European Media startup funding raised during H1 2016.
In H1 2016, 157 European Media companies raised a combined €1.3B across 162 funding rounds, up 34.1% versus H1 2015. Sweden led by capital raised, and Balderton Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 9 Jul 2026.
45 exits · €1.5B disclosed.
| Mail.ru Group | Acquisition | Apr 2016 | €675M |
| AB Groupe | Acquisition | Jun 2016 | €270M |
| Starman | Acquisition | Mar 2016 | €208M |
| Time Out | IPO | Jan 2016 | €108M |
| Edgeware | IPO | Jun 2016 | €96M |
| Company | Stage | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spotify | Debt | Feb 2016 | €918M |
| SoundCloud | Series D+ | May 2016 | €87M |
| Auro Technologies | Growth/Late | May 2016 | €26M |
| ROLI | Series B | Apr 2016 |
| News Republic |
| Acquisition |
| Feb 2016 |
| €52M |
| €24M |
| XJet | Growth/Late | Feb 2016 | €23M |
| Yotpo | Series C | May 2016 | €20M |
| Mirriad | Series D+ | Feb 2016 | €14M |
| Playbuzz | Series C | Feb 2016 | €14M |
| Beamr | Series C | Feb 2016 | €14M |
| Replay Technologies | Series B | Feb 2016 | €12M |
| Contentful | Series B | Apr 2016 | €12M |
| Nexar | Series A | May 2016 | €9.5M |
| Mosaicoon | Series B | Apr 2016 | €8.0M |
| Mapillary | Series A | Feb 2016 | €7.3M |
| Glide | Debt | Apr 2016 | €7.3M |
