Geographies/UK/2012/October

UK startup funding in October 2012

European tech funding raised by UK startups during October 2012.

In October 2012, 32 startups in the UK closed 32 funding rounds and raised €127M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 27.2% versus October 2011. Marketing was the most active sector, and Index Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€127M

-27.2% vs October 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+28.0% vs October 2011

Companies

Top sector

Marketing

Rank in Europe

33.0% of European funding

Top-10 round share

91.5%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, October 2012
Travel	€43M
Fintech	€34M
Marketing	€32M
Proptech	€31M
E-commerce	€25M
Media	€11M
Edtech	€3.7M
Software	€3.4M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, October 2012
Series C	€51M
Growth/Late	€37M
Early VC	€26M
Series A	€6.9M
Other	€2.5M
Series B	€2.5M
Seed	€1.6M
Grant	€90k

Exits & M&A

3 Acquisition

3 exits.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in October 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
HouseTrip	Series C	Oct 2012	€31M
smartFOCUS	Growth/Late	Oct 2012	€23M
borro	Series C	Oct 2012	€20M
broadbandchoices	Growth/Late	Oct 2012	€13M
Secret Escapes	Early VC	Oct 2012	€10M
7Digital	Early VC	Oct 2012	€7.7M
Busuu	Series A	Oct 2012	€3.6M
Freespee	Series A	Oct 2012	€3.3M
Kabbee	Early VC	Oct 2012	€2.5M
InSkin Media	Early VC	Oct 2012	€2.5M
PeoplePerHour	Series B	Oct 2012	€2.5M
BiOxyDyn	Early VC	Oct 2012	€1.5M
Summly	Other	Oct 2012	€1.1M
Kontera	Growth/Late	Oct 2012	€1.0M
Aria Networks	Early VC	Oct 2012	€851k

View all 32 UK deals in October 2012 →

Top investors

most active in October 2012, by deal count

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