Sectors/Sports/2013/H1

Sports funding in H1 2013

European Sports startup funding raised during H1 2013.

In H1 2013, 16 European Sports companies closed 16 funding rounds and raised €36M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 0.3% versus H1 2012. UK led by capital raised, and Battery Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€36M

-0.3% vs H1 2012 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+100.0% vs H1 2012

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

#21

1.3% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

95.7%

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

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Sports — top countries by capital, H1 2013
UK	€20M
Germany	€10M
Israel	€2.1M
Finland	€1.6M
Netherlands	€682k
Bulgaria	€615k
Italy	€515k
Spain	€250k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Sports — stage mix, H1 2013
Other	€11M
Early VC	€10M
Series C	€8.3M
Seed	€5.4M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Onefootball	Other	Apr 2013	€10M
FanDuel	Series C	Jan 2013	€8.3M
90min	Early VC	May 2013	€4.4M
FTBpro	Early VC	May 2013	€4.4M
LifeBEAM	Seed	Jun 2013	€2.1M
Moves App	Other	Jan 2013	€1.4M
PayasUgym	Seed	Feb 2013	€1.1M
fanatix	Early VC	May 2013	€765k
Bluefields	Seed	Feb 2013	€738k
Virtuagym	Early VC	Jan 2013	€682k
FootballScout	Seed	Mar 2013	€615k
Sportube	Seed	Mar 2013	€500k
traceMyWay	Seed	Feb 2013	€250k
MyNextRun	Seed	Mar 2013	€147k
Foooblr	Seed	Jan 2013	€15k

View all 16 Sports deals in H1 2013 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2013, by deal count

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