Geographies/Spain/2014

Spain startup funding in 2014

European tech funding raised by Spain startups during 2014.

In 2014, 127 startups in Spain closed 150 funding rounds and raised €285M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Debt rounds added €690k. Software was the most active sector, and Lanzadera was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€285M

excl. debt & grants · +€690k debt

Funding rounds

150

Companies

127

Top sector

Software

Spain: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2012	€107M	+11.5%	106	+65.6%	—
2013	€137M	+28.3%	135	+27.4%	€254k
2014	€285M	+108.0%	150	+11.1%	€690k

Break down 2014 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Quarters

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Months

Jan May Jun Jul Sep

Rank in Europe

3.0% of European funding

Debt financing

€690k

0.2% of total

Top-10 round share

64.1%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€16M	17
Feb	€6.5M	3
Mar	€5.2M	10
Apr	€40M	10
May	€8.6M	15
Jun	€29M	30
Jul	€65M	19
Aug	€36M	6
Sep	€8.8M	18
Oct	€29M	11
Nov	€3.5M	5
Dec	€39M	6

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Spain — top sectors by capital, 2014
Cybersecurity	€77M
E-commerce	€63M
Consumer	€27M
Gaming	€23M
Fintech	€21M
Software	€18M
Travel	€16M
HRtech	€14M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Spain — stage mix, 2014
Series C	€99M
Series A	€65M
Series B	€48M
Seed	€27M
Other	€19M
Growth/Late	€10M
Series D+	€10M
Early VC	€7.2M
Debt	€690k
Crowdfunding	€290k
Grant	€200k

Exits & M&A

11 Acquisition · 1 Merger

12 exits · €3.5M disclosed.

SinDelantal

Acquisition

Feb 2014

€3.5M

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Wallapop	Series B	Dec 2014	€38M
Scytl	Series C	Aug 2014	€33M
Scytl	Series C	Apr 2014	€29M
Social Point	Series C	Jul 2014	€22M
Scytl	Series C	Jul 2014	€15M
Spotcap	Series A	Oct 2014	€13M
Jobandtalent	Series A	Jul 2014	€10M
FON	Growth/Late	Jan 2014	€10M
PackLink	Series B	Jun 2014	€6.6M
Fever	Series A	Oct 2014	€6.6M

Largest debt rounds

debt financing, 2014; not in the equity total

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Smartvel	Debt	Sep 2014	€490k
Tappx	Debt	Jan 2014	€100k
Tappx	Debt	Nov 2014	€60k
Upplication	Debt	May 2014	€40k

View all 150 Spain deals in 2014 →

Top investors

most active in 2014, by deal count

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

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