Sectors/Media/2013

Media funding in 2013

European Media startup funding raised during 2013.

In 2013, 202 European Media companies closed 235 funding rounds and raised €598M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Debt rounds added €23M. Sweden led by capital raised, and Balderton Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€598M

excl. debt & grants · +€23M debt

Funding rounds

235

Companies

202

Top country

Sweden

Media: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2011	€413M	+124.9%	131	+52.3%	€1.1M
2012	€523M	+26.7%	160	+22.1%	—
2013	€598M	+14.4%	235	+46.9%	€23M

Break down 2013 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Quarters

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Months

Jan Mar May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Dec

Rank among sectors

11.0% of sector funding

Debt financing

€23M

3.7% of total

Top-10 round share

59.8%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€21M	21
Feb	€29M	12
Mar	€27M	17
Apr	€19M	13
May	€34M	21
Jun	€63M	27
Jul	€66M	24
Aug	€12M	15
Sep	€26M	25
Oct	€52M	29
Nov	€242M	14
Dec	€32M	17

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Media — top countries by capital, 2013
Sweden	€215M
UK	€114M
Israel	€112M
Germany	€66M
France	€44M
Switzerland	€17M
Norway	€13M
Finland	€12M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Media — stage mix, 2013
Series D+	€214M
Series A	€96M
Series C	€71M
Growth/Late	€60M
Seed	€58M
Series B	€46M
Other	€27M
Early VC	€26M
Debt	€23M
Grant	€1.2M

Exits & M&A

11 Acquisition

11 exits · €4.3B disclosed.

VKontakte / vk.ru	Acquisition	Jan 2013	€2.1B
Infront Sports	Acquisition	Oct 2013	€1.1B
Fotolia	Acquisition	Jul 2013	€727M
Vizrt	Acquisition	Aug 2013	€340M
Base79	Acquisition	Jan 2013	€58M
Hofmann	Acquisition	Sep 2013	€50M

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Spotify	Series D+	Nov 2013	€183M
Icon	Growth/Late	Jun 2013	€46M
Mobli	Series C	Nov 2013	€44M
Shazam	Series D+	Jul 2013	€31M
Magine	Series A	Jul 2013	€15M
Magisto	Series B	Oct 2013	€11M
Interlude	Series B	May 2013	€11M
State	Seed	Feb 2013	€10M
XMOS	Series C	Dec 2013	€10M
Opera Software	Growth/Late	Apr 2013	€10M

Largest debt rounds

debt financing, 2013; not in the equity total

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Ebuzzing	Debt	Feb 2013	€8.1M
Teads	Debt	Feb 2013	€8.0M
Official.fm	Debt	Jan 2013	€2.8M
MusiXmatch	Debt	Jan 2013	€2.8M
7Digital	Debt	Nov 2013	€1.0M

View all 235 Media deals in 2013 →

Top investors

most active in 2013, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 6 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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