Sectors/Media/2014

Media funding in 2014

European Media startup funding raised during 2014.

In 2014, 212 European Media companies closed 233 funding rounds and raised €590M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Debt rounds added €3.4M. UK led by capital raised, and Index Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€590M

excl. debt & grants · +€3.4M debt

Funding rounds

233

Companies

212

Top country

Media: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2012	€523M	+26.7%	160	+22.1%	—
2013	€598M	+14.4%	235	+46.9%	€23M
2014	€590M	-1.5%	233	-0.9%	€3.4M

Break down 2014 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Quarters

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Months

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Oct Dec

Rank among sectors

4.6% of sector funding

Debt financing

€3.4M

0.6% of total

Top-10 round share

50.9%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€105M	33
Feb	€52M	20
Mar	€87M	29
Apr	€134M	21
May	€28M	20
Jun	€41M	21
Jul	€51M	16
Aug	€25M	15
Sep	€16M	14
Oct	€10M	15
Nov	€15M	13
Dec	€30M	16

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Media — top countries by capital, 2014
UK	€137M
Russia	€136M
Israel	€135M
Germany	€73M
France	€27M
Sweden	€21M
Denmark	€20M
Ireland	€9.9M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Media — stage mix, 2014
Growth/Late	€166M
Series D+	€117M
Series A	€103M
Other	€57M
Series B	€56M
Seed	€40M
Early VC	€32M
Series C	€18M
Debt	€3.4M
Grant	€450k

Exits & M&A

12 Acquisition

12 exits · €25M disclosed.

LinX Imaging	Acquisition	Dec 2014	€18M
Blinkbox Entertainment	Acquisition	Feb 2014	€6.0M
Filmaster	Acquisition	Oct 2014	€1.0M

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Ozon	Growth/Late	Apr 2014	€109M
SoundCloud	Series D+	Jan 2014	€44M
Kaltura	Series D+	Feb 2014	€35M
XMOS	Series D+	Jul 2014	€19M
Trustpilot	Series C	Jan 2014	€18M
Mediakraft Networks	Series B	Jul 2014	€16M
Glide	Series B	Dec 2014	€16M
XJet	Growth/Late	Jan 2014	€16M
Zvooq	Series A	Aug 2014	€15M
Cortica	Other	Mar 2014	€14M

Largest debt rounds

debt financing, 2014; not in the equity total

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Replay Technologies	Debt	Dec 2014	€2.4M
Amplience	Debt	Mar 2014	€1.0M

View all 233 Media deals in 2014 →

Top investors

most active in 2014, by deal count

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

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