Marketing funding in Q1 2014

European Marketing startup funding raised during Q1 2014.

In Q1 2014, 84 European Marketing companies closed 86 funding rounds and raised €285M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 165.4% versus Q1 2013. Debt rounds added €1.1M. UK led by capital raised, and Draper Esprit was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€285M

+165.4% vs Q1 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€1.1M debt

Funding rounds

+48.3% vs Q1 2013

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

11.1% of sector funding

Debt financing

€1.1M

0.4% of total

Top-10 round share

62.5%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€100M	29
Feb	€124M	26
Mar	€62M	31

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — top countries by capital, Q1 2014
UK	€74M
Israel	€47M
Germany	€32M
France	€31M
Ireland	€23M
Denmark	€23M
Netherlands	€19M
Czech Republic	€19M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — stage mix, Q1 2014
Series C	€99M
Other	€46M
Series B	€36M
Series A	€34M
Early VC	€26M
Growth/Late	€24M
Seed	€19M
Debt	€1.1M

Exits & M&A

7 Acquisition

7 exits · €46M disclosed.

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

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q1 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
eCommera	Series C	Feb 2014	€30M
VocalCom	Other	Jan 2014	€23M
Socialbakers	Series C	Feb 2014	€19M
Buyapowa	Other	Feb 2014	€19M
Trustpilot	Series C	Jan 2014	€18M
Mendix	Series B	Jan 2014	€18M
Brandtone	Series C	Jan 2014	€14M
Searchmetrics	Growth/Late	Mar 2014	€13M
SimilarWeb	Series C	Feb 2014	€13M
Totango	Series B	Feb 2014	€11M
Facelift	Growth/Late	Feb 2014	€11M
Yotpo	Series A	Jan 2014	€7.8M
Adbrain	Series A	Mar 2014	€5.4M
AppsFlyer	Early VC	Mar 2014	€5.1M
TV SMILES	Series A	Mar 2014	€5.1M

View all 86 Marketing deals in Q1 2014 →

Top investors

most active in Q1 2014, by deal count

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