Sectors/Sports/2014/H1

Sports funding in H1 2014

European Sports startup funding raised during H1 2014.

In H1 2014, 18 European Sports companies closed 19 funding rounds and raised €48M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 35.0% versus H1 2013. UK led by capital raised, and Battery Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€48M

+35.0% vs H1 2013 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+18.8% vs H1 2013

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

#18

0.8% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

97.7%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€756k	4
Feb	€13M	2
Mar	€28M	4
Apr	€2.8M	3
May	€3.7M	5
Jun	€200k	1

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Sports — top countries by capital, H1 2014
UK	€37M
Israel	€6.7M
Sweden	€2.4M
Germany	€550k
Finland	€361k
Estonia	€300k
Spain	€265k
Latvia	€50k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Sports — stage mix, H1 2014
Growth/Late	€26M
Series B	€8.8M
Series A	€6.7M
Other	€4.5M
Seed	€2.0M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
90min	Growth/Late	Mar 2014	€13M
FTBpro	Growth/Late	Mar 2014	€13M
Replay Technologies	Series A	Feb 2014	€6.7M
SportPursuit	Series B	Feb 2014	€6.1M
Sportlobster	Series B	Apr 2014	€2.7M
H√∂vding	Other	May 2014	€2.4M
PayasUgym	Other	Mar 2014	€1.7M
Cobi	Seed	May 2014	€550k
MyNextRun	Seed	May 2014	€361k
fanatix	Seed	May 2014	€361k
Sportlyzer	Other	Jan 2014	€300k
Sporting mouth	Seed	Jan 2014	€240k
Sportmaniacs	Seed	Jun 2014	€200k
WallJAM	Seed	Jan 2014	€120k
Sporting mouth	Seed	Jan 2014	€96k

View all 19 Sports deals in H1 2014 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2014, by deal count

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