Geographies/UK/2013/August

UK startup funding in August 2013

European tech funding raised by UK startups during August 2013.

In August 2013, 35 startups in the UK closed 36 funding rounds and raised €217M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 215.6% versus August 2012. Software was the most active sector, and Crowdcube was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€217M

+215.6% vs August 2012 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+5.9% vs August 2012

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

63.8% of European funding

Top-10 round share

96.9%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, August 2013
Marketing	€69M
Software	€61M
Fintech	€61M
Foodtech	€7.7M
Transportation	€2.4M
Travel	€2.0M
Edtech	€1.7M
Healthtech	€1.6M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, August 2013
Series A	€115M
Other	€89M
Seed	€13M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit · €16M disclosed.

Textlocal

Acquisition

Aug 2013

€16M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in August 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Buyapowa	Other	Aug 2013	€68M
PowaTAG	Series A	Aug 2013	€57M
Powa Technologies	Series A	Aug 2013	€57M
Canonical	Other	Aug 2013	€9.0M
Naked Wines	Other	Aug 2013	€7.5M
Abundance Generation	Seed	Aug 2013	€3.4M
Calnex Solutions	Seed	Aug 2013	€2.3M
Minicabster	Seed	Aug 2013	€2.0M
The MoBank Group	Other	Aug 2013	€1.6M
Touch Surgery	Seed	Aug 2013	€1.1M
DigitalMR	Other	Aug 2013	€918k
ERN	Seed	Aug 2013	€753k
Adventoris	Seed	Aug 2013	€687k
Ovivo Mobile Communications Limited	Other	Aug 2013	€581k
wishkicker	Other	Aug 2013	€450k

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Top investors

most active in August 2013, by deal count

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