Sectors/Media/2013/September

Media funding in September 2013

European Media startup funding raised during September 2013.

In September 2013, 24 European Media companies closed 25 funding rounds and raised €26M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 50.9% versus September 2012. Debt rounds added €529k. France led by capital raised, and Andreas Widmer was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€26M

-50.9% vs September 2012 · excl. debt & grants · +€529k debt

Funding rounds

+92.3% vs September 2012

Companies

Top country

France

Rank among sectors

6.1% of sector funding

Debt financing

€529k

2.0% of total

Top-10 round share

81.9%

of disclosed capital

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Media — top countries by capital, September 2013
France	€12M
UK	€4.6M
Switzerland	€3.8M
Norway	€2.6M
Sweden	€1.7M
Germany	€1.2M
Ireland	€831k
Italy	€30k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Media — stage mix, September 2013
Seed	€8.9M
Series B	€6.0M
Other	€5.3M
Series A	€4.1M
Early VC	€1.5M
Debt	€529k

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition

2 exits · €50M disclosed.

Hofmann

Acquisition

Sep 2013

€50M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in September 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Linkfluence	Series B	Sep 2013	€3.4M
Newzulu	Seed	Sep 2013	€2.9M
Soundrop	Series B	Sep 2013	€2.6M
LoveLive.TV	Other	Sep 2013	€2.4M
eDJing	Other	Sep 2013	€2.3M
DJiT	Seed	Sep 2013	€1.9M
MusicalEar	Series A	Sep 2013	€1.7M
Rayneer	Series A	Sep 2013	€1.7M
paper.li (SmallRivers)	Early VC	Sep 2013	€1.5M
CouchCommerce	Seed	Sep 2013	€1.2M
Youboox	Seed	Sep 2013	€1.1M
NewsWhip	Seed	Sep 2013	€831k
Culture Trip	Seed	Sep 2013	€756k
Sportlobster	Series A	Sep 2013	€756k
Livestation	Other	Sep 2013	€612k

View all 25 Media deals in September 2013 →

Top investors

most active in September 2013, by deal count

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