Top 20 Media Deals for 2013
April 30, 2013 
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| Deal No. | Amount Paid (USD) | Company | Investor/Buyer | Sector | Deal Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $586,000,000 | Sina Weibo | Alibaba | Media | Investment |
| 2 | $200,000,000 | Consortium | Media | Investment | |
| 3 | $60,000,000 | Daisy by Beats Electronics | Consortium | Media | Investment |
| 4 | $57,000,000 | Qunar | Consortium | Media | Investment |
| 5 | $40,000,000 | TheBlaze | Undisclosed | Media | Investment |
| 6 | $30,000,000 | Science | Hearst Ventures | Media | Investment |
| 7 | $21,600,000 | Nextdoor | Consortium | Media | Investment |
| 8 | $19,300,000 | BuzzFeed | Consortium | Media | Investment |
| 9 | $15,000,000 | NewsCred | Consortium | Media | Investment |
| 10 | $15,000,000 | SpinMedia | Undisclosed | Media | Investment |
| 11 | $14,000,000 | ChaCha | Consortium | Media | Investment |
| 12 | $12,300,000 | Kununu | Media | Acquisition | |
| 13 | $11,300,000 | Music Mastermind | Intel Capital, Liberty Global | Media | Investment |
| 14 | $11,000,000 | FindTheBest | Consortium | Media | Investment |
| 15 | $10,250,000 | Nettwerk Music Group | Consortium | Media | Investment |
| 16 | $8,500,000 | Artspace.com | Canaan Partners | Media | Investment |
| 17 | $8,000,000 | creativeLive | Consortium | Media | Investment |
| 18 | $8,000,000 | Decide.com | Consortium | Media | Investment |
| 19 | $6,500,000 | StyleHaul | Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments | Media | Investment |
| 20 | $6,000,000 | bookshout! | Ambassador Enterprises | Media | Investment |
More information
- Sina Weibo, China’s Equivalent of Facebook and Twitter, Gets $586M Investment From Alibaba (Techcrunch)
- Pinterest Raises $200M in Funding (FinSMEs)
- Streaming Music Service ‘Daisy’ Raises $60 Million, Spins Out Of Beats Electronics As Standalone Firm (TechCrunch)
- Baidu, Hillhouse & GGV Reportedly Invest $57M In Qunar As The Chinese Travel Site Weathers A Boycott (Techcrunch)
- Filing Says Glenn Beck’s Network TheBlaze Is Raising $40M (TechCrunch)
- Science Inc. Gets $30M From Hearst (Socal Tech)
- Nextdoor Closes $21.6 Million In New Series B Funding To Take Its Neighborhood-Focused Social Network Global (Techcrunch)
- Social Publishing FTW: With 40M Users, Jonah Peretti’s BuzzFeed Raises Another $19.3M Led By NEA (TechCrunch)
- NewsCred Raises $15M (FinSMEs)
- TOLDJA™: BuzzMedia rebrands as SpinMedia, announces $15 million in further funding (Pando Daily)
- With 2B Questions Answered, Q&A Vet ChaCha Gets Another $14M To Be The Quora For The Common Man [Video] (Techcrunch)
- LinkedIn Competitor XING Buys Glassdoor-like Startup Kununu For $12.3M, But Will It Fare Well? (TechCrunch)
- Music Mastermind Nabs $11.3M As It Launches Music Creation App (SoCal Tech)
- Data-Driven Comparison Shopping Platform FindTheBest Raises $11M From New World, Kleiner Perkins And Others (TechCrunch)
- Nettwerk Music Group Raises $10.25M in Equity Financing (FinSMEs)
- Artspace.com Raises $8.5M Series B To Expand Online Marketplace For Fine Art (Techcrunch)
- CAA, William Morris Back Online Video Education Site (SoCal Tech)
- Decide.com Raises $8M Series C For Its Price Predictions Engine; Will Expand To More Categories, Improve Data Mining & Mobile Apps (TechCrunch)
- StyleHaul Gets $6.5M More For YouTube Fashion Channel (SoCal Tech)
- bookshout! Raises $6M in Series B Funding (FinSMEs)