Sectors/Fashion/2014/H2

Fashion funding in H2 2014

European Fashion startup funding raised during H2 2014.

In H2 2014, 43 European Fashion companies closed 43 funding rounds and raised €565M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 505.6% versus H2 2013. Germany led by capital raised, and Partech Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€565M

+505.6% vs H2 2013 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

-6.5% vs H2 2013

Companies

Top country

Germany

Rank among sectors

7.8% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

96.3%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jul	€148M	10
Aug	€336M	6
Sep	€13M	9
Oct	€29M	6
Nov	€35M	6
Dec	€4.4M	6

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Fashion — top countries by capital, H2 2014
Germany	€349M
UK	€166M
France	€32M
Italy	€4.3M
Finland	€3.2M
Ukraine	€2.5M
Sweden	€2.5M
Denmark	€1.4M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Fashion — stage mix, H2 2014
Growth/Late	€457M
Series D+	€42M
Other	€30M
Seed	€12M
Series A	€9.8M
Series B	€9.3M
Early VC	€3.2M

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition · 1 Merger

3 exits · €3.1B disclosed.

Net-a-Porter

Merger

Nov 2014

€3.1B

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Rocket Internet SE	Growth/Late	Aug 2014	€333M
The Hut Group	Growth/Late	Jul 2014	€125M
Menlook	Series D+	Nov 2014	€23M
XMOS	Series D+	Jul 2014	€19M
Metail	Other	Oct 2014	€11M
Melijoe.com	Other	Nov 2014	€9.0M
Scarosso	Series B	Sep 2014	€8.3M
Fits.me	Other	Oct 2014	€7.0M
Lesara	Series A	Oct 2014	€5.6M
Swap.com	Series A	Dec 2014	€3.2M
PrivateGriffe	Early VC	Oct 2014	€2.7M
Topmall.ua	Other	Oct 2014	€2.5M
Volumental	Seed	Sep 2014	€2.3M
JUNIQUE / stylemarks	Seed	Jul 2014	€1.8M
Vector Watch	Seed	Jul 2014	€1.5M

View all 43 Fashion deals in H2 2014 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2014, by deal count

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