Geographies/UK/2012/September

UK startup funding in September 2012

European tech funding raised by UK startups during September 2012.

In September 2012, 43 startups in the UK closed 43 funding rounds and raised €183M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 170.0% versus September 2011. Software was the most active sector, and Wayra was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€183M

+170.0% vs September 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+43.3% vs September 2011

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

33.5% of European funding

Top-10 round share

94.6%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, September 2012
Software	€66M
Cybersecurity	€57M
Healthtech	€27M
Fashion	€16M
Telecom	€15M
Cloud	€7.9M
Marketing	€4.0M
Media	€899k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, September 2012
Growth/Late	€77M
Series C	€57M
Other	€33M
Early VC	€8.5M
Seed	€5.7M
Series A	€2.0M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in September 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Mimecast	Series C	Sep 2012	€49M
SkyDox	Other	Sep 2012	€28M
F2G	Growth/Late	Sep 2012	€27M
Workshare	Growth/Late	Sep 2012	€25M
MATCHESFASHION.COM	Growth/Late	Sep 2012	€15M
Nujira	Growth/Late	Sep 2012	€9.5M
FireHost	Series C	Sep 2012	€7.9M
Acunu	Early VC	Sep 2012	€4.5M
Neul	Early VC	Sep 2012	€4.0M
Amee	Other	Sep 2012	€2.7M
Zynstra	Seed	Sep 2012	€1.8M
Geckoboard	Series A	Sep 2012	€1.2M
OpenSignal	Seed	Sep 2012	€1.0M
Philippe Gelis	Other	Sep 2012	€1.0M
Application Craft	Seed	Sep 2012	€793k

View all 43 UK deals in September 2012 →

Top investors

most active in September 2012, by deal count

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