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Which short-form video platforms saw the biggest fundraising increase in 2025 and by what percentage?
Executive summary
Available sources do not provide a comprehensive ranked list showing which short-form video platforms had the biggest fundraising increases in 2025; reporting instead focuses on market-size projections, ad-spend growth, individual funding rounds (often for smaller players), and platform usage metrics [1] [2] [3]. The clearest single funding datapoint in the material is Videobot’s €2.8 million round in February 2025 [1]; broader claims about percent increases in platform fundraising are not found in current reporting [1].
1. Funding data is fragmentary — we have rounds, not sector-wide percent changes
The documents collected include isolated announcements (for example, Turku-based Videobot raised €2.8 million in February 2025) but do not publish aggregate year-over-year fundraising totals or percentage increases for major short-form platforms like TikTok, YouTube Shorts, or Instagram Reels, so you cannot compute “biggest fundraising increase” from these sources [1]. Market reports in the set emphasize market size and ad spend — e.g., projected market value and growth rates — rather than capital raised by individual platforms [1] [2].
2. What the sources do report: market growth, ad spend and platform usage — signals, not fundraising
Several items document robust market growth that could imply rising investor interest: the short video platform market is projected to grow significantly (various market-size forecasts and CAGR figures appear in the set) and ad spending on short-form video was projected to reach high figures in 2025 (ad spend projections and CAGR referenced) [1] [2] [3]. These are useful context for why investors might increase funding rounds, but they are not the same as documented fundraising increases by platform [1] [2] [3].
3. Example datapoint: Videobot’s €2.8M round — small, but explicitly reported
The clearest specific fundraising example in these search results is Videobot’s €2.8 million raise in February 2025, led by Volta Ventures, Expon Capital, and Superhero Capital; that item is explicitly mentioned in the market report excerpt [1]. The file also notes Videobot’s prior funding history (previous €2.2M and €500K earlier rounds), which allows observers to see a sequential increase in that company’s funding, but the sources do not convert that into a sector-wide percentage comparison [1].
4. Major platform finances are absent — TikTok, YouTube, Instagram not shown with 2025 fundraising figures
The big consumer platforms that dominate short-form video — TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels — are described in terms of usage, reach and market share (e.g., TikTok’s leadership and time-spent metrics) and not in terms of venture or corporate fundraising in 2025 within these documents [4] [5] [2]. Consequently, the dataset does not support assertions about which of those platforms saw the largest fundraising percentage increases in 2025 [4] [5] [2].
5. Why reporting focuses on ad spend and user metrics, and why that matters to fundraising analysis
Market and marketing outlets in the sample prioritize ad-revenue projections and user engagement stats — ad spend projections like $111B (or similar large figures in other pieces) and time-on-app metrics are repeatedly cited [2] [3]. Those metrics explain why investors might be more willing to commit capital, but they do not replace transparent disclosures of capital raised — often private or corporate funding details are not public or are reported piecemeal, which is why the current reporting cannot produce the requested ranking [2] [3].
6. How to get the exact answer you asked for — recommended next steps
To identify “which short-form video platforms saw the biggest fundraising increase in 2025 and by what percentage,” you need consolidated funding data: either (a) platform-level capital raised in 2024 vs. 2025 from primary financial disclosures or trusted databases (Crunchbase, PitchBook), or (b) a sector-wide M&A/funding roundup from a financial news service that aggregates rounds and computes year-over-year percentage changes. The present sources do not supply that consolidated funding dataset [1].
7. Caveats and alternative interpretations to watch for
Even with consolidated data, be cautious: an apparent large percentage increase can reflect a small base (a startup moving from €0.5M to €2.8M looks huge proportionally) versus major platforms whose funding is corporate (acquisitions, parent-company capital infusions, or internal profit reinvestment) and may not register as “venture rounds.” The materials here illustrate both small-round reporting (e.g., Videobot) and macro ad/user metrics but do not resolve these methodological distinctions [1] [2] [3].