Marketing startup funding in Europe
European funding attributed to this sector (companies tagged with it).
1,694 European Marketing companies have closed 2,987 funding rounds and raised €19B in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Debt rounds added €884M. France leads by capital raised, and Bpifrance is the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.
#12 sector by equity raised — 2.7% of European sector equity funding.
Equity funding
€19B
excl. debt & grants · +€884M debt
Funding rounds
2,987
Companies
1,694
Avg round
€7.9M
Funding over time
2010–2026 · 2026 YTD — equity € raised vs roundsMarketing — funding over time — interactive chart.
Data table
| Equity | Rounds | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | €255M | 113 |
| 2011 | €356M | 149 |
| 2012 | €590M | 188 |
| 2013 | €539M | 234 |
| 2014 | €923M | 280 |
| 2015 | €1.0B | 283 |
| 2016 | €1.1B | 391 |
| 2017 | €1.1B | 247 |
| 2018 | €1.1B | 181 |
| 2019 | €1.5B | 121 |
| 2020 | €1.6B | 124 |
| 2021 | €4.8B | 127 |
| 2022 | €1.7B | 80 |
| 2023 | €296M | 62 |
| 2024 | €641M | 44 |
| 2025 | €239M | 43 |
| 2026 | €75M | 18 |
Top deals
largest disclosed rounds| Company | Country | Stage | Amount | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adevinta | Norway | Growth/Late | €1.9B | 2021-07-14 | View → |
| Mirakl | France | Series D+ | €473M | 2021-09-22 | View → |
| Insider | Türkiye | Series D+ | €459M | 2024-11-01 | View → |
| ContentSquare | France | Series D+ | €410M | 2021-05-27 | View → |
| Wildstone | UK | Debt | €407M | 2024-01-16 | View → |
| ironSource | Israel | Other | €395M | 2019-07-01 | View → |
| ContentSquare | France | Series D+ | €392M | 2022-07-21 | View → |
| Mirakl | France | Series D+ | €255M | 2020-09-22 | View → |
| SEEDtag | Spain | Other | €250M | 2022-07-27 | View → |
| Adjust | Germany | Other | €202M | 2019-04-01 | View → |
| ContentSquare | France | Debt | €196M | 2022-07-21 | View → |
| ContentSquare | France | Series D+ | €174M | 2020-05-20 | View → |
Top investors
named, by deal count- Bpifrance34 deals
- High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF)28 deals
- Kima Ventures26 deals
- Sequoia Capital26 deals
- Seedrs23 deals
- Iris Capital22 deals
- Octopus Ventures22 deals
- Ventech22 deals
- Notion Capital21 deals
- IDInvest Partners20 deals
Top countries
total € raised · click a bar to openMarketing — top countries — interactive chart.
Data table
| Marketing — top countries | |
|---|---|
| France | €4.8B |
| UK | €4.6B |
| Israel | €2.2B |
| Norway | €2.0B |
| Germany | €1.9B |
| Sweden | €608M |
| Türkiye | €607M |
| Spain | €521M |
| Finland | €360M |
| Denmark | €295M |
Stage mix
share of disclosed €Marketing — stage mix — interactive chart.
Data table
| Marketing — stage mix | |
|---|---|
| Other | €4.9B |
| Series D+ | €3.9B |
| Growth/Late | €3.1B |
| Series B | €2.3B |
| Series A | €1.8B |
| Series C | €1.6B |
| Debt | €884M |
| Early VC | €662M |
| Seed | €602M |
| Pre-Seed | €81M |
| Grant | €4.1M |
| Crowdfunding | €3.2M |
| ICO | €338k |