Sectors/Hardware/2013

Hardware funding in 2013

European Hardware startup funding raised during 2013.

In 2013, 34 European Hardware companies closed 38 funding rounds and raised €122M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). UK led by capital raised, and Startupbootcamp was the most active investor. Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€122M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top country

Hardware: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2011	€15M	-60.1%	16	+77.8%	—
2012	€88M	+489.7%	17	+6.3%	—
2013	€122M	+38.0%	38	+123.5%	—

Break down 2013 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Rank among sectors

#15

2.2% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

94.7%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€2.7M	3
Feb	€88M	2
Mar	€5.1M	4
Apr	€9.8M	5
May	€4.0M	2
Jun	€7.0M	3
Jul	€1.5M	2
Aug	€96k	1
Sep	€369k	3
Oct	€5.4M	7
Nov	€514k	5
Dec	€257k	1

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Hardware — top countries by capital, 2013
UK	€88M
Israel	€9.4M
Germany	€6.8M
Ireland	€5.5M
France	€5.0M
Italy	€3.2M
Sweden	€2.2M
Portugal	€2.0M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Hardware — stage mix, 2013
Growth/Late	€87M
Series B	€18M
Seed	€11M
Series A	€6.0M
Grant	€2.5M
Other	€369k

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit · €91M disclosed.

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Acquisition

Oct 2013

€91M

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Truphone	Growth/Late	Feb 2013	€87M
azeti Networks	Series B	Apr 2013	€6.5M
eyeSight Mobile Technologies	Series B	Mar 2013	€5.1M
Netatmo	Series A	Jun 2013	€4.5M
Cubic Telecom	Series B	May 2013	€4.0M
Narrative	Seed	Oct 2013	€2.2M
LifeBEAM	Seed	Jun 2013	€2.1M
Seebo	Seed	Apr 2013	€2.0M
Kinematix	Series B	Oct 2013	€1.9M
Davra Networks	Series A	Jul 2013	€1.5M

View all 38 Hardware deals in 2013 →

Top investors

most active in 2013, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 4 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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