Geographies/UK/2013/December

UK startup funding in December 2013

European tech funding raised by UK startups during December 2013.

In December 2013, 48 startups in the UK closed 48 funding rounds and raised €98M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 9.2% versus December 2012. Software was the most active sector, and MMC Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€98M

-9.2% vs December 2012 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+14.3% vs December 2012

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

29.3% of European funding

Top-10 round share

77.4%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, December 2013
Fashion	€25M
Fintech	€20M
Media	€16M
Marketing	€14M
Gaming	€12M
Consumer	€11M
Semiconductors	€10M
Cleantech	€6.1M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, December 2013
Other	€51M
Series C	€20M
Early VC	€13M
Seed	€7.9M
Series A	€6.1M
Grant	€184k

Exits & M&A

5 Acquisition · 1 IPO

6 exits · €3.6B disclosed.

Wood Mackenzie / Woodmac	Acquisition	Dec 2013	€2.5B
Skrill	Acquisition	Dec 2013	€1.1B

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in December 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Proxama	Other	Dec 2013	€12M
Plumbee	Other	Dec 2013	€12M
XMOS	Series C	Dec 2013	€10M
MyOptique	Series C	Dec 2013	€9.6M
Bitstamp	Other	Dec 2013	€7.3M
Econic Technologies	Series A	Dec 2013	€6.1M
ExchangeLab	Early VC	Dec 2013	€5.9M
Cass Art	Other	Dec 2013	€4.4M
Wedo Shopping	Other	Dec 2013	€4.2M
Mirriad	Other	Dec 2013	€4.2M
Metail	Other	Dec 2013	€3.6M
Rosslyn Analytics	Early VC	Dec 2013	€2.5M
Linkdex	Early VC	Dec 2013	€2.2M
JustGo	Early VC	Dec 2013	€1.5M
Gousto	Seed	Dec 2013	€1.5M

View all 48 UK deals in December 2013 →

Top investors

most active in December 2013, by deal count

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