Marketing funding in H1 2014

European Marketing startup funding raised during H1 2014.

In H1 2014, 145 European Marketing companies closed 152 funding rounds and raised €473M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 119.0% versus H1 2013. Debt rounds added €1.1M. UK led by capital raised, and Forward Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€473M

+119.0% vs H1 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€1.1M debt

Funding rounds

152

+36.9% vs H1 2013

Companies

145

Top country

Rank among sectors

8.2% of sector funding

Debt financing

€1.1M

0.2% of total

Top-10 round share

45.6%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€100M	29
Feb	€124M	26
Mar	€62M	31
Apr	€85M	21
May	€49M	22
Jun	€54M	23

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — top countries by capital, H1 2014
UK	€124M
Israel	€76M
France	€73M
Germany	€61M
Denmark	€28M
Ireland	€23M
Czech Republic	€21M
Netherlands	€20M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — stage mix, H1 2014
Series C	€128M
Other	€87M
Series B	€70M
Series A	€56M
Early VC	€40M
Series D+	€36M
Seed	€32M
Growth/Late	€24M
Debt	€1.1M

Exits & M&A

15 Acquisition

15 exits · €46M disclosed.

Appsfire	Acquisition	Jan 2014	€27M
Social Moov	Acquisition	Feb 2014	€19M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
eCommera	Series C	Feb 2014	€30M
SilverRail	Series C	Apr 2014	€29M
Webtrekk	Other	Jun 2014	€25M
VocalCom	Other	Jan 2014	€23M
Voluntis	Series D+	Apr 2014	€21M
Socialbakers	Series C	Feb 2014	€19M
Buyapowa	Other	Feb 2014	€19M
Trustpilot	Series C	Jan 2014	€18M
Mendix	Series B	Jan 2014	€18M
Kenshoo	Series D+	Apr 2014	€15M
Brandtone	Series C	Jan 2014	€14M
Searchmetrics	Growth/Late	Mar 2014	€13M
SimilarWeb	Series C	Feb 2014	€13M
PeopleDoc	Series B	May 2014	€13M
Totango	Series B	Feb 2014	€11M

View all 152 Marketing deals in H1 2014 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2014, by deal count

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