E-commerce funding in Q4 2014

European E-commerce startup funding raised during Q4 2014.

In Q4 2014, 37 European E-commerce companies closed 37 funding rounds and raised €162M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 544.0% versus Q4 2013. UK led by capital raised, and Accel was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€162M

+544.0% vs Q4 2013 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+12.1% vs Q4 2013

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

5.9% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

84.7%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Oct	€31M	7
Nov	€68M	17
Dec	€63M	13

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	E-commerce — top countries by capital, Q4 2014
UK	€46M
Spain	€40M
Netherlands	€21M
Sweden	€16M
Germany	€15M
Italy	€9.1M
France	€6.5M
Finland	€4.4M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	E-commerce — stage mix, Q4 2014
Series B	€80M
Series A	€29M
Series C	€21M
Growth/Late	€16M
Seed	€8.8M
Early VC	€5.6M
Other	€2.0M

Exits & M&A

7 Acquisition · 1 Merger

8 exits · €1.1B disclosed.

Yemeksepeti	Acquisition	Oct 2014	€535M
uSwitch	Acquisition	Nov 2014	€192M
Verivox	Acquisition	Nov 2014	€170M
Wahanda	Acquisition	Oct 2014	€155M
Easyvoyage	Acquisition	Dec 2014	€40M
Treatwell	Acquisition	Nov 2014	€35M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q4 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Wallapop	Series B	Dec 2014	€38M
Wahanda	Series C	Oct 2014	€21M
YPlan	Series B	Nov 2014	€19M
TravelBird	Series B	Nov 2014	€18M
Fyndiq	Growth/Late	Nov 2014	€16M
Carwow	Series A	Dec 2014	€5.8M
Lesara	Series A	Oct 2014	€5.6M
DoveConviene	Series B	Dec 2014	€5.2M
Medigo	Series A	Dec 2014	€5.0M
BOOK A TIGER	Series A	Dec 2014	€4.0M
Doctolib	Series A	Nov 2014	€4.0M
Swap.com	Series A	Dec 2014	€3.2M
Tyba	Early VC	Nov 2014	€2.5M
Twiggle	Seed	Nov 2014	€1.8M
Peerby	Early VC	Oct 2014	€1.7M

View all 37 E-commerce deals in Q4 2014 →

Top investors

most active in Q4 2014, by deal count

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