Sectors/Telecom/2013/H1

Telecom funding in H1 2013

European Telecom startup funding raised during H1 2013.

In H1 2013, 18 European Telecom companies closed 19 funding rounds and raised €141M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 311.0% versus H1 2012. UK led by capital raised, and Entree Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€141M

+311.0% vs H1 2012 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+58.3% vs H1 2012

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

5.1% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

97.8%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€9.4M	3
Feb	€96M	7
Mar	€9.3M	3
Apr	€24M	4
May	€1.3M	1
Jun	€769k	1

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Telecom — top countries by capital, H1 2013
UK	€95M
Germany	€17M
France	€15M
Israel	€9.5M
Denmark	€1.3M
Ireland	€1.2M
Russia	€769k
Finland	€738k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Telecom — stage mix, H1 2013
Growth/Late	€98M
Series B	€26M
Series D+	€6.7M
Series A	€5.0M
Seed	€3.4M
Early VC	€1.2M
Other	€947k

Exits & M&A

6 Acquisition

6 exits · €3.7B disclosed.

Jazztel	Acquisition	Feb 2013	€3.4B
Wilocity	Acquisition	Feb 2013	€273M
Voxmobili	Acquisition	Feb 2013	€24M
Neul	Acquisition	Mar 2013	€23M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Truphone	Growth/Late	Feb 2013	€87M
inexio	Growth/Late	Apr 2013	€11M
Vasona Networks	Series B	Mar 2013	€9.1M
DelfMEMS	Series B	Jan 2013	€8.0M
Ekinops	Series D+	Apr 2013	€6.7M
azeti Networks	Series B	Apr 2013	€6.5M
CS Networks	Series A	Feb 2013	€5.0M
Nexmo	Series B	Feb 2013	€2.2M
Firmafon	Seed	May 2013	€1.3M
Amartus	Early VC	Jan 2013	€1.2M
ComfortWay	Seed	Jun 2013	€769k
Jolla	Other	Feb 2013	€738k
S5 Tech	Seed	Feb 2013	€500k
OPNT	Seed	Feb 2013	€500k
YEVVO	Seed	Jan 2013	€227k

View all 19 Telecom deals in H1 2013 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2013, by deal count

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