Russia startup funding in H2 2012

European tech funding raised by Russia startups during H2 2012.

In H2 2012, 23 startups in Russia closed 26 funding rounds and raised €131M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 61.9% versus H2 2011. E-commerce was the most active sector, and Life.SREDA was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€131M

+61.9% vs H2 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+73.3% vs H2 2011

Companies

Top sector

E-commerce

Rank in Europe

6.3% of European funding

Top-10 round share

94.7%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jul	€8.9M	6
Aug	€407k	1
Sep	€90M	8
Oct	€17M	4
Nov	€4.2M	3
Dec	€12M	4

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Russia — top sectors by capital, H2 2012
Fashion	€54M
Media	€33M
E-commerce	€24M
Fintech	€23M
Travel	€21M
Marketing	€8.3M
Foodtech	€3.2M
Gaming	€3.1M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Russia — stage mix, H2 2012
Series D+	€75M
Series A	€21M
Series B	€16M
Growth/Late	€10M
Seed	€7.9M
Other	€1.5M
Grant	€58k

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Lamoda	Series D+	Sep 2012	€44M
ivi.ru Media	Series D+	Sep 2012	€32M
OneTwoTrip	Series B	Oct 2012	€12M
Lamoda	Growth/Late	Dec 2012	€10M
SeoPult	Series A	Jul 2012	€7.9M
OneTwoTrip	Series A	Sep 2012	€7.1M
Delivery Club	Series B	Sep 2012	€3.2M
Eruditor	Series A	Oct 2012	€3.1M
NARR8	Seed	Nov 2012	€3.1M
LifePay	Seed	Sep 2012	€2.1M
2can	Series A	Sep 2012	€1.6M
Dengi Online	Other	Dec 2012	€1.5M
Xlander	Series A	Jul 2012	€794k
LookMedBook	Seed	Oct 2012	€773k
DocDoc.ru	Seed	Nov 2012	€770k

View all 26 Russia deals in H2 2012 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2012, by deal count

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