Unveiling the UK Media Capital Landscape: Funding Rounds of 2023

The media capital industry plays a crucial role in fueling innovation and growth within the broader media ecosystem. Understanding investment trends provides valuable insights into the sector's direction and emerging opportunities. Our recently published report, The State of UK Media Capital Funding 2023 in 8 Charts, offers a comprehensive analysis of the UK media capital landscape, highlighting key trends and showcasing the top funding rounds of the year.

This groundbreaking report serves as the first of its kind, presenting definitive data on investment evolution within the UK media capital space over the past decade and offering projections for 2024. To further enrich the data landscape, mediaforgrowth embarked on an ambitious project in 2023: creating the world's first media capital data investment platform, the MFG Deal Hub. This platform offers real-time insights into the global media capital ecosystem.

The data presented in this blog post is derived from the MFG Deal Hub, which, as of February 21st, 2024, boasts 529 listed startups and 603 unique deals. Our analysis encompassed over 9,000 data points spanning various aspects, including sector, location, business model, launch date, growth stage, utilized media channels, and crucial funding data.

Now, let's delve into the top UK media capital funding rounds of 2023:

• MyBespokeRoom (Real Estate): MyBespokeRoom is a SaaS tool that allows Interior Designers to streamline and run their own business.

• Raylo (Consumer Electronics): Raylo provides leases for electronics such as phones, tablets, and laptops.

• Swyfthome (Real Estate): Swyfthome offers a next-day delivered sofa in a box that fits through any hallway and staircase.

• Impress (Health Care): Impress is a developer of orthodontic technology that offers invisible aligners.

• Oddbox (Food and Beverage): Oddbox is a provider of a fruit-and-vegetable box delivery service intended to reduce food waste.

• Hexagon Cup (Sports): Hexagon Cup is a tribute to Padel as a sport with a groundbreaking format that unites the best players in teams from all over the world.

• F1 Arcade (Gaming): F1® Arcade is an immersive hospitality concept that offers the thrill, glitz, and excitement of Formula 1 racing to the general public.

• Honest Mobile (Telecommunication): Honest Mobile provides mobile data network services to assist in the management of mobile plans.

• CUDONI (Clothing and Apparel): CUDONI is Europe's only full-service luxury resale platform, where customers can buy and sell authentic designer items at up to 90% off retail price.

• Fenton (Clothing and Apparel): Fenton is a jewellery company aiming to create heirlooms in a fully transparent, responsible and inclusive way.

• Flarin (Health Care): Flarin ibuprofen is a pain relief medication with lipid lock technology.

• Resi (Real Estate): RESI produces design packages for homeowners and property developers.

• THIS (Food and Beverage): THIS creates plant-based meat alternatives, offering sustainable and delicious options for consumers.

• PitPat (Pet): PitPat is dedicated to improving animal health and wellbeing through the application of wearables, technology and data.

• Raffolux (Media and Entertainment): Raffolux is an online platform for raffling high-end luxury goods.

• Story Terrace (Content and Publishing): StoryTerrace helps people to capture their life story using professional writers and software.

If your advertising costs are over 25% of revenue and expected to rise, our MFG Fundraising Programme offers a solution. This free, four-week, hybrid program helps founders effectively raise media capital and find new funding avenues for marketing.