After struggle, a stricken man finally raised capital (6)
I believe the answer is:
vienna
'capital' is the definition.
(capital of Austria)
'after struggle a stricken man finally raised' is the wordplay.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'struggle' becomes 'vie' (to vie is to struggle or contend with).
'finally' suggests the final letters.
'raised' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
The final letters of 'stricken man' are 'nn'.
'a'+'nn'='ann'
'ann' backwards is 'nna'.
'vie' next to 'nna' is 'VIENNA'.
(Other definitions for vienna that I've seen before include "Capital on the Danube Canal" , "huge 20 [ULTRAVOX] hit" , "European city for New Year's Day concert" , "sort of sausage" , "Adult home of Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and Schubert" .)