European Media startup funding raised during H1 2016.
In H1 2016, 160 European Media companies raised a combined €1.5B across 167 funding rounds, up 49.2% versus H1 2015. Sweden led by capital raised, and Balderton Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 23 Aug 2026.
43 exits · €1.1B disclosed.
| Mail.ru Group | Acquisition | May 2016 | €675M |
| Starman | Acquisition | Apr 2016 | €208M |
| Time Out | IPO | Feb 2016 | €108M |
| News Republic | Acquisition | Mar 2016 | €52M |
| Relaxnews | Acquisition | Apr 2016 | €15M |
| DCC Labs |
| Acquisition |
| Feb 2016 |
| €7.3M |
| €46M |
| SoundCloud | Debt | Jan 2016 | €32M |
| Auro Technologies | Growth/Late | Jun 2016 | €26M |
| ROLI | Series B | May 2016 | €24M |
| XJet | Growth/Late | Mar 2016 | €23M |
| Yotpo | Series C | Jun 2016 | €20M |
| Valens Semiconductor | Series C | Jan 2016 | €18M |
| Beamr | Series C | Mar 2016 | €14M |
| Mirriad | Series D+ | Mar 2016 | €14M |
| Playbuzz | Series C | Mar 2016 | €14M |
| Replay Technologies | Series B | Mar 2016 | €12M |
| Contentful | Series B | May 2016 | €12M |
