Geographies/Spain/2012

Spain startup funding in 2012

European tech funding raised by Spain startups during 2012.

In 2012, 93 startups in Spain closed 106 funding rounds and raised €107M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Software was the most active sector, and Cabiedes & Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€107M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

106

Companies

Top sector

Software

Spain: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2010	€64M	+41.6%	34	+21.4%	—
2011	€96M	+49.2%	64	+88.2%	—
2012	€107M	+11.5%	106	+65.6%	—

Break down 2012 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Quarters

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Months

Jan

Rank in Europe

2.7% of European funding

Top-10 round share

67.2%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€13M	17
Feb	€1.6M	4
Mar	€12M	6
Apr	€5.0M	6
May	€10M	10
Jun	€8.4M	5
Jul	€3.9M	14
Aug	€33M	3
Sep	€8.5M	13
Oct	€2.1M	11
Nov	€4.0M	13
Dec	€5.3M	4

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Spain — top sectors by capital, 2012
Fashion	€40M
Software	€9.8M
Marketing	€8.6M
Gaming	€7.7M
Healthtech	€7.3M
E-commerce	€6.4M
Travel	€5.0M
Telecom	€4.5M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Spain — stage mix, 2012
Series B	€47M
Series A	€27M
Seed	€22M
Other	€6.3M
Early VC	€5.0M
Series C	€300k
Grant	€80k

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition

2 exits.

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Nasty Gal	Series B	Aug 2012	€33M
Nasty Gal	Series A	Mar 2012	€6.7M
Social Point	Series B	Jun 2012	€6.0M
Cardiosonic	Series B	Dec 2012	€4.7M
UppTalk	Series A	May 2012	€4.5M
vLex	Early VC	Jan 2012	€4.0M
Plenummedia	Other	Jan 2012	€3.6M
TAPTAP Networks	Series A	Apr 2012	€3.4M
Blink Booking	Seed	Mar 2012	€3.3M
H2scan	Series A	May 2012	€3.2M

View all 106 Spain deals in 2012 →

Top investors

most active in 2012, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 6 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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