Sectors/Energy/2014

Energy funding in 2014

European Energy startup funding raised during 2014.

In 2014, 25 European Energy companies closed 27 funding rounds and raised €361M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). UK led by capital raised, and Omnes Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€361M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top country

Energy: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2012	€23M	-73.3%	12	+100.0%	—
2013	€35M	+52.6%	25	+108.3%	€5.5M
2014	€361M	+931.6%	27	+8.0%	—

Break down 2014 by period

Half-year

Rank among sectors

#14

2.8% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

98.3%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€2.9M	3
Feb	€8.0M	1
Mar	€6.1M	2
Apr	€236M	4
May	€108k	1
Jul	€4.9M	3
Aug	€0	1
Sep	€20M	5
Oct	€76M	3
Nov	€695k	1
Dec	€7.6M	3

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Energy — top countries by capital, 2014
UK	€238M
France	€50M
Israel	€34M
Germany	€34M
Estonia	€4.3M
Spain	€2.0M
Netherlands	€360k
Latvia	€50k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Energy — stage mix, 2014
Other	€238M
Series C	€68M
Series B	€41M
Growth/Late	€6.7M
Series A	€5.1M
Seed	€2.2M
Grant	€1.7M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit.

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Seven Energy	Other	Apr 2014	€230M
Neoen	Series C	Oct 2014	€42M
StoreDot	Series B	Oct 2014	€33M
Heliatek	Series C	Sep 2014	€18M
Sunfire	Series B	Feb 2014	€8.0M
Sonnen	Series C	Dec 2014	€7.5M
Sunpartner Technologies	Growth/Late	Apr 2014	€6.7M
Spex Group	Other	Mar 2014	€6.1M
Skeleton Technologies	Series A	Jul 2014	€3.9M
Aqylon	Series A	Jan 2014	€1.2M

View all 27 Energy deals in 2014 →

Top investors

most active in 2014, by deal count

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

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