Geographies/UK/2012/November

UK startup funding in November 2012

European tech funding raised by UK startups during November 2012.

In November 2012, 32 startups in the UK closed 32 funding rounds and raised €63M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 4.8% versus November 2011. Software was the most active sector, and Amadeus Capital Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€63M

-4.8% vs November 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

-3.0% vs November 2011

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

16.6% of European funding

Top-10 round share

85.2%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, November 2012
Fashion	€25M
Healthtech	€15M
Software	€8.9M
Marketing	€4.3M
Consumer	€3.5M
Gaming	€3.1M
Fintech	€2.2M
Media	€2.0M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, November 2012
Series A	€27M
Early VC	€11M
Series C	€10M
Other	€10M
Seed	€2.4M
Series B	€1.9M
Grant	€123k

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition · 1 IPO

2 exits · €1.1B disclosed.

Zoopla

IPO

Nov 2012

€1.1B

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in November 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
MATCHESFASHION.COM	Series A	Nov 2012	€25M
GlySure	Series C	Nov 2012	€10M
Flexiant	Early VC	Nov 2012	€3.7M
Outplay Entertainment	Early VC	Nov 2012	€3.1M
Footfall123	Other	Nov 2012	€2.4M
TicketForEvent	Series A	Nov 2012	€2.3M
TIM Group	Other	Nov 2012	€2.2M
Qinec	Series B	Nov 2012	€1.9M
LoveThis	Other	Nov 2012	€1.7M
cube19	Other	Nov 2012	€1.6M
Calcivis	Early VC	Nov 2012	€1.5M
Likely	Other	Nov 2012	€1.4M
Love Home Swap	Early VC	Nov 2012	€1.0M
Blackford Analysis	Seed	Nov 2012	€1.0M
Neul	Early VC	Nov 2012	€744k

View all 32 UK deals in November 2012 →

Top investors

most active in November 2012, by deal count

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