News provider Wall Street Journal said Legend, a China-based holding company for computer maker Lenovo Group and corporate venturing units Hony Capital and Legend Capital, was preparing its own flotation in the second half of the decade.

Elbrus Capital, previously known as Renaissance Private Equity but renamed after Europe's largest mountain (pictured), invested in Mail.ru in 2007 and sold out at its flotation earlier this month.

ISoftStone preps NYSE flotation

DangDang plans to issue 17 million American depository shares (ADS) at between $11 and $13 each in its flotation.

A near-threefold increase in share price since its summer flotation leads Intel Capital-backed HiSoft to plan secondary placement.

On top of $800m initially, Medtronic will pay performance fees to acquire portfolio company Ardian.

Swisscom Ventures reaps reward from selling portfolio company Firecomms to ZJF Group.

Boston Scientific said as it had owned 14% of Sadra Medical since 2006 it would pay $193m in cash initially and up to the same amount again in performance fees for the rest of the company.

Wintegra had been preparing its $115m flotation since May but its venture investors accepted a sale to PMC-Sierra, which paid an initial $240m.

IDG Technology Ventures, a corporate venturing unit of IDG, owns 21.4 million B shares (6.8%) in E-Commerce China DangDang ahead of its US flotation.