Sectors/Marketing/2016

Marketing funding in 2016

European Marketing startup funding raised during 2016.

In 2016, 355 European Marketing companies raised a combined €1.2B across 391 funding rounds. UK led by capital raised, and Bpifrance was the most active investor. Data as of 21 Aug 2026.

Total funding

€1.2B

disclosed, € normalized

Funding rounds

391

Companies

355

Top country

Break down 2016 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Quarters

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Months

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Rank among sectors

4.8% of sector funding

Debt financing

€36M

3.1% of total

Top-10 round share

29.9%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Top countries

by € raised

Stage mix

by € raised

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in 2016

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Sabio	Growth/Late	Jul 2016	€60M
Blippar	Series D+	Mar 2016	€50M
ByBox	Growth/Late	Aug 2016	€44M
QuBit	Series C	Feb 2016

View all 391 Marketing deals in 2016 →

Top investors

most active in 2016, by deal count

← All-time Marketing funding

Exits & M&A

81 Acquisition · 5 Merger · 3 Buyout · 2 IPO

91 exits · €735M disclosed.

SoLocal Group	IPO	Oct 2016	€399M
Octo	Acquisition	Mar 2016	€115M
SinnerSchrader	Acquisition	Jul 2016	€100M
Cimagine	Acquisition	Jun 2016	€27M
Avocarrot	Acquisition	Mar 2016	€18M
Synodiance	Acquisition	Jan 2016	€12M