Sectors/Media/2011/January

Media funding in January 2011

European Media startup funding raised during January 2011.

In January 2011, 19 European Media companies closed 19 funding rounds and raised €43M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 140.1% versus January 2010. Sweden led by capital raised, and Index Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€43M

+140.1% vs January 2010 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+72.7% vs January 2010

Companies

Top country

Sweden

Rank among sectors

20.7% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

93.2%

of disclosed capital

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Media — top countries by capital, January 2011
Sweden	€20M
Germany	€7.5M
Israel	€5.2M
UK	€3.6M
France	€3.5M
Switzerland	€1.6M
Denmark	€674k
Hungary	€561k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Media — stage mix, January 2011
Early VC	€14M
Series B	€11M
Growth/Late	€7.0M
Other	€4.3M
Seed	€3.0M
Series C	€1.8M
Series A	€1.6M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in January 2011

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
SoundCloud	Series B	Jan 2011	€7.5M
Akoume	Growth/Late	Jan 2011	€7.0M
X5 Music Group	Early VC	Jan 2011	€7.0M
Voddler	Early VC	Jan 2011	€6.0M
BriefCam	Series B	Jan 2011	€3.9M
Lekiosque.fr	Other	Jan 2011	€3.4M
MUBI	Series C	Jan 2011	€1.8M
paper.li (SmallRivers)	Series A	Jan 2011	€1.6M
MusicQubed	Other	Jan 2011	€834k
Dropico Media	Seed	Jan 2011	€748k
ChartsNow	Seed	Jan 2011	€697k
Trustpilot	Early VC	Jan 2011	€674k
Tonara	Seed	Jan 2011	€561k
3G Multimedia	Seed	Jan 2011	€561k
Realeyes	Seed	Jan 2011	€232k

View all 19 Media deals in January 2011 →

Top investors

most active in January 2011, by deal count

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