Sectors/Edtech/2012

Edtech funding in 2012

European Edtech startup funding raised during 2012.

In 2012, 35 European Edtech companies closed 37 funding rounds and raised €36M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). UK led by capital raised, and Crowdcube was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€36M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top country

Edtech: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2010	€21M	+523.7%	15	+87.5%	—
2011	€9.1M	-57.1%	20	+33.3%	—
2012	€36M	+293.7%	37	+85.0%	—

Break down 2012 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Quarters

Rank among sectors

#21

0.8% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

81.3%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€1.6M	5
Feb	€8.2M	3
Mar	€1.2M	2
Apr	€1.5M	2
May	€6.3M	3
Jun	€2.9M	2
Jul	€3.4M	4
Aug	€2.0M	4
Sep	€1.3M	7
Oct	€3.7M	2
Dec	€4.0M	3

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Edtech — top countries by capital, 2012
UK	€17M
France	€6.7M
Russia	€3.9M
Israel	€3.6M
Italy	€2.4M
Netherlands	€850k
Finland	€793k
Poland	€387k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Edtech — stage mix, 2012
Series A	€16M
Early VC	€13M
Seed	€4.7M
Other	€1.7M
Grant	€97k

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Pearltrees	Early VC	Feb 2012	€5.0M
Memrise	Series A	Dec 2012	€3.9M
Busuu	Series A	Oct 2012	€3.6M
Tonara	Series A	Jul 2012	€3.2M
Mindshapes	Early VC	May 2012	€3.0M
Quipper	Series A	May 2012	€2.8M
LinguaLeo	Series A	Jun 2012	€2.4M
Docebo	Early VC	Feb 2012	€2.4M
Dream Industries	Other	Apr 2012	€1.5M
MedaPhor	Early VC	Aug 2012	€1.4M

View all 37 Edtech deals in 2012 →

Top investors

most active in 2012, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 6 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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