Geographies/UK/2013/March

UK startup funding in March 2013

European tech funding raised by UK startups during March 2013.

In March 2013, 50 startups in the UK closed 50 funding rounds and raised €58M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 52.6% versus March 2012. Debt rounds added €914k. Software was the most active sector, and Crowdcube was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€58M

-52.6% vs March 2012 · excl. debt & grants · +€914k debt

Funding rounds

+51.5% vs March 2012

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

18.2% of European funding

Debt financing

€914k

1.5% of total

Top-10 round share

80.4%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, March 2013
Fashion	€15M
Marketing	€14M
Media	€8.5M
Software	€8.1M
Gaming	€2.7M
Transportation	€2.3M
Consumer	€2.1M
E-commerce	€1.6M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, March 2013
Series C	€15M
Other	€11M
Growth/Late	€9.1M
Series A	€8.7M
Seed	€7.9M
Early VC	€6.1M
Debt	€914k

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition

2 exits · €133M disclosed.

Evenbase Recruitment	Acquisition	Mar 2013	€110M
Neul	Acquisition	Mar 2013	€23M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in March 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Farfetch	Series C	Mar 2013	€15M
Scotrenewables Tidal Power	Growth/Late	Mar 2013	€9.1M
Cambridge Communication Systems	Series A	Mar 2013	€5.2M
Mirriad	Other	Mar 2013	€5.1M
Mihkel J√§√§tma	Other	Mar 2013	€2.9M
Carmageddon	Early VC	Mar 2013	€2.7M
Realeyes	Series A	Mar 2013	€2.4M
Masabi	Early VC	Mar 2013	€2.1M
FOODit	Other	Mar 2013	€1.8M
Casabu	Series A	Mar 2013	€1.0M
import.io	Seed	Mar 2013	€1.0M
Cella Energy	Debt	Mar 2013	€914k
Lyfepoints	Seed	Mar 2013	€838k
Adludio	Early VC	Mar 2013	€762k
ImPREssion Technologies	Other	Mar 2013	€695k

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Top investors

most active in March 2013, by deal count

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