Marketing funding in Q4 2014

European Marketing startup funding raised during Q4 2014.

In Q4 2014, 55 European Marketing companies closed 58 funding rounds and raised €228M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 48.8% versus Q4 2013. Debt rounds added €1.1M. UK led by capital raised, and Wayra was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€228M

+48.8% vs Q4 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€1.1M debt

Funding rounds

-18.3% vs Q4 2013

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

8.3% of sector funding

Debt financing

€1.1M

0.5% of total

Top-10 round share

76.9%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Oct	€57M	21
Nov	€108M	20
Dec	€63M	17

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — top countries by capital, Q4 2014
UK	€146M
Germany	€28M
Israel	€26M
France	€14M
Italy	€4.6M
Denmark	€3.4M
Belgium	€2.0M
Luxembourg	€2.0M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Marketing — stage mix, Q4 2014
Other	€77M
Series D+	€53M
Series A	€27M
Seed	€22M
Series B	€21M
Growth/Late	€20M
Series C	€4.5M
Early VC	€2.6M
Debt	€1.1M

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition · 1 Buyout

3 exits · €12M disclosed.

Falk Realtime	Acquisition	Dec 2014	€11M
Bringr	Acquisition	Nov 2014	€700k

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q4 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Buyapowa	Other	Nov 2014	€72M
Huddle	Series D+	Dec 2014	€41M
SimilarWeb	Series D+	Nov 2014	€12M
B2X Care Solutions	Series B	Oct 2014	€12M
APSU	Growth/Late	Oct 2014	€9.0M
ad2games	Series A	Dec 2014	€7.2M
Tag Commander	Series B	Oct 2014	€6.5M
QualiSystems	Growth/Late	Oct 2014	€6.4M
Searchmetrics	Growth/Late	Nov 2014	€5.0M
idio	Series A	Dec 2014	€5.0M
Linkdex	Series C	Oct 2014	€4.5M
Avvio	Seed	Nov 2014	€4.5M
ContactLab	Other	Nov 2014	€4.0M
VideoDesk	Seed	Dec 2014	€3.8M
adsquare	Series A	Oct 2014	€3.4M

View all 58 Marketing deals in Q4 2014 →

Top investors

most active in Q4 2014, by deal count

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