Sectors/Media/2011/H2

Media funding in H2 2011

European Media startup funding raised during H2 2011.

In H2 2011, 59 European Media companies closed 62 funding rounds and raised €168M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 151.9% versus H2 2010. Debt rounds added €1.1M. Russia led by capital raised, and Genesis Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€168M

+151.9% vs H2 2010 · excl. debt & grants · +€1.1M debt

Funding rounds

+59.0% vs H2 2010

Companies

Top country

Russia

Rank among sectors

8.7% of sector funding

Debt financing

€1.1M

0.6% of total

Top-10 round share

86.8%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jul	€14M	8
Aug	€56M	9
Sep	€78M	12
Oct	€4.5M	9
Nov	€15M	15
Dec	€2.1M	9

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Media — top countries by capital, H2 2011
Russia	€70M
UK	€33M
France	€29M
Israel	€26M
Denmark	€3.2M
Ireland	€3.2M
Switzerland	€1.4M
Finland	€1.2M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Media — stage mix, H2 2011
Growth/Late	€69M
Series B	€68M
Series A	€14M
Early VC	€7.5M
Seed	€6.9M
Other	€2.8M
Debt	€1.1M
Grant	€250k

Exits & M&A

6 Acquisition

6 exits · €7.3M disclosed.

Readmill

Acquisition

Sep 2011

€7.3M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2011

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Ozon	Growth/Late	Sep 2011	€69M
Teads	Series B	Aug 2011	€23M
Ebuzzing	Series B	Aug 2011	€18M
Valens Semiconductor	Series B	Jul 2011	€9.7M
Acquisio	Series B	Aug 2011	€8.5M
Innovid	Series B	Aug 2011	€6.7M
Magisto	Series A	Sep 2011	€3.8M
skimlinks	Series B	Nov 2011	€3.2M
Trustpilot	Early VC	Nov 2011	€3.2M
Base79	Series A	Sep 2011	€3.0M
Mobli	Series A	Oct 2011	€3.0M
Rounds	Series A	Nov 2011	€2.1M
Cleverbug	Seed	Nov 2011	€1.8M
miLibris	Early VC	Nov 2011	€1.5M
SoundOut	Early VC	Jul 2011	€1.4M

View all 62 Media deals in H2 2011 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2011, by deal count

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