Sectors/Consumer/2012/H1

Consumer funding in H1 2012

European Consumer startup funding raised during H1 2012.

In H1 2012, 27 European Consumer companies closed 28 funding rounds and raised €121M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 282.9% versus H1 2011. Germany led by capital raised, and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€121M

+282.9% vs H1 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+64.7% vs H1 2011

Companies

Top country

Germany

Rank among sectors

5.4% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

93.3%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€13M	8
Mar	€13M	5
Apr	€3.8M	5
May	€49M	6
Jun	€43M	4

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Consumer — top countries by capital, H1 2012
Germany	€52M
Russia	€34M
UK	€30M
Israel	€1.7M
France	€1.5M
Denmark	€1.2M
Sweden	€1.0M
Spain	€200k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Consumer — stage mix, H1 2012
Growth/Late	€40M
Other	€33M
Series B	€16M
Series C	€12M
Seed	€9.6M
Series A	€7.3M
Early VC	€2.5M

Exits & M&A

1 IPO

1 exit.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Westwing Home & Living	Growth/Late	Jun 2012	€40M
Ulmart	Other	May 2012	€30M
Medicanimal	Series C	May 2012	€12M
Songkick	Series B	Mar 2012	€9.0M
made.com	Series B	Jan 2012	€7.2M
HomeMe.ru	Series A	May 2012	€3.8M
Urbanara	Series A	Apr 2012	€3.5M
Auctionata	Other	Jan 2012	€2.7M
Auctionata	Seed	Mar 2012	€2.5M
Yummypets	Early VC	May 2012	€1.5M
GetYourGuide	Seed	Mar 2012	€1.5M
Iconfinder	Seed	Jun 2012	€1.2M
Bizzabo	Seed	May 2012	€1.1M
Love Home Swap	Seed	Jan 2012	€1.0M
Barnebys	Early VC	Jun 2012	€1.0M

View all 28 Consumer deals in H1 2012 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2012, by deal count

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