Sectors/Consumer/2014/Q2

Consumer funding in Q2 2014

European Consumer startup funding raised during Q2 2014.

In Q2 2014, 34 European Consumer companies closed 36 funding rounds and raised €244M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 123.6% versus Q2 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

€244M

+123.6% vs Q2 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€706k debt

Funding rounds

+16.1% vs Q2 2013

Companies

Top country

Germany

Rank among sectors

7.6% of sector funding

Debt financing

€706k

0.3% of total

Top-10 round share

96.9%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Apr	€207M	13
May	€24M	10
Jun	€13M	13

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Consumer — top countries by capital, Q2 2014
Germany	€110M
Russia	€109M
Spain	€14M
UK	€7.9M
France	€3.4M
Italy	€695k
Lithuania	€450k
Iceland	€73k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Consumer — stage mix, Q2 2014
Growth/Late	€181M
Series B	€25M
Series C	€15M
Seed	€6.9M
Series A	€6.0M
Series D+	€4.9M
Early VC	€2.6M
Other	€1.3M
Crowdfunding	€890k
Debt	€706k

Exits & M&A

6 Acquisition

6 exits.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q2 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
eShop Ventures	Series A	Jun 2014	€6.0M
Ticketbis	Series D+	Jun 2014	€4.9M
Medikidz	Series B	May 2014	€3.6M
Fever	Seed	May 2014	€2.2M
e-loue	Early VC	Apr 2014	€1.4M
Hire Space	Early VC	May 2014	€1.2M
Cozy Cloud	Seed	Jun 2014	€1.1M
Wirkaufens	Seed	Apr 2014	€800k
Opendesk	Debt	Apr 2014	€706k
Lost My Name	Seed	Jun 2014	€615k
DogBuddy	Seed	May 2014	€600k

View all 36 Consumer deals in Q2 2014 →

Top investors

most active in Q2 2014, by deal count

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