Sectors/Media/2010/Q4

Media funding in Q4 2010

European Media startup funding raised during Q4 2010.

In Q4 2010, 24 European Media companies closed 24 funding rounds and raised €46M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 8.8% versus Q4 2009. UK led by capital raised, and Pierre Chappaz was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€46M

-8.8% vs Q4 2009 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+9.1% vs Q4 2009

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

2.8% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

99.3%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Oct	€22M	8
Nov	€4.2M	3
Dec	€20M	13

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Media — top countries by capital, Q4 2010
UK	€25M
Sweden	€7.0M
France	€6.4M
Germany	€4.7M
Russia	€2.0M
Spain	€0
Denmark	€0
Ireland	€0

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Media — stage mix, Q4 2010
Growth/Late	€20M
Series A	€13M
Series C	€7.0M
Seed	€4.3M
Other	€2.0M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q4 2010

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Compact Media Group	Growth/Late	Oct 2010	€20M
Akoume	Series C	Dec 2010	€7.0M
Teads	Series A	Dec 2010	€4.0M
Ebuzzing	Series A	Dec 2010	€3.8M
plista	Series A	Nov 2010	€2.7M
Noxxon Pharma	Other	Oct 2010	€2.0M
Relevant Media	Seed	Dec 2010	€2.0M
Linkfluence	Series A	Dec 2010	€1.9M
Aframe	Seed	Nov 2010	€1.4M
Moodstocks	Seed	Dec 2010	€500k
Floxx	Seed	Dec 2010	€231k
Psonar	Seed	Oct 2010	€93k
Rhapsody	Seed	Oct 2010	€7k

View all 24 Media deals in Q4 2010 →

Top investors

most active in Q4 2010, by deal count

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