Sectors/Media/2010/Q2

Media funding in Q2 2010

European Media startup funding raised during Q2 2010.

In Q2 2010, 19 European Media companies closed 21 funding rounds and raised €63M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 444.4% versus Q2 2009. Germany led by capital raised, and Francesco Micheli Associati was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€63M

+444.4% vs Q2 2009 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+75.0% vs Q2 2009

Companies

Top country

Germany

Rank among sectors

9.7% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

97.0%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Apr	€6.9M	7
May	€44M	7
Jun	€12M	7

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Media — top countries by capital, Q2 2010
Germany	€33M
France	€17M
UK	€4.3M
Denmark	€3.9M
Israel	€1.5M
Spain	€1.5M
Italy	€890k
Switzerland	€890k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Media — stage mix, Q2 2010
Other	€39M
Early VC	€12M
Series A	€6.5M
Seed	€3.3M
Series B	€2.6M

Exits & M&A

1 Buyout · 1 IPO

2 exits.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q2 2010

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Noxxon Pharma	Other	May 2010	€33M
Oocto	Early VC	May 2010	€6.6M
ATEME	Series A	Jun 2010	€6.5M
Octoshape	Early VC	Jun 2010	€3.9M
MXP4	Other	Apr 2010	€3.6M
TweetDeck	Series B	May 2010	€2.6M
Magisto	Seed	May 2010	€1.5M
Rockola Media Group	Other	Apr 2010	€1.5M
GroupSpaces	Early VC	Jun 2010	€1.1M
MusiXmatch	Seed	Apr 2010	€519k
Official.fm	Seed	Apr 2010	€519k
Livestation	Other	May 2010	€513k
Official.fm	Seed	Apr 2010	€371k
MusiXmatch	Seed	Apr 2010	€371k
Adsvark	Seed	Jun 2010	€50k

View all 21 Media deals in Q2 2010 →

Top investors

most active in Q2 2010, by deal count

← All 2010 Media funding