Sectors/Media/2012/H1

Media funding in H1 2012

European Media startup funding raised during H1 2012.

In H1 2012, 74 European Media companies closed 80 funding rounds and raised €161M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 33.9% versus H1 2011. UK led by capital raised, and Atlas Venture was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€161M

-33.9% vs H1 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+15.9% vs H1 2011

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

7.2% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

76.0%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€68M	20
Feb	€10M	6
Mar	€23M	17
Apr	€40M	12
May	€17M	14
Jun	€4.4M	11

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Media — top countries by capital, H1 2012
UK	€53M
Germany	€51M
France	€31M
Israel	€5.9M
Spain	€4.4M
Sweden	€4.2M
Belgium	€3.5M
Norway	€2.4M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Media — stage mix, H1 2012
Series C	€39M
Series A	€39M
Growth/Late	€24M
Series B	€23M
Seed	€14M
Early VC	€13M
Other	€11M
Grant	€34k

Exits & M&A

4 Acquisition

4 exits · €385M disclosed.

Eyeworks	Acquisition	Jan 2012	€248M
Jeuxvideo	Acquisition	Jun 2012	€90M
Addlive	Acquisition	Apr 2012	€27M
Moviepilot	Acquisition	Apr 2012	€20M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
SoundCloud	Series C	Jan 2012	€39M
Viadeo	Growth/Late	Apr 2012	€24M
Unruly	Series A	Jan 2012	€19M
Videoplaza	Series B	Feb 2012	€9.1M
Songkick	Series B	Mar 2012	€9.0M
Tape.tv	Other	May 2012	€5.6M
Aframe	Series A	Apr 2012	€5.2M
Tape.tv	Series B	Mar 2012	€4.6M
HIRO Media	Early VC	Apr 2012	€3.7M
Radionomy	Early VC	Jan 2012	€3.5M
TAPTAP Networks	Series A	Apr 2012	€3.4M
Couple	Seed	May 2012	€3.2M
Soundrop	Series A	Jun 2012	€2.4M
Sticky (EyeTrackShop)	Seed	May 2012	€2.3M
Mobiles Republic	Series A	Mar 2012	€2.2M

View all 80 Media deals in H1 2012 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2012, by deal count

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