Marketing funding in H1 2012

European Marketing startup funding raised during H1 2012.

In H1 2012, 85 European Marketing companies closed 87 funding rounds and raised €292M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 60.8% versus H1 2011. UK led by capital raised, and Kima Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€292M

+60.8% vs H1 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+13.0% vs H1 2011

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

13.0% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

77.2%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€65M	22
Feb	€18M	14
Mar	€31M	12
Apr	€84M	12
May	€27M	14
Jun	€67M	13

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — top countries by capital, H1 2012
UK	€94M
Israel	€85M
Russia	€48M
France	€33M
Sweden	€8.8M
Spain	€8.1M
Finland	€5.4M
Norway	€3.3M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — stage mix, H1 2012
Growth/Late	€107M
Series C	€67M
Series A	€52M
Series B	€23M
Seed	€23M
Early VC	€11M
Other	€9.4M
Grant	€123k

Exits & M&A

3 Acquisition

3 exits · €116M disclosed.

Sociomantic Labs	Acquisition	May 2012	€91M
UBC Media Group	Acquisition	May 2012	€25M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Conduit	Growth/Late	Apr 2012	€75M
Luxoft	Series C	Jun 2012	€48M
Neolane	Growth/Late	Jan 2012	€21M
Unruly	Series A	Jan 2012	€19M
Huddle	Series C	May 2012	€18M
myThings	Growth/Late	Mar 2012	€11M
SilverRail	Series B	Mar 2012	€11M
Videoplaza	Series B	Feb 2012	€9.1M
Struq	Series A	Apr 2012	€6.4M
Planet Soho	Series A	Jan 2012	€6.2M
Wedia	Early VC	Jun 2012	€5.0M
Kiosked	Seed	Jun 2012	€4.6M
Wrapp	Series A	Jan 2012	€3.9M
Plenummedia	Other	Jan 2012	€3.6M
Boost Communications	Early VC	Feb 2012	€3.3M

View all 87 Marketing deals in H1 2012 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2012, by deal count

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