Geographies/UK/2014/November

UK startup funding in November 2014

European tech funding raised by UK startups during November 2014.

In November 2014, 35 startups in the UK closed 35 funding rounds and raised €372M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 164.9% versus November 2013. Software was the most active sector, and Wellington Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€372M

+164.9% vs November 2013 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

-22.2% vs November 2013

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

47.0% of European funding

Top-10 round share

92.7%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	UK — top sectors by capital, November 2014
Healthtech	€105M
Marketing	€79M
Software	€71M
Fintech	€66M
Consumer	€19M
E-commerce	€19M
Cleantech	€11M
Travel	€10M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	UK — stage mix, November 2014
Series B	€181M
Other	€75M
Series C	€74M
Series A	€15M
Seed	€14M
Early VC	€12M

Exits & M&A

3 Acquisition · 1 Merger

4 exits · €3.8B disclosed.

Net-a-Porter	Merger	Nov 2014	€3.1B
TradeFX	Acquisition	Nov 2014	€458M
uSwitch	Acquisition	Nov 2014	€192M
Treatwell	Acquisition	Nov 2014	€35M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in November 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Buyapowa	Other	Nov 2014	€72M
Powa Technologies	Series C	Nov 2014	€64M
PowaTAG	Series B	Nov 2014	€64M
Cell Medica	Series B	Nov 2014	€64M
Quanta Fluid Solutions	Series B	Nov 2014	€34M
YPlan	Series B	Nov 2014	€19M
i2O Water	Series C	Nov 2014	€10M
Starcount	Early VC	Nov 2014	€6.0M
Appear Here	Series A	Nov 2014	€6.0M
Fuel3D	Series A	Nov 2014	€5.1M
Avvio	Seed	Nov 2014	€4.5M
Creo Medical	Early VC	Nov 2014	€4.5M
Obillex	Seed	Nov 2014	€2.4M
deltaDNA	Series A	Nov 2014	€2.4M
BuzzMyVideos	Series A	Nov 2014	€2.0M

View all 35 UK deals in November 2014 →

Top investors

most active in November 2014, by deal count

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