Marketing funding in H1 2011

European Marketing startup funding raised during H1 2011.

In H1 2011, 76 European Marketing companies closed 77 funding rounds and raised €182M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 93.4% versus H1 2010. UK led by capital raised, and Alven Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€182M

+93.4% vs H1 2010 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+42.6% vs H1 2010

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

10.0% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

63.0%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€20M	19
Feb	€22M	13
Mar	€6.7M	6
Apr	€63M	14
May	€29M	12
Jun	€42M	13

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — top countries by capital, H1 2011
UK	€70M
France	€57M
Israel	€13M
Germany	€12M
Netherlands	€8.1M
Liechtenstein	€5.0M
Norway	€3.9M
Switzerland	€3.5M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — stage mix, H1 2011
Growth/Late	€73M
Series B	€25M
Early VC	€21M
Series A	€20M
Other	€19M
Seed	€12M
Series D+	€6.0M
Series C	€5.1M

Exits & M&A

3 Acquisition · 1 Buyout · 1 IPO

5 exits · €1.7B disclosed.

CRITEO	IPO	Jun 2011	€1.5B
Pozitron	Acquisition	May 2011	€91M
Gold Medal International	Acquisition	May 2011	€54M
PTS Consulting	Buyout	May 2011	€10M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2011

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
EVIIVO	Growth/Late	Apr 2011	€34M
Next Performance	Growth/Late	May 2011	€16M
Mediastay	Series B	Apr 2011	€15M
mblox	Growth/Late	Jun 2011	€9.6M
Neul	Growth/Late	Jun 2011	€8.9M
Service2Media	Early VC	Jun 2011	€7.0M
mobile tag	Other	Feb 2011	€6.6M
Taykey	Series B	Jun 2011	€6.3M
Celltick	Series D+	Jan 2011	€6.0M
Searchmetrics	Series C	Jan 2011	€5.1M
IDENTEC GROUP	Early VC	May 2011	€5.0M
SilverRail	Other	Apr 2011	€4.5M
QualiSystems	Growth/Late	Feb 2011	€4.4M
Cfengine	Series A	Apr 2011	€3.9M
Fyber (SponsorPay)	Series A	Feb 2011	€3.7M

View all 77 Marketing deals in H1 2011 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2011, by deal count

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