Geographies/Sweden/2012

Sweden startup funding in 2012

European tech funding raised by Sweden startups during 2012.

In 2012, 51 startups in Sweden closed 56 funding rounds and raised €201M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Media was the most active sector, and Industrifonden was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€201M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top sector

Media

Sweden: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2010	€76M	+5.4%	23	+91.7%	—
2011	€281M	+272.0%	43	+87.0%	—
2012	€201M	-28.4%	56	+30.2%	—

Break down 2012 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Quarters

Rank in Europe

5.2% of European funding

Top-10 round share

83.6%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€7.6M	6
Feb	€4.9M	3
Mar	€17M	4
Apr	€1.1M	3
May	€4.8M	7
Jun	€69M	12
Jul	€5.1M	3
Aug	€937k	2
Sep	€7.8M	5
Oct	€1.6M	2
Nov	€80M	6
Dec	€2.5M	3

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Sweden — top sectors by capital, 2012
Media	€86M
Fintech	€36M
Software	€29M
Semiconductors	€21M
Hardware	€16M
Cybersecurity	€9.3M
Marketing	€8.8M
Healthtech	€7.8M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Sweden — stage mix, 2012
Series D+	€77M
Series B	€25M
Early VC	€25M
Series C	€22M
Growth/Late	€20M
Series A	€16M
Seed	€13M
Other	€3.8M
Grant	€34k

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Spotify	Series D+	Nov 2012	€77M
iZettle	Series B	Jun 2012	€25M
FlatFrog Laboratories	Growth/Late	Jun 2012	€20M
Tobii Technology	Series C	Mar 2012	€16M
Accumulate	Early VC	Jun 2012	€8.1M
BONESUPPORT	Early VC	Jun 2012	€7.8M
Apica	Series C	Jul 2012	€4.0M
Wrapp	Series A	Jan 2012	€3.9M
Fogg Mobile	Series A	Sep 2012	€3.6M
Footway	Early VC	Jan 2012	€3.1M

View all 56 Sweden 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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