Sectors/Media/2013/Q3

Media funding in Q3 2013

European Media startup funding raised during Q3 2013.

In Q3 2013, 63 European Media companies closed 64 funding rounds and raised €104M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 37.7% versus Q3 2012. Debt rounds added €529k. UK led by capital raised, and Andreas Widmer was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€104M

+37.7% vs Q3 2012 · excl. debt & grants · +€529k debt

Funding rounds

+68.4% vs Q3 2012

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

8.0% of sector funding

Debt financing

€529k

0.5% of total

Top-10 round share

73.0%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jul	€66M	24
Aug	€12M	15
Sep	€26M	25

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Media — top countries by capital, Q3 2013
UK	€41M
Sweden	€17M
France	€16M
Germany	€6.8M
Israel	€6.1M
Denmark	€6.0M
Switzerland	€3.8M
Norway	€2.6M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Media — stage mix, Q3 2013
Series A	€41M
Series D+	€31M
Seed	€14M
Series B	€9.0M
Other	€6.3M
Early VC	€3.3M
Debt	€529k
Grant	€7k

Exits & M&A

7 Acquisition

7 exits · €1.1B disclosed.

Fotolia	Acquisition	Jul 2013	€727M
Vizrt	Acquisition	Aug 2013	€340M
Hofmann	Acquisition	Sep 2013	€50M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q3 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Shazam	Series D+	Jul 2013	€31M
Magine	Series A	Jul 2013	€15M
Falcon Social	Series A	Aug 2013	€6.0M
EyeEm	Series A	Jul 2013	€4.6M
Amplience	Series A	Jul 2013	€4.4M
fotopedia	Series A	Jul 2013	€4.0M
Linkfluence	Series B	Sep 2013	€3.4M
Latto	Series B	Jul 2013	€3.1M
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

View all 64 Media deals in Q3 2013 →

Top investors

most active in Q3 2013, by deal count

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