European startup funding Jul 2020
Monthly report · 2020-07-01 – 2020-07-31 · vs Jun 2020
Monthly
Summary
auto-generatedIn Jul 2020, 279 rounds were recorded and disclosed equity funding (excluding debt and grants) reached €4.0B, up 31.3% versus Jun 2020. Debt rounds added a further €20M.
Deal count moved +25.1% versus Jun 2020, with 207 named investors participating.
UK led by equity raised with €1.1B (27.4% of equity).
Healthtech was the most-funded sector at €855M in equity (21.4%).
The ten largest rounds accounted for 40.3% of disclosed capital, led by Karma Kitchen's €280M.
58 exits were recorded this month worth a combined €895M.
Equity funding
€4.0B
▲ +31.3%excl. debt & grants · +€20M debt
Funding rounds
279
▲ +25.1%Companies funded
278
▲ +24.7%Named investors
207
▲ +43.8%Exits
58
▲ +41.5%Leading country
€1.1B
27.4% of equity
Leading sector
€855M
21.4% of equity
Provenance: 94% of 279 rounds disclosed an amount · 76% of priced rounds are high-confidence · EUR totals reconcile to ECB at-date within +4.86%
Methodology →Investments
Funding within Jul 2020
by dayFunding within Jul 2020 — interactive chart.
Data table
| Amount | Deals | |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | €193M | 6 |
| 02 | €12M | 4 |
| 03 | €35M | 5 |
| 04 | €143M | 10 |
| 05 | €255M | 21 |
| 06 | €43M | 8 |
| 07 | €48M | 13 |
| 08 | €240M | 29 |
| 09 | €102M | 8 |
| 10 | €13M | 4 |
| 11 | €0 | 0 |
| 12 | €0 | 0 |
| 13 | €214M | 6 |
| 14 | €665M | 24 |
| 15 | €144M | 6 |
| 16 | €86M | 8 |
| 17 | €16M | 6 |
| 18 | €0 | 0 |
| 19 | €0 | 0 |
| 20 | €34M | 6 |
| 21 | €447M | 34 |
| 22 | €57M | 8 |
| 23 | €94M | 8 |
| 24 | €162M | 9 |
| 25 | €500k | 1 |
| 26 | €88M | 3 |
| 27 | €88M | 11 |
| 28 | €531M | 16 |
| 29 | €75M | 11 |
| 30 | €218M | 9 |
| 31 | €12M | 5 |
Biggest deals
top 10 by amount- 1Karma KitchenSeries A · UK · Jul 2020€280M
- 2WiseOther · Estonia · Jul 2020€271M
- 3UiPathSeries D+ · Romania · Jul 2020€200M
- 4OatlyOther · Sweden · Jul 2020€177M
- 5InfobipGrowth/Late · Croatia · Jul 2020€171M
- 6KrySeries C · Sweden · Jul 2020€140M
- 7VivenseOther · Türkiye · Jul 2020€114M
- 8Freeline TherapeuticsSeries C · UK · Jul 2020€107M
- 9GettOther · Israel · Jul 2020€87M
- 10Freeline TherapeuticsSeries C · UK · Jul 2020€71M
Concentration
top 10 deals40.3%
of disclosed capital came from the ten largest rounds.
Top 10 total
€1.6B
Period total
€4.0B
Countries
Top countries
equity raisedJul 2020 — top countries — interactive chart.
Data table
| Jul 2020 — top countries | |
|---|---|
| UK | €1.1B |
| Israel | €538M |
| Sweden | €399M |
| Germany | €380M |
| Estonia | €288M |
| France | €225M |
| Romania | €200M |
| Croatia | €171M |
| Spain | €116M |
| Türkiye | €114M |
Capital by country
share of equityJul 2020 — capital by country — interactive chart.
Data table
| Jul 2020 — capital by country | |
|---|---|
| UK | €1.1B |
| Israel | €538M |
| Sweden | €399M |
| Germany | €380M |
| Estonia | €288M |
| France | €225M |
| Romania | €200M |
| Croatia | €171M |
| Spain | €116M |
| Türkiye | €114M |
| Other | €466M |
Geographic distribution
European countries shown · click a countryJul 2020 — geographic distribution — interactive chart.
Industries
Top sectors
equity raisedJul 2020 — top sectors — interactive chart.
Data table
| Jul 2020 — top sectors | |
|---|---|
| Healthtech | €855M |
| Software | €836M |
| Fintech | €696M |
| Foodtech | €499M |
| AI | €367M |
| Transportation | €256M |
| Cybersecurity | €252M |
| Robotics | €251M |
| E-commerce | €210M |
| Telecom | €205M |
Capital by sector
share of equityJul 2020 — capital by sector — interactive chart.
Data table
| Jul 2020 — capital by sector | |
|---|---|
| Healthtech | €855M |
| Software | €836M |
| Fintech | €696M |
| Foodtech | €499M |
| AI | €367M |
| Transportation | €256M |
| Cybersecurity | €252M |
| Robotics | €251M |
| Other | €1.2B |
Stages
Funding by stage
total euro raised by round typeJul 2020 — funding by stage — interactive chart.
Data table
| Amount | |
|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | €11M |
| Seed | €161M |
| Series A | €647M |
| Series B | €473M |
| Series C | €721M |
| Series D+ | €477M |
| Early VC | €54M |
| Growth/Late | €227M |
| Debt | €20M |
| Grant | €2.8M |
| Crowdfunding | €9.2M |
| Other | €1.2B |
Exits
Exit activity
58
exits recorded
€895M
combined disclosed value
Exits breakdown
by typeJul 2020 — exits by type — interactive chart.
Data table
| Jul 2020 — exits by type | |
|---|---|
| Acquisition | 50 |
| Leveraged buyout | 3 |
| Merger | 2 |
| Unknown | 2 |
| IPO | 1 |