Geographies/Bulgaria/2013

Bulgaria startup funding in 2013

European tech funding raised by Bulgaria startups during 2013.

In 2013, 13 startups in Bulgaria closed 17 funding rounds and raised €20M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Software was the most active sector, and Eleven Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€20M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top sector

Software

Bulgaria: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2012	€400k	—	8	—	—
2013	€20M	+4971.8%	17	+112.5%	—

Rank in Europe

#21

0.4% of European funding

Top-10 round share

99.6%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€25k	1
Feb	€25k	1
Mar	€767k	4
Apr	€115k	2
May	€25k	1
Aug	€19M	4
Sep	€130k	3
Oct	€72k	1

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Bulgaria — top sectors by capital, 2013
Fintech	€19M
Sports	€615k
Transportation	€378k
Software	€200k
Fashion	€90k
Legaltech	€72k
Edtech	€30k
Consumer	€25k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Bulgaria — stage mix, 2013
Growth/Late	€19M
Seed	€1.4M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit · €239M disclosed.

Telerik

Acquisition

Sep 2013

€239M

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Cash Credit	Growth/Late	Aug 2013	€19M
FootballScout	Seed	Mar 2013	€615k
Transmetrics	Seed	Aug 2013	€226k
Transmetrics	Seed	Mar 2013	€152k
Deed	Seed	Sep 2013	€100k
Dragon Inside	Seed	Apr 2013	€90k
CaseTrek	Seed	Oct 2013	€72k
Edhub	Seed	Sep 2013	€30k
Eventyard	Seed	Feb 2013	€25k
Crowd Sense	Seed	May 2013	€25k

View all 17 Bulgaria deals in 2013 →

Top investors

most active in 2013, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 4 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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