European tech funding raised by UK startups during H1 2016.
In H1 2016, 251 startups in UK raised a combined €1.6B across 268 funding rounds, down 37.5% versus H1 2015. Software was the most active sector, and Octopus Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 9 Jul 2026.
60 exits · €12B disclosed.
| Global Switch | Acquisition | Apr 2016 | €6.0B |
| Skyscanner | Acquisition | Apr 2016 | €1.7B |
| Premier Farnell | Acquisition | Feb 2016 | €1.0B |
| VocaLink | Acquisition | Feb 2016 | €840M |
| Wolfspeed | Acquisition | Feb 2016 | €773M |
| e2v Technologies |
| Acquisition |
| May 2016 |
| €694M |
| Jun 2016 |
| €58M |
| Student.com | Series C | Jan 2016 | €55M |
| F2G | Growth/Late | May 2016 | €55M |
| Blippar | Series D+ | Feb 2016 | €50M |
| Nexeon | Growth/Late | Apr 2016 | €42M |
| Zepz | Debt | Jan 2016 | €41M |
| QuBit | Series C | Jan 2016 | €37M |
| Fairstone Group | Growth/Late | Apr 2016 | €35M |
| Tandem | Series B | Apr 2016 | €31M |
| Condeco | Series A | May 2016 | €27M |
| ezbob | Series C | Feb 2016 | €25M |
| ROLI | Series B | Apr 2016 | €24M |
