Geographies/UK/2011/September

UK startup funding in September 2011

European tech funding raised by UK startups during September 2011.

In September 2011, 30 startups in the UK closed 30 funding rounds and raised €68M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 203.0% versus September 2010. Marketing was the most active sector, and Gordon Shields was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€68M

+203.0% vs September 2010 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+130.8% vs September 2010

Companies

Top sector

Marketing

Rank in Europe

24.7% of European funding

Top-10 round share

80.1%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, September 2011
Cleantech	€15M
Marketing	€13M
Software	€9.3M
Healthtech	€7.9M
Cybersecurity	€7.5M
Cloud	€6.9M
Telecom	€6.2M
Fintech	€6.1M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, September 2011
Early VC	€22M
Other	€22M
Series B	€9.7M
Growth/Late	€5.2M
Series A	€4.2M
Seed	€2.7M
Series D+	€1.7M
Grant	€228k

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit · €47M disclosed.

ControlCircle

Acquisition

Sep 2011

€47M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in September 2011

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Aquamarine Power	Early VC	Sep 2011	€7.9M
Plaxica	Other	Sep 2011	€7.0M
FireHost	Series B	Sep 2011	€6.9M
byyd	Other	Sep 2011	€6.8M
Smart Cube	Other	Sep 2011	€5.7M
Adfonic	Growth/Late	Sep 2011	€5.2M
AccuNostics	Early VC	Sep 2011	€4.5M
Nomad Digital	Early VC	Sep 2011	€4.4M
Exco InTouch	Early VC	Sep 2011	€3.4M
FanDuel	Series B	Sep 2011	€2.8M
Top10	Series A	Sep 2011	€2.4M
SEEDcamp	Early VC	Sep 2011	€2.0M
AirSense Wireless	Series A	Sep 2011	€1.8M
Mirics Semiconductor	Series D+	Sep 2011	€1.7M
Lanyrd	Seed	Sep 2011	€1.0M

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Top investors

most active in September 2011, by deal count

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