Sectors/Marketing/2012/October

Marketing funding in October 2012

European Marketing startup funding raised during October 2012.

In October 2012, 20 European Marketing companies closed 20 funding rounds and raised €47M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 23.1% versus October 2011. UK led by capital raised, and 2B Angels was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€47M

-23.1% vs October 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+100.0% vs October 2011

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

9.7% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

95.4%

of disclosed capital

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — top countries by capital, October 2012
UK	€32M
Israel	€8.1M
Denmark	€2.0M
Belgium	€1.9M
Italy	€1.5M
France	€1.0M
Spain	€270k
Greece	€200k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — stage mix, October 2012
Growth/Late	€31M
Early VC	€6.2M
Seed	€5.1M
Series A	€3.3M
Other	€1.0M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in October 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
smartFOCUS	Growth/Late	Oct 2012	€23M
QualiSystems	Growth/Late	Oct 2012	€7.0M
Freespee	Series A	Oct 2012	€3.3M
InSkin Media	Early VC	Oct 2012	€2.5M
Atosho	Seed	Oct 2012	€2.0M
NGDATA	Seed	Oct 2012	€1.9M
AppsBuilder	Early VC	Oct 2012	€1.5M
Yotpo	Early VC	Oct 2012	€1.2M
Kontera	Growth/Late	Oct 2012	€1.0M
iAdvize	Early VC	Oct 2012	€1.0M
Samba Networks	Other	Oct 2012	€836k
SocialBro	Seed	Oct 2012	€464k
Book 'n' Bloom	Seed	Oct 2012	€200k
Mobivery	Other	Oct 2012	€150k
Compliance Control	Seed	Oct 2012	€138k

View all 20 Marketing deals in October 2012 →

Top investors

most active in October 2012, by deal count

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