European Media startup funding raised during Q2 2016.
In Q2 2016, 85 European Media companies raised a combined €278M across 85 funding rounds, down 63.6% versus Q2 2015. Germany led by capital raised, and Balderton Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 23 Aug 2026.
24 exits · €903M disclosed.
| Mail.ru Group | Acquisition | May 2016 | €675M |
| Starman | Acquisition | Apr 2016 | €208M |
| Relaxnews | Acquisition | Apr 2016 | €15M |
| Iosqaure | Merger | Jun 2016 | €5.3M |
| Company | Stage | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoundCloud | Series D+ | Jun 2016 | €87M |
| Auro Technologies | Growth/Late | Jun 2016 | €26M |
| ROLI | Series B | May 2016 | €24M |
| Yotpo | Series C | Jun 2016 |
| €20M |
| Contentful | Series B | May 2016 | €12M |
| Nexar | Series A | Jun 2016 | €9.5M |
| Mosaicoon | Series B | May 2016 | €8.0M |
| Glide | Debt | May 2016 | €7.3M |
| Unispectral | Series A | Apr 2016 | €6.6M |
| Fire1foundry | Series B | Apr 2016 | €6.5M |
| SHERPA assistant | Series A | May 2016 | €5.7M |
| Kivra | Seed | Jun 2016 | €5.4M |
| Zvooq | Series B | Jun 2016 | €4.5M |
| Lost My Name | Series A | Jun 2016 | €4.0M |
| Bloglovin | Other | May 2016 | €3.7M |
