Sectors/Hardware/2013/H2

Hardware funding in H2 2013

European Hardware startup funding raised during H2 2013.

In H2 2013, 18 European Hardware companies closed 19 funding rounds and raised €8.2M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 83.8% versus H2 2012. Sweden led by capital raised, and Startupbootcamp was the most active investor. Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€8.2M

-83.8% vs H2 2012 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+111.1% vs H2 2012

Companies

Top country

Sweden

Rank among sectors

#23

0.3% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

95.4%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
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, H2 2013
Sweden	€2.2M
Portugal	€2.0M
Ireland	€1.5M
UK	€1.3M
Germany	€266k
Israel	€257k
Poland	€189k
Finland	€180k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Hardware — stage mix, H2 2013
Seed	€4.5M
Series B	€1.9M
Series A	€1.5M
Other	€276k

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit · €91M disclosed.

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Acquisition

Oct 2013

€91M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Narrative	Seed	Oct 2013	€2.2M
Kinematix	Series B	Oct 2013	€1.9M
Davra Networks	Series A	Jul 2013	€1.5M
BERG Cloud	Seed	Oct 2013	€1.0M
Milestone Sports	Seed	Dec 2013	€257k
Relayr	Seed	Nov 2013	€251k
Kontakt.io	Seed	Sep 2013	€189k
Yepzon	Seed	Oct 2013	€180k
IDOMOTICS	Other	Sep 2013	€180k
ZoVolt Ltd	Seed	Oct 2013	€120k
Proxible	Seed	Nov 2013	€100k
GlassUp	Other	Aug 2013	€96k
QwikSense	Seed	Nov 2013	€75k
Lapa Studio	Seed	Nov 2013	€73k
HIGH MOBILITY	Seed	Nov 2013	€15k

View all 19 Hardware deals in H2 2013 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2013, by deal count

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