Marketing funding in Q4 2010

European Marketing startup funding raised during Q4 2010.

In Q4 2010, 27 European Marketing companies closed 28 funding rounds and raised €53M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 97.3% versus Q4 2009. Germany led by capital raised, and Intel Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€53M

+97.3% vs Q4 2009 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+75.0% vs Q4 2009

Companies

Top country

Germany

Rank among sectors

3.2% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

87.9%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Oct	€1.4M	4
Nov	€23M	9
Dec	€28M	15

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — top countries by capital, Q4 2010
Germany	€16M
UK	€10M
Netherlands	€10M
Israel	€8.6M
Slovenia	€2.2M
France	€2.0M
Russia	€1.4M
Spain	€900k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — stage mix, Q4 2010
Early VC	€17M
Series B	€14M
Series A	€11M
Seed	€6.2M
Series C	€4.3M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition · 1 Buyout

2 exits.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q4 2010

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Layar	Series B	Nov 2010	€10M
PE International	Early VC	Dec 2010	€8.0M
Mobixell	Early VC	Dec 2010	€7.7M
myThings	Series C	Nov 2010	€4.3M
fluid Operations	Series B	Dec 2010	€4.0M
Ebuzzing	Series A	Dec 2010	€3.8M
plista	Series A	Nov 2010	€2.7M
Zemanta	Seed	Nov 2010	€2.2M
Linkfluence	Series A	Dec 2010	€1.9M
Digitale Seiten	Series A	Nov 2010	€1.5M
Rock Flow Dynamics	Series A	Nov 2010	€1.4M
QuBit	Seed	Oct 2010	€1.0M
Whatser	Seed	Dec 2010	€1.0M
citiservi	Seed	Dec 2010	€900k
TruMedia	Early VC	Nov 2010	€866k

View all 28 Marketing deals in Q4 2010 →

Top investors

most active in Q4 2010, by deal count

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