Sectors/Marketing/2020

Marketing funding in 2020

European Marketing startup funding raised during 2020.

In 2020, 120 European Marketing companies raised a combined €1.6B across 124 funding rounds. France led by capital raised, and Business Growth Fund was the most active investor. Data as of 21 Aug 2026.

Total funding

€1.6B

disclosed, € normalized

Funding rounds

124

Companies

120

Top country

France

Break down 2020 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Quarters

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Months

Jan Sep Nov

Rank among sectors

#12

2.4% of sector funding

Debt financing

€2.0M

0.1% of total

Top-10 round share

65.9%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Top countries

by € raised

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in 2020

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Mirakl	Series D+	Sep 2020	€255M
ContentSquare	Series D+	May 2020	€174M
Sendinblue	Series B	Sep 2020	€137M
Bizzabo	Series D+	Dec 2020

View all 124 Marketing deals in 2020 →

Top investors

most active in 2020, by deal count

← All-time Marketing funding

Exits & M&A

36 Acquisition · 1 Buyout · 1 Merger

38 exits · €917M disclosed.

IMImobile	Acquisition	Dec 2020	€599M
Megaphone	Acquisition	Oct 2020	€199M
Motion Array	Acquisition	Dec 2020	€53M
Vilynx	Acquisition	Oct 2020	€42M
LivingLens	Acquisition	Feb 2020	€24M