Cleantech funding in H2 2013

European Cleantech startup funding raised during H2 2013.

In H2 2013, 23 European Cleantech companies closed 25 funding rounds and raised €59M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 880.4% versus H2 2012. UK led by capital raised, and 3M New Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€59M

+880.4% vs H2 2012 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+400.0% vs H2 2012

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

#14

2.0% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

87.0%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jul	€2.1M	5
Aug	€135k	1
Sep	€22M	5
Oct	€12M	5
Nov	€15M	6
Dec	€7.6M	3

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Cleantech — top countries by capital, H2 2013
UK	€35M
Sweden	€7.1M
Israel	€6.7M
Germany	€2.6M
Switzerland	€2.1M
Finland	€2.0M
Netherlands	€1.5M
France	€1.5M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Cleantech — stage mix, H2 2013
Other	€17M
Growth/Late	€15M
Series A	€14M
Series B	€7.1M
Early VC	€3.6M
Seed	€2.6M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit · €91M disclosed.

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Acquisition

Oct 2013

€91M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Plaxica	Other	Sep 2013	€11M
Ecovative Design	Growth/Late	Nov 2013	€10M
Sol Voltaics	Series B	Sep 2013	€7.1M
Econic Technologies	Series A	Dec 2013	€6.1M
TaKaDu	Growth/Late	Oct 2013	€4.4M
Once Innovations	Series A	Oct 2013	€3.9M
Meteo-Logic	Series A	Sep 2013	€2.3M
Arktis Radiation Detectors	Early VC	Oct 2013	€2.1M
Valopaa	Other	Nov 2013	€2.0M
Tado	Seed	Sep 2013	€2.0M
Cooltech Applications	Early VC	Dec 2013	€1.5M
BBOXX	Series A	Nov 2013	€1.4M
Waste2Tricity	Other	Oct 2013	€1.4M
Waste4ME BV	Other	Jul 2013	€1.0M
Geothermal Engineering	Other	Nov 2013	€900k

View all 25 Cleantech deals in H2 2013 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2013, by deal count

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