2013/03/zytoprotec-baxter-ventures-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shudeep.Chandrasekhar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baxter Ventures, set up by global healthcare provider Baxter International, is investing EUR 2 mln in a EUR 4 mln round of financing (series A) in Zytoprotec. The Viennese biotechnology company is developing an innovative cytoprotective compound for peritoneal dialysis (PD).  Zytoprotec has previously attracted investments of up to EUR 6.7 mln from various institutional and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Point Nine Team to Launch €40M Fund for Early-Stage Investments</title>
		<link>http://invest-iq.net/2013/02/point-nine-capital-ii-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shudeep.Chandrasekhar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Point Nine Capital&#8216;s investment team has just announced a new EUR 40 mln fund to invest in early-stage companies. Dubbed Point Nine Capital II, the fund will be managed by existing partners -  Christoph Janz and Pawel Chudzinski &#8211; while advisory roles will be taken by the other partners - Kolja Hebenstreit and Lukasz Gadowski. Point Nine itself is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Real Success: A-Reality Receives USD 75k Seed Funding</title>
		<link>http://invest-iq.net/2013/02/a-reality-eugenia-dubinskaya-ukraine-investment/</link>
		<comments>http://invest-iq.net/2013/02/a-reality-eugenia-dubinskaya-ukraine-investment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There may come a time, quite soon when Ukraine&#8217;s default and somewhat adverse label as an &#8220;outsourcing country&#8221; fades into the past. A-Reality, a Ukrainian IT firm specialized in augmented reality technology aims to change the current recognition of the country. The company has received USD 75000 from an individual investor, Eugenia Dubinskaya of Best Business Group. The seed fund enables [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EBRD Takes Cornerstone Spot in CEE-Focused Avallon MBO Fund II</title>
		<link>http://invest-iq.net/2013/02/ebrd-avallon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shudeep.Chandrasekhar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EBRD has decided to go for a second course of the Avallon MBO Fund with a kitty of EUR 27 mln this time. The transaction-specific fund will focus on MBOs and buy-ins in the small to medium-sized businesses, and aims to hit EUR 107 mln in investments. The Avallon II is following in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RealSpeaker Finds Seed Funding in Startobaza for Speech Recognition Software</title>
		<link>http://invest-iq.net/2013/01/realspeaker-startobaza-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://invest-iq.net/2013/01/realspeaker-startobaza-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shudeep.Chandrasekhar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s first &#8220;visual extension for audio speech recognition systems&#8221;, otherwise known as RealSpeaker, has a brand new equity partner in Startobaza, a Russian seed-stage investment company whose managing partner is Svetlana Nikiforova, wife of the Russian Minister for Communications. Both companies are located in Kazan, Tatarstan, a federal subject of Russia. Joining the investment are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazakh Top 50 Business Leader Rakishev Adds $13 Mln to Fastlane Fund Pool</title>
		<link>http://invest-iq.net/2013/01/fastlane-ventures-kenges-rakishev/</link>
		<comments>http://invest-iq.net/2013/01/fastlane-ventures-kenges-rakishev/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shudeep.Chandrasekhar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fastlane Ventures has gained a stamp of approval for its investment strategy in the form of USD 13 mln dollars towards the fund from prominent Kazakh business leader Kenges Rakishev. Rakishev has shown his support for Fastlane&#8217;s acumen in identifying companies in Russia with disruptive technologies and business models; in addition, his own investment of [...]]]></description>
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