Sectors/Sports/2013

Sports funding in 2013

European Sports startup funding raised during 2013.

In 2013, 27 European Sports companies closed 29 funding rounds and raised €47M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). UK led by capital raised, and Battery Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€47M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top country

Sports: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2011	€6.7M	+1754.0%	7	+600.0%	—
2012	€54M	+703.1%	18	+157.1%	—
2013	€47M	-12.9%	29	+61.1%	—

Break down 2013 by period

Half-year

Rank among sectors

#22

0.8% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

87.3%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€10M	4
Feb	€2.1M	3
Mar	€1.3M	3
Apr	€10M	1
May	€9.6M	4
Jun	€2.1M	1
Jul	€765k	1
Aug	€50k	1
Sep	€869k	2
Oct	€8.7M	3
Nov	€172k	2
Dec	€683k	4

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Sports — top countries by capital, 2013
UK	€21M
Germany	€16M
Israel	€2.3M
Portugal	€1.9M
Finland	€1.8M
Switzerland	€765k
Netherlands	€682k
Bulgaria	€615k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Sports — stage mix, 2013
Other	€18M
Early VC	€10M
Series C	€8.3M
Seed	€6.9M
Series B	€1.9M
Series A	€1.5M

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition · 1 IPO

3 exits · €1.1B disclosed.

Infront Sports	Acquisition	Oct 2013	€1.1B
Endomondo	Acquisition	Oct 2013	€77M

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Onefootball	Other	Apr 2013	€10M
FanDuel	Series C	Jan 2013	€8.3M
Onefootball	Other	Oct 2013	€6.3M
FTBpro	Early VC	May 2013	€4.4M
90min	Early VC	May 2013	€4.4M
LifeBEAM	Seed	Jun 2013	€2.1M
Kinematix	Series B	Oct 2013	€1.9M
Moves App	Other	Jan 2013	€1.4M
PayasUgym	Seed	Feb 2013	€1.1M
fanatix	Early VC	May 2013	€765k

View all 29 Sports 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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