Marketing funding in Q2 2011

European Marketing startup funding raised during Q2 2011.

In Q2 2011, 38 European Marketing companies closed 39 funding rounds and raised €133M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 99.7% versus Q2 2010. UK led by capital raised, and Alven Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€133M

+99.7% vs Q2 2010 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+44.4% vs Q2 2010

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

13.2% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

82.7%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Apr	€63M	14
May	€29M	12
Jun	€42M	13

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — top countries by capital, Q2 2011
UK	€58M
France	€41M
Netherlands	€7.0M
Israel	€6.8M
Liechtenstein	€5.0M
Norway	€3.9M
Switzerland	€3.5M
Italy	€2.2M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — stage mix, Q2 2011
Growth/Late	€68M
Series B	€21M
Early VC	€20M
Other	€10M
Series A	€7.9M
Seed	€5.6M

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition · 1 Buyout · 1 IPO

4 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 Q2 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
Taykey	Series B	Jun 2011	€6.3M
IDENTEC GROUP	Early VC	May 2011	€5.0M
SilverRail	Other	Apr 2011	€4.5M
Cfengine	Series A	Apr 2011	€3.9M
Celoxica	Early VC	May 2011	€3.5M
Bacula Systems	Early VC	Jun 2011	€3.5M
Makemereach	Other	Apr 2011	€3.0M
Appsfire	Series A	May 2011	€2.1M
Burt	Seed	Jun 2011	€2.1M

View all 39 Marketing deals in Q2 2011 →

Top investors

most active in Q2 2011, by deal count

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