Geographies/UK/2012/December

UK startup funding in December 2012

European tech funding raised by UK startups during December 2012.

In December 2012, 42 startups in the UK closed 42 funding rounds and raised €108M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 254.6% versus December 2011. Software was the most active sector, and Business Growth Fund was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€108M

+254.6% vs December 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+162.5% vs December 2011

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

42.6% of European funding

Top-10 round share

81.4%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, December 2012
Software	€35M
Travel	€25M
Transportation	€24M
Hardware	€24M
Fashion	€22M
Marketing	€21M
Healthtech	€18M
E-commerce	€10M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, December 2012
Series A	€26M
Early VC	€24M
Series B	€24M
Growth/Late	€17M
Other	€10M
Seed	€5.9M

Exits & M&A

3 Acquisition · 1 Buyout · 1 IPO

5 exits · €1.8B disclosed.

Just Eat

IPO

Dec 2012

€1.8B

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in December 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Hailo	Series B	Dec 2012	€24M
NeRRe Therapeutics	Series A	Dec 2012	€14M
MyOptique	Growth/Late	Dec 2012	€12M
Achica	Early VC	Dec 2012	€10M
QuBit	Series A	Dec 2012	€5.8M
Unruly	Growth/Late	Dec 2012	€4.9M
Rangespan	Early VC	Dec 2012	€4.5M
Skills Matter	Other	Dec 2012	€4.5M
Memrise	Series A	Dec 2012	€3.9M
ezbob	Other	Dec 2012	€3.8M
Celaton	Early VC	Dec 2012	€3.1M
Billetto	Series A	Dec 2012	€2.2M
OR Productivity	Early VC	Dec 2012	€1.5M
ERN	Seed	Dec 2012	€1.5M
Camping and Co - Holidays and Co	Early VC	Dec 2012	€1.5M

View all 42 UK deals in December 2012 →

Top investors

most active in December 2012, by deal count

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