Geographies/UK/2010/July

UK startup funding in July 2010

European tech funding raised by UK startups during July 2010.

In July 2010, 21 startups in the UK closed 21 funding rounds and raised €93M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 300.8% versus July 2009. Software was the most active sector, and Advent Venture Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€93M

+300.8% vs July 2009 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+75.0% vs July 2009

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

39.5% of European funding

Top-10 round share

91.6%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, July 2010
Healthtech	€26M
Consumer	€18M
Semiconductors	€12M
Software	€12M
Marketing	€8.7M
Travel	€7.7M
Telecom	€7.3M
E-commerce	€5.1M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, July 2010
Series A	€46M
Growth/Late	€18M
Series B	€9.5M
Series C	€7.3M
Other	€6.8M
Early VC	€5.2M
Seed	€864k

Exits & M&A

3 Buyout · 2 Acquisition · 1 IPO

6 exits · €1.1B disclosed.

Ocado	IPO	Jul 2010	€1.1B
HCS Control Systems	Buyout	Jul 2010	€10M
Abacus e-Media	Buyout	Jul 2010	€2.7M
Lot78	Buyout	Jul 2010	€750k

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in July 2010

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Kymab	Series A	Jul 2010	€25M
Mirics Semiconductor	Growth/Late	Jul 2010	€11M
CloudMade	Series B	Jul 2010	€9.5M
Flirtomatic	Series C	Jul 2010	€7.3M
SilverRail	Series A	Jul 2010	€7.3M
Ubiquisys	Growth/Late	Jul 2010	€7.3M
Madbid	Series A	Jul 2010	€5.1M
Marcandi	Series A	Jul 2010	€5.0M
Zattikka	Other	Jul 2010	€5.0M
Farfetch	Series A	Jul 2010	€3.7M
ShipServ	Early VC	Jul 2010	€2.6M
Pyreos	Early VC	Jul 2010	€1.7M
VYRE Limited	Other	Jul 2010	€1.4M
Acuitas Medical	Early VC	Jul 2010	€856k
Ad.IQ	Other	Jul 2010	€435k

View all 21 UK deals in July 2010 →

Top investors

most active in July 2010, by deal count

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