Geographies/UK/2013/November

UK startup funding in November 2013

European tech funding raised by UK startups during November 2013.

In November 2013, 45 startups in the UK closed 45 funding rounds and raised €140M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 121.3% versus November 2012. Debt rounds added €11M. Software was the most active sector, and Crowdcube was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€140M

+121.3% vs November 2012 · excl. debt & grants · +€11M debt

Funding rounds

+40.6% vs November 2012

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

21.7% of European funding

Debt financing

€11M

7.2% of total

Top-10 round share

88.0%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, November 2013
Gaming	€44M
Software	€37M
Healthtech	€24M
Fintech	€17M
Cleantech	€13M
Travel	€7.0M
Transportation	€6.2M
Media	€3.4M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, November 2013
Growth/Late	€71M
Series B	€24M
Series A	€19M
Early VC	€12M
Debt	€11M
Seed	€11M
Other	€3.7M

Exits & M&A

4 Acquisition · 1 IPO

5 exits · €15B disclosed.

EE (Everything Everywhere)	Acquisition	Nov 2013	€15B
Travelfusion	Acquisition	Nov 2013	€145M
Lastminute.com	Acquisition	Nov 2013	€89M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in November 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
GameAccount Network	Growth/Late	Nov 2013	€31M
Arria NLG	Growth/Late	Nov 2013	€30M
MISSION Therapeutics	Series B	Nov 2013	€24M
Betable	Series A	Nov 2013	€14M
Ecovative Design	Growth/Late	Nov 2013	€10M
LendInvest	Debt	Nov 2013	€10.0M
Actual Experience Ltd	Early VC	Nov 2013	€4.7M
Kabbee	Series A	Nov 2013	€4.5M
Money Dashboard	Seed	Nov 2013	€3.2M
Aria Networks	Early VC	Nov 2013	€2.9M
Pyreos	Early VC	Nov 2013	€2.9M
Appear Here	Seed	Nov 2013	€1.4M
BBOXX	Series A	Nov 2013	€1.4M
PingTune	Seed	Nov 2013	€1.2M
FlatClub	Early VC	Nov 2013	€1.1M

View all 45 UK deals in November 2013 →

Top investors

most active in November 2013, by deal count

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