Sectors/Media/2013/August

Media funding in August 2013

European Media startup funding raised during August 2013.

In August 2013, 15 European Media companies closed 15 funding rounds and raised €12M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 433.9% versus August 2012. Denmark led by capital raised, and Adii Pienaar was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€12M

+433.9% vs August 2012 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+87.5% vs August 2012

Companies

Top country

Denmark

Rank among sectors

3.2% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

97.6%

of disclosed capital

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Media — top countries by capital, August 2013
Denmark	€6.0M
Israel	€2.3M
Sweden	€1.1M
Germany	€865k
UK	€859k
Netherlands	€540k
Greece	€136k
Italy	€0

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Media — stage mix, August 2013
Series A	€8.3M
Seed	€2.6M
Other	€1.0M

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition

2 exits · €340M disclosed.

Vizrt

Acquisition

Aug 2013

€340M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in August 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Falcon Social	Series A	Aug 2013	€6.0M
Zazoo	Series A	Aug 2013	€1.5M
Foap AB	Seed	Aug 2013	€1.1M
Friendsee	Series A	Aug 2013	€753k
Roombeats	Other	Aug 2013	€500k
WappZapp	Seed	Aug 2013	€490k
Car Throttle	Seed	Aug 2013	€414k
Make Music TV	Other	Aug 2013	€350k
Miappi	Seed	Aug 2013	€229k
Rabt	Seed	Aug 2013	€136k
VoxPopMe	Seed	Aug 2013	€126k
PublicBeta	Other	Aug 2013	€90k
ReSnap	Seed	Aug 2013	€50k
shoutr	Other	Aug 2013	€15k

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Top investors

most active in August 2013, by deal count

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