European Media startup funding raised during H1 2021.
In H1 2021, 41 European Media companies raised a combined €3.2B across 41 funding rounds, up 212.4% versus H1 2020. Sweden led by capital raised, and Almi Invest was the most active investor. Data as of 9 Jul 2026.
19 exits · €2.7B disclosed.
| Stack Overflow | Acquisition | Jun 2021 | €1.5B |
| Acast | IPO | Apr 2021 | €500M |
| WaveOptics | Acquisition | May 2021 | €410M |
| Believe Digital | IPO | Jun 2021 | €300M |
| Podme | Acquisition | Jun 2021 | €31M |
| Company | Stage | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spotify | Other | Feb 2021 | €1.1B |
| ContentSquare | Series D+ | May 2021 | €410M |
| Epidemic Sound | Other | Mar 2021 | €378M |
| Kry | Series D+ | Apr 2021 |
| Relatable |
| Acquisition |
| May 2021 |
| €20M |
| €262M |
| Patsnap | Other | Mar 2021 | €252M |
| Gong | Series D+ | Jun 2021 | €206M |
| ivi | Series D+ | May 2021 | €204M |
| Storytel | Growth/Late | Mar 2021 | €118M |
| Bambuser | Growth/Late | Jan 2021 | €50M |
| AnyClip | Other | May 2021 | €39M |
| Stream | Series B | Mar 2021 | €32M |
| Yousign | Series A | Jun 2021 | €30M |
| Yousician | Other | Apr 2021 | €23M |
| Morressier | Series A | May 2021 | €15M |
| Dirac | Other | May 2021 | €15M |
