Geographies/UK/2011/December

UK startup funding in December 2011

European tech funding raised by UK startups during December 2011.

In December 2011, 16 startups in the UK closed 16 funding rounds and raised €30M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 64.7% versus December 2010. Consumer was the most active sector, and Beringea was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€30M

-64.7% vs December 2010 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

-23.8% vs December 2010

Companies

Top sector

Consumer

Rank in Europe

11.5% of European funding

Top-10 round share

97.2%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, December 2011
Telecom	€11M
Software	€2.4M
Marketing	€2.3M
Consumer	€926k
Foodtech	€908k
Fintech	€626k
Wellness & Beauty	€596k
Sports	€596k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, December 2011
Other	€13M
Growth/Late	€11M
Series A	€2.8M
Seed	€1.2M
Early VC	€894k
Series D+	€584k
Series C	€397k

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition

2 exits.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in December 2011

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
ip.access	Growth/Late	Dec 2011	€11M
Imperial Innovations Limited	Other	Dec 2011	€11M
SwiftKey	Series A	Dec 2011	€1.8M
BlisMedia	Other	Dec 2011	€1.3M
Blis	Series A	Dec 2011	€1.0M
Lime&Tonic	Early VC	Dec 2011	€894k
ezbob	Other	Dec 2011	€626k
PayasUgym	Seed	Dec 2011	€596k
AppShare	Series D+	Dec 2011	€584k
Conjunct	Series C	Dec 2011	€397k
Psonar	Seed	Dec 2011	€292k
Resource Guru	Other	Dec 2011	€245k
Powtoon	Seed	Dec 2011	€149k
Powerhouse Biologics	Seed	Dec 2011	€117k
Smappo	Other	Dec 2011	€32k

View all 16 UK deals in December 2011 →

Top investors

most active in December 2011, by deal count

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