Sectors/Fashion/2012/H1

Fashion funding in H1 2012

European Fashion startup funding raised during H1 2012.

In H1 2012, 18 European Fashion companies closed 19 funding rounds and raised €74M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 246.1% versus H1 2011. UK led by capital raised, and Index Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€74M

+246.1% vs H1 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+35.7% vs H1 2011

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

#11

3.3% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

98.6%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€20M	5
Feb	€16M	2
Mar	€7.3M	4
Apr	€1.0M	3
May	€30M	3
Jun	€0	2

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Fashion — top countries by capital, H1 2012
UK	€46M
France	€18M
Spain	€6.7M
Sweden	€3.1M
Germany	€500k
Netherlands	€0

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Fashion — stage mix, H1 2012
Series B	€30M
Other	€19M
Series D+	€12M
Series A	€9.2M
Early VC	€3.1M
Seed	€1.0M

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition · 1 IPO

3 exits · €318M disclosed.

M and M Direct	Acquisition	Feb 2012	€168M
Markafoni	Acquisition	Mar 2012	€150M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Sensee	Other	May 2012	€18M
Farfetch	Series B	Jan 2012	€14M
Notonthehighstreet	Series D+	May 2012	€12M
Stylistpick	Series B	Feb 2012	€8.3M
SecretSales	Series B	Feb 2012	€7.5M
Nasty Gal	Series A	Mar 2012	€6.7M
Footway	Early VC	Jan 2012	€3.1M
Fantasy Shopper	Series A	Jan 2012	€2.6M
Smithfield Case	Other	May 2012	€904k
What's In My Handbag	Seed	Apr 2012	€599k
aikme	Other	Mar 2012	€500k
Depop	Seed	Apr 2012	€200k
ThePREsent.co	Seed	Apr 2012	€180k
Selleroutlet	Other	Mar 2012	€135k

View all 19 Fashion deals in H1 2012 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2012, by deal count

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