Sectors/Consumer/2014/H1

Consumer funding in H1 2014

European Consumer startup funding raised during H1 2014.

In H1 2014, 67 European Consumer companies closed 70 funding rounds and raised €275M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 88.1% versus H1 2013. Debt rounds added €706k. Germany led by capital raised, and Crowdcube was the most active investor. Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€275M

+88.1% vs H1 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€706k debt

Funding rounds

+29.6% vs H1 2013

Companies

Top country

Germany

Rank among sectors

4.8% of sector funding

Debt financing

€706k

0.3% of total

Top-10 round share

90.8%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€9.5M	15
Feb	€9.8M	7
Mar	€12M	12
Apr	€207M	13
May	€24M	10
Jun	€13M	13

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Consumer — top countries by capital, H1 2014
Germany	€114M
Russia	€109M
UK	€24M
Spain	€14M
France	€10M
Belgium	€1.4M
Italy	€845k
Türkiye	€725k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Consumer — stage mix, H1 2014
Growth/Late	€181M
Series B	€25M
Early VC	€18M
Series C	€15M
Series A	€13M
Seed	€12M
Other	€5.7M
Series D+	€4.9M
Crowdfunding	€890k
Debt	€706k

Exits & M&A

8 Acquisition

8 exits.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Ozon	Growth/Late	Apr 2014	€109M
Westwing Home & Living	Growth/Late	Apr 2014	€72M
Auctionata	Series B	Apr 2014	€22M
Windeln.de	Series C	May 2014	€15M
Rated People	Early VC	Feb 2014	€7.9M
BIZZBY	Early VC	Mar 2014	€7.2M
eShop Ventures	Series A	Jun 2014	€6.0M
Ticketbis	Series D+	Jun 2014	€4.9M
Medikidz	Series B	May 2014	€3.6M
GetYourGuide	Series A	Jan 2014	€3.3M
Ceetiz	Series A	Jan 2014	€3.0M
Yellow Korner	Other	Mar 2014	€2.5M
Fever	Seed	May 2014	€2.2M
Seaters	Seed	Mar 2014	€1.4M
e-loue	Early VC	Apr 2014	€1.4M

View all 70 Consumer deals in H1 2014 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2014, by deal count

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