Marketing funding in Q1 2012

European Marketing startup funding raised during Q1 2012.

In Q1 2012, 46 European Marketing companies closed 48 funding rounds and raised €114M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 135.1% versus Q1 2011. UK led by capital raised, and Accel was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€114M

+135.1% vs Q1 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+26.3% vs Q1 2011

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

12.9% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

80.6%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€65M	22
Feb	€18M	14
Mar	€31M	12

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — top countries by capital, Q1 2012
UK	€67M
France	€23M
Israel	€7.6M
Spain	€6.7M
Sweden	€3.9M
Norway	€3.3M
Belgium	€1.0M
Denmark	€580k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — stage mix, Q1 2012
Series A	€39M
Growth/Late	€32M
Series B	€20M
Other	€8.8M
Seed	€8.3M
Early VC	€5.6M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q1 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Neolane	Growth/Late	Jan 2012	€21M
Unruly	Series A	Jan 2012	€19M
myThings	Growth/Late	Mar 2012	€11M
SilverRail	Series B	Mar 2012	€11M
Videoplaza	Series B	Feb 2012	€9.1M
Planet Soho	Series A	Jan 2012	€6.2M
Wrapp	Series A	Jan 2012	€3.9M
Plenummedia	Other	Jan 2012	€3.6M
Boost Communications	Early VC	Feb 2012	€3.3M
Plenummedia	Series A	Jan 2012	€3.1M
myThings	Other	Feb 2012	€2.7M
Artesian Solutions	Series A	Feb 2012	€2.4M
PeerIndex	Series A	Mar 2012	€2.2M
KnowledgeMill	Other	Mar 2012	€2.1M
Cambridge Communication Systems	Seed	Jan 2012	€1.6M

View all 48 Marketing deals in Q1 2012 →

Top investors

most active in Q1 2012, by deal count

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