Marketing funding in Q2 2012

European Marketing startup funding raised during Q2 2012.

In Q2 2012, 39 European Marketing companies closed 39 funding rounds and raised €178M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 33.9% versus Q2 2011. Israel led by capital raised, and 500 Startups was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€178M

+33.9% vs Q2 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+0.0% vs Q2 2011

Companies

Top country

Israel

Rank among sectors

13.0% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

93.6%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Apr	€84M	12
May	€27M	14
Jun	€67M	13

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — top countries by capital, Q2 2012
Israel	€78M
Russia	€48M
UK	€27M
France	€10M
Finland	€5.3M
Sweden	€5.0M
Austria	€1.5M
Spain	€1.4M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — stage mix, Q2 2012
Growth/Late	€75M
Series C	€67M
Seed	€15M
Series A	€13M
Early VC	€5.8M
Series B	€3.2M
Other	€527k
Grant	€123k

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition

2 exits · €116M disclosed.

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

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q2 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Conduit	Growth/Late	Apr 2012	€75M
Luxoft	Series C	Jun 2012	€48M
Huddle	Series C	May 2012	€18M
Struq	Series A	Apr 2012	€6.4M
Wedia	Early VC	Jun 2012	€5.0M
Kiosked	Seed	Jun 2012	€4.6M
ividence	Series B	Jun 2012	€3.2M
Widespace	Series A	Jun 2012	€3.0M
Shoutly	Series A	May 2012	€2.0M
Viewbix	Series A	May 2012	€1.5M
Meinkauf	Seed	May 2012	€1.5M
blur Group	Seed	Apr 2012	€1.5M
Dynadmic	Seed	Jun 2012	€1.2M
Iconfinder	Seed	Jun 2012	€1.2M
Bizzabo	Seed	May 2012	€1.1M

View all 39 Marketing deals in Q2 2012 →

Top investors

most active in Q2 2012, by deal count

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