European startup funding Jul 2017
Monthly report · 2017-07-01 – 2017-07-31 · vs Jun 2017
Monthly
Summary
auto-generatedIn Jul 2017, 306 rounds were recorded and disclosed equity funding (excluding debt and grants) reached €1.9B, down 0.3% versus Jun 2017.
Deal count moved +10.1% versus Jun 2017, with 482 named investors participating.
Israel led by equity raised with €463M (24.4% of equity).
Software was the most-funded sector at €549M in equity (29.0%).
The ten largest rounds accounted for 29.1% of disclosed capital, led by Lilium Aviation's €77M.
42 exits were recorded this month worth a combined €2.1M.
Equity funding
€1.9B
▼ -0.3%excl. debt & grants
Funding rounds
306
▲ +10.1%Companies funded
302
▲ +11.4%Named investors
482
▼ -1.0%Exits
42
▼ -12.5%Provenance: 92% of 306 rounds disclosed an amount · 59% of priced rounds are high-confidence · EUR totals reconcile to ECB at-date within -3.01%
Methodology →Investments
Funding within Jul 2017
by dayFunding within Jul 2017 — interactive chart.
Data table
| Amount | Deals | |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | €30M | 17 |
| 02 | €0 | 0 |
| 03 | €0 | 0 |
| 04 | €54M | 14 |
| 05 | €141M | 13 |
| 06 | €46M | 15 |
| 07 | €142M | 21 |
| 08 | €3.0M | 4 |
| 09 | €2.6M | 5 |
| 10 | €49M | 13 |
| 11 | €221M | 14 |
| 12 | €73M | 5 |
| 13 | €60M | 21 |
| 14 | €60M | 11 |
| 15 | €2.7M | 3 |
| 16 | €9.6M | 3 |
| 17 | €145M | 13 |
| 18 | €149M | 25 |
| 19 | €104M | 19 |
| 20 | €69M | 12 |
| 21 | €22M | 9 |
| 22 | €0 | 0 |
| 23 | €0 | 0 |
| 24 | €45M | 8 |
| 25 | €136M | 11 |
| 26 | €24M | 6 |
| 27 | €62M | 5 |
| 28 | €191M | 23 |
| 29 | €0 | 0 |
| 30 | €9.8M | 2 |
| 31 | €47M | 14 |
Biggest deals
top 10 by amount- 1Lilium AviationSeries B · Germany · Jul 2017€77M
- 2WalkMeSeries D+ · Israel · Jul 2017€66M
- 3THQ NordicOther · Austria · Jul 2017€62M
- 4OtovoOther · Norway · Jul 2017€61M
- 5ManoManoSeries C · France · Jul 2017€60M
- 6Innoviz TechnologiesSeries B · Israel · Jul 2017€57M
- 7Reward Finance GroupOther · UK · Jul 2017€45M
- 8Oryx VisionSeries B · Israel · Jul 2017€43M
- 9YounitedOther · France · Jul 2017€42M
- 10Redis LabsSeries D+ · Israel · Jul 2017€39M
Concentration
top 10 deals29.1%
of disclosed capital came from the ten largest rounds.
Top 10 total
€552M
Period total
€1.9B
Countries
Top countries
equity raisedJul 2017 — top countries — interactive chart.
Data table
| Jul 2017 — top countries | |
|---|---|
| Israel | €463M |
| France | €368M |
| UK | €356M |
| Germany | €226M |
| Switzerland | €85M |
| Sweden | €83M |
| Austria | €64M |
| Norway | €62M |
| Spain | €45M |
| Finland | €43M |
Capital by country
share of equityJul 2017 — capital by country — interactive chart.
Data table
| Jul 2017 — capital by country | |
|---|---|
| Israel | €463M |
| France | €368M |
| UK | €356M |
| Germany | €226M |
| Switzerland | €85M |
| Sweden | €83M |
| Austria | €64M |
| Norway | €62M |
| Spain | €45M |
| Finland | €43M |
| Other | €102M |
Geographic distribution
European countries shown · click a countryJul 2017 — geographic distribution — interactive chart.
Industries
Top sectors
equity raisedJul 2017 — top sectors — interactive chart.
Data table
| Jul 2017 — top sectors | |
|---|---|
| Software | €549M |
| Transportation | €280M |
| Healthtech | €237M |
| Fintech | €207M |
| Marketing | €116M |
| E-commerce | €109M |
| Hardware | €107M |
| Consumer | €102M |
| Cleantech | €87M |
| Gaming | €81M |
Capital by sector
share of equityJul 2017 — capital by sector — interactive chart.
Data table
| Jul 2017 — capital by sector | |
|---|---|
| Software | €549M |
| Transportation | €280M |
| Healthtech | €237M |
| Fintech | €207M |
| Marketing | €116M |
| E-commerce | €109M |
| Hardware | €107M |
| Consumer | €102M |
| Other | €938M |
Stages
Funding by stage
total euro raised by round typeJul 2017 — funding by stage — interactive chart.
Data table
| Amount | |
|---|---|
| Seed | €61M |
| Series A | €254M |
| Series B | €373M |
| Series C | €211M |
| Series D+ | €185M |
| Early VC | €22M |
| Other | €791M |
Exits
Exit activity
42
exits recorded
€2.1M
combined disclosed value
Exits breakdown
by typeJul 2017 — exits by type — interactive chart.
Data table
| Jul 2017 — exits by type | |
|---|---|
| Acquisition | 40 |
| IPO | 1 |
| Merger | 1 |