Sectors/Telecom/2012/H2

Telecom funding in H2 2012

European Telecom startup funding raised during H2 2012.

In H2 2012, 16 European Telecom companies closed 17 funding rounds and raised €64M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 22.3% versus H2 2011. UK led by capital raised, and Accel was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€64M

+22.3% vs H2 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+6.3% vs H2 2011

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

#11

2.6% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

97.8%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Aug	€26M	4
Sep	€27M	7
Oct	€9.9M	3
Nov	€1.3M	2
Dec	€0	1

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Telecom — top countries by capital, H2 2012
UK	€31M
France	€20M
Netherlands	€9.9M
Sweden	€3.2M
Israel	€0

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Telecom — stage mix, H2 2012
Growth/Late	€35M
Early VC	€16M
Series B	€10M
Seed	€2.3M
Series A	€1.0M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Ubiquisys	Growth/Late	Aug 2012	€15M
SIGFOX	Series B	Sep 2012	€10M
Sipartech	Early VC	Aug 2012	€10M
O3b Networks	Growth/Late	Oct 2012	€9.9M
Nujira	Growth/Late	Sep 2012	€9.5M
Neul	Early VC	Sep 2012	€4.0M
Anyfi Networks	Seed	Sep 2012	€1.2M
Truecaller	Series A	Sep 2012	€1.0M
OpenSignal	Seed	Sep 2012	€1.0M
InCoax Network Europe	Early VC	Aug 2012	€837k
Neul	Early VC	Nov 2012	€744k
Cognia	Early VC	Nov 2012	€558k
46elks	Seed	Aug 2012	€100k

View all 17 Telecom deals in H2 2012 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2012, by deal count

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