E-commerce funding in Q2 2012

European E-commerce startup funding raised during Q2 2012.

In Q2 2012, 20 European E-commerce companies closed 20 funding rounds and raised €147M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 86.2% versus Q2 2011. UK led by capital raised, and Access Industries was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€147M

+86.2% vs Q2 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+17.6% vs Q2 2011

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

10.7% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

97.9%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Apr	€52M	6
May	€29M	7
Jun	€66M	7

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	E-commerce — top countries by capital, Q2 2012
UK	€63M
Germany	€58M
France	€9.1M
Ireland	€7.7M
Israel	€7.5M
Spain	€1.1M
Sweden	€1.0M
Poland	€227k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	E-commerce — stage mix, Q2 2012
Growth/Late	€58M
Series C	€42M
Series A	€17M
Other	€8.5M
Series B	€7.7M
Series D+	€7.5M
Early VC	€2.7M
Seed	€2.4M

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition

2 exits · €177M disclosed.

LaFourchette	Acquisition	Jun 2012	€127M
Lieferando	Acquisition	Apr 2012	€50M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q2 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Just Eat	Series C	Apr 2012	€42M
Westwing Home & Living	Growth/Late	Jun 2012	€40M
Bookatable (Livebookings)	Growth/Late	May 2012	€18M
Lieferando	Series A	Jun 2012	€15M
LaFourchette	Other	May 2012	€7.9M
SkillPages	Series B	Jun 2012	€7.7M
mySupermarket	Series D+	Apr 2012	€7.5M
Twago	Series A	Jun 2012	€2.4M
SportPursuit	Early VC	May 2012	€1.7M
Yatedo	Seed	Apr 2012	€1.2M
Barnebys	Early VC	Jun 2012	€1.0M
Funding Options	Seed	Apr 2012	€660k
La Nevera Roja	Other	Apr 2012	€600k
Habitissimo	Series C	May 2012	€300k
Positionly	Seed	May 2012	€227k

View all 20 E-commerce deals in Q2 2012 →

Top investors

most active in Q2 2012, by deal count

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