Geographies/UK/2014/April

UK startup funding in April 2014

European tech funding raised by UK startups during April 2014.

In April 2014, 55 startups in the UK closed 55 funding rounds and raised €342M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 565.0% versus April 2013. Debt rounds added €779k. Software was the most active sector, and Crowdcube was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€342M

+565.0% vs April 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€779k debt

Funding rounds

+44.7% vs April 2013

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

31.8% of European funding

Debt financing

€779k

0.2% of total

Top-10 round share

92.2%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, April 2014
Energy	€230M
Marketing	€35M
Travel	€29M
Software	€23M
Telecom	€15M
Fintech	€12M
E-commerce	€6.9M
Fashion	€5.4M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, April 2014
Other	€242M
Series C	€44M
Series A	€16M
Growth/Late	€15M
Seed	€11M
Series B	€9.9M
Early VC	€5.4M
Debt	€779k

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in April 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Seven Energy	Other	Apr 2014	€230M
SilverRail	Series C	Apr 2014	€29M
Nujira	Growth/Late	Apr 2014	€15M
Citymapper	Series A	Apr 2014	€7.3M
Currency Cloud	Series B	Apr 2014	€7.3M
Brightpearl	Series C	Apr 2014	€7.3M
Aveillant	Other	Apr 2014	€6.6M
SecretSales	Series C	Apr 2014	€5.4M
EVRYTHNG	Series A	Apr 2014	€5.1M
Somo	Early VC	Apr 2014	€4.0M
Snupps	Seed	Apr 2014	€3.6M
Sportlobster	Series B	Apr 2014	€2.7M
Big Health	Series A	Apr 2014	€2.4M
Arkivum	Series C	Apr 2014	€2.1M
Cytox	Other	Apr 2014	€2.1M

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Top investors

most active in April 2014, by deal count

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