Sectors/Consumer/2011/H1

Consumer funding in H1 2011

European Consumer startup funding raised during H1 2011.

In H1 2011, 17 European Consumer companies closed 17 funding rounds and raised €32M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 484.5% versus H1 2010. Debt rounds added €11M. UK led by capital raised, and Balderton Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€32M

+484.5% vs H1 2010 · excl. debt & grants · +€11M debt

Funding rounds

+70.0% vs H1 2010

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

#11

2.4% of sector funding

Debt financing

€11M

26.6% of total

Top-10 round share

99.5%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€748k	1
Feb	€6.3M	4
Mar	€1.0M	2
Apr	€0	2
May	€12M	4
Jun	€23M	4

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Consumer — top countries by capital, H1 2011
UK	€40M
Spain	€1.8M
Denmark	€1.7M
Germany	€0
Israel	€0
Switzerland	€0

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Consumer — stage mix, H1 2011
Growth/Late	€12M
Debt	€11M
Other	€9.0M
Early VC	€7.8M
Seed	€2.0M
Series A	€748k

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2011

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Mirics Semiconductor	Growth/Late	May 2011	€12M
WorldStores	Debt	Jun 2011	€11M
Mind Candy	Other	Jun 2011	€9.0M
Rated People	Early VC	Feb 2011	€3.5M
Songkick	Early VC	Feb 2011	€1.8M
Opalum - Actiwave	Early VC	Jun 2011	€1.7M
Ticketbis	Seed	Mar 2011	€1.0M
amBX	Early VC	Feb 2011	€813k
Ulabox	Seed	Jun 2011	€765k
ExpoPromoter	Series A	Jan 2011	€748k
Lime&Tonic	Seed	Feb 2011	€204k
WARSTUFF	Seed	Mar 2011	€3k

View all 17 Consumer deals in H1 2011 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2011, by deal count

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