Geographies/UK/2014/August

UK startup funding in August 2014

European tech funding raised by UK startups during August 2014.

In August 2014, 40 startups in the UK closed 40 funding rounds and raised €107M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 50.7% versus August 2013. Software was the most active sector, and Crowdcube was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€107M

-50.7% vs August 2013 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+11.1% vs August 2013

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

11.8% of European funding

Top-10 round share

78.9%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, August 2014
Software	€47M
Fintech	€14M
Proptech	€10M
Consumer	€7.6M
Telecom	€6.7M
Cleantech	€5.5M
Media	€4.2M
Hardware	€4.0M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, August 2014
Series A	€41M
Series D+	€34M
Series C	€9.7M
Early VC	€8.3M
Seed	€6.9M
Other	€4.5M
Growth/Late	€3.0M

Exits & M&A

7 Acquisition

7 exits.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in August 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Alfresco	Series D+	Aug 2014	€34M
PurpleBricks	Series A	Aug 2014	€10M
SumUp	Series C	Aug 2014	€9.7M
Furniture Village	Series A	Aug 2014	€7.6M
Crawford Scientific	Series A	Aug 2014	€4.9M
Ecovision	Early VC	Aug 2014	€4.5M
Push Technology	Series A	Aug 2014	€3.7M
Tamoco	Early VC	Aug 2014	€3.7M
Patsnap	Series A	Aug 2014	€3.4M
SmartKem	Series A	Aug 2014	€3.0M
OpenSignal	Series A	Aug 2014	€3.0M
Ayondo	Growth/Late	Aug 2014	€3.0M
Pact Coffee	Series A	Aug 2014	€2.5M
Marblar	Other	Aug 2014	€1.8M
Groupize.com	Series A	Aug 2014	€1.5M

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Top investors

most active in August 2014, by deal count

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