Geographies/UK/2012/July

UK startup funding in July 2012

European tech funding raised by UK startups during July 2012.

In July 2012, 30 startups in the UK closed 30 funding rounds and raised €73M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 733.1% versus July 2011. Media was the most active sector, and Sherry Coutu was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€73M

+733.1% vs July 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+57.9% vs July 2011

Companies

Top sector

Media

Rank in Europe

39.7% of European funding

Top-10 round share

94.1%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, July 2012
Healthtech	€24M
Cloud	€11M
Proptech	€9.6M
Marketing	€6.7M
Fashion	€5.9M
Transportation	€2.5M
Fintech	€2.4M
Consumer	€1.4M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, July 2012
Other	€43M
Series C	€9.6M
Seed	€7.3M
Early VC	€6.7M
Series A	€6.4M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in July 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Cell Medica	Other	Jul 2012	€24M
Six Degrees Group	Other	Jul 2012	€11M
Zoopla	Series C	Jul 2012	€9.6M
Piranha Designs	Other	Jul 2012	€8.1M
Lyst	Series A	Jul 2012	€4.0M
EngageSciences	Seed	Jul 2012	€3.1M
navmii	Early VC	Jul 2012	€2.5M
Performance Horizon Group	Series A	Jul 2012	€2.5M
Currency Cloud	Early VC	Jul 2012	€2.4M
ThePREsent.co	Seed	Jul 2012	€1.9M
YPlan	Seed	Jul 2012	€1.4M
RollUp Media	Early VC	Jul 2012	€1.1M
Dot Medical	Early VC	Jul 2012	€682k
MOVE Guides	Seed	Jul 2012	€496k
Lifecake	Seed	Jul 2012	€238k

View all 30 UK deals in July 2012 →

Top investors

most active in July 2012, by deal count

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