Sweden startup funding in Q2 2012

European tech funding raised by Sweden startups during Q2 2012.

In Q2 2012, 22 startups in Sweden closed 22 funding rounds and raised €75M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 26.0% versus Q2 2011. Media was the most active sector, and Industrifonden was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€75M

-26.0% vs Q2 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+46.7% vs Q2 2011

Companies

Top sector

Media

Rank in Europe

6.9% of European funding

Top-10 round share

96.0%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Apr	€1.1M	3
May	€4.8M	7
Jun	€69M	12

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Sweden — top sectors by capital, Q2 2012
Fintech	€35M
Semiconductors	€21M
Cybersecurity	€8.1M
Healthtech	€7.8M
Software	€5.3M
Marketing	€5.0M
Media	€4.1M
E-commerce	€1.0M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Sweden — stage mix, Q2 2012
Series B	€25M
Growth/Late	€20M
Early VC	€18M
Series A	€6.8M
Seed	€4.0M
Other	€570k
Grant	€34k

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q2 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
iZettle	Series B	Jun 2012	€25M
FlatFrog Laboratories	Growth/Late	Jun 2012	€20M
Accumulate	Early VC	Jun 2012	€8.1M
BONESUPPORT	Early VC	Jun 2012	€7.8M
Widespace	Series A	Jun 2012	€3.0M
Sticky (EyeTrackShop)	Seed	May 2012	€2.3M
Shoutly	Series A	May 2012	€2.0M
Billogram	Seed	Jun 2012	€1.2M
AnaCatum Design	Early VC	Apr 2012	€1.1M
Cloudfinder	Series A	Jun 2012	€1.0M
Barnebys	Early VC	Jun 2012	€1.0M
Bloglovin	Series A	Jun 2012	€806k
13th Lab	Seed	Jun 2012	€564k
Coffee N'JUICE	Other	May 2012	€405k
Poppermost Productions	Other	May 2012	€165k

View all 22 Sweden deals in Q2 2012 →

Top investors

most active in Q2 2012, by deal count

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