European Media startup funding raised during Q2 2016.
In Q2 2016, 85 European Media companies raised a combined €268M across 86 funding rounds, down 65.5% versus Q2 2015. Germany led by capital raised, and Balderton Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 9 Jul 2026.
21 exits · €1.1B disclosed.
| Mail.ru Group | Acquisition | Apr 2016 | €675M |
| AB Groupe | Acquisition | Jun 2016 | €270M |
| Edgeware | IPO | Jun 2016 | €96M |
| People's Press | Acquisition | Jun 2016 | €9.7M |
| StudiVZ | Acquisition | Jun 2016 | €9.1M |
| Company | Stage | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoundCloud | Series D+ | May 2016 | €87M |
| Auro Technologies | Growth/Late | May 2016 | €26M |
| ROLI | Series B | Apr 2016 | €24M |
| Yotpo | Series C | May 2016 |
| Iosqaure |
| Merger |
| May 2016 |
| €5.3M |
| €20M |
| Contentful | Series B | Apr 2016 | €12M |
| Nexar | Series A | May 2016 | €9.5M |
| Mosaicoon | Series B | Apr 2016 | €8.0M |
| Glide | Debt | Apr 2016 | €7.3M |
| SHERPA assistant | Series A | Apr 2016 | €5.7M |
| Kivra | Seed | May 2016 | €5.4M |
| Zvooq | Series B | May 2016 | €4.5M |
| Lost My Name | Series A | May 2016 | €4.0M |
| Bloglovin | Other | Apr 2016 | €3.7M |
| OptoFidelity | Early VC | Apr 2016 | €3.6M |
| Echobox | Series A | Jun 2016 | €3.0M |