European Media startup funding raised during H2 2016.
In H2 2016, 136 European Media companies raised a combined €581M across 141 funding rounds, up 49.3% versus H2 2015. France led by capital raised, and Bpifrance was the most active investor. Data as of 23 Aug 2026.
22 exits · €388M disclosed.
| AB Groupe | Acquisition | Jul 2016 | €270M |
| Edgeware | IPO | Jul 2016 | €96M |
| People's Press | Acquisition | Jul 2016 | €9.7M |
| StudiVZ | Acquisition | Jul 2016 | €9.1M |
| Enterspace | Acquisition | Dec 2016 | €2.1M |
| Viadeo |
| Acquisition |
| Sep 2016 |
| €1.5M |
| €43M |
| Molotov | Series B | Dec 2016 | €23M |
| ContentSquare | Series B | Oct 2016 | €20M |
| The Future Group | Series C | Nov 2016 | €18M |
| Culture Trip | Series A | Oct 2016 | €18M |
| Songkick | Growth/Late | Aug 2016 | €14M |
| Linkfluence | Series C | Oct 2016 | €12M |
| Wochit | Series C | Oct 2016 | €12M |
| TruRating | Series A | Aug 2016 | €11M |
| W.S.C. Sports | Series B | Sep 2016 | €11M |
| bitmovin | Series A | Sep 2016 | €9.4M |
| Storyful | Early VC | Oct 2016 | €9.1M |