Sectors/Media/2013/January

Media funding in January 2013

European Media startup funding raised during January 2013.

In January 2013, 21 European Media companies closed 21 funding rounds and raised €15M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 77.6% versus January 2012. Debt rounds added €5.6M. UK led by capital raised, and Entree Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€15M

-77.6% vs January 2012 · excl. debt & grants · +€5.6M debt

Funding rounds

+5.0% vs January 2012

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

7.1% of sector funding

Debt financing

€5.6M

26.8% of total

Top-10 round share

95.6%

of disclosed capital

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Media — top countries by capital, January 2013
UK	€4.8M
Finland	€4.6M
Sweden	€3.7M
Italy	€2.8M
Switzerland	€2.8M
Israel	€1.1M
France	€485k
Denmark	€379k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Media — stage mix, January 2013
Early VC	€13M
Debt	€5.6M
Seed	€2.4M
Other	€146k

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition

2 exits · €2.2B disclosed.

VKontakte / vk.ru	Acquisition	Jan 2013	€2.1B
Base79	Acquisition	Jan 2013	€58M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in January 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Scoopshot	Early VC	Jan 2013	€4.5M
X5 Music Group	Early VC	Jan 2013	€3.7M
Musicmetric	Early VC	Jan 2013	€3.7M
MusiXmatch	Debt	Jan 2013	€2.8M
Official.fm	Debt	Jan 2013	€2.8M
Digital Theatre	Early VC	Jan 2013	€919k
righTune	Seed	Jan 2013	€606k
Sketchfab	Seed	Jan 2013	€379k
Tattoodo	Seed	Jan 2013	€379k
YEVVO	Seed	Jan 2013	€227k
Life On Air - Houseparty	Seed	Jan 2013	€227k
Gigmit	Seed	Jan 2013	€200k
Miappi	Seed	Jan 2013	€123k
Music Kickup	Seed	Jan 2013	€106k
Meludia	Other	Jan 2013	€106k

View all 21 Media deals in January 2013 →

Top investors

most active in January 2013, by deal count

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