Exits & M&A
1,752 of 8,750 exits have a disclosed value (20.0%) — value charts cover disclosed deals only.
Total exits
8,750
8,413 dated (2010–2026 in charts), 337 undated
Disclosed value
€1126B
1,752 deals priced
Disclosure rate
20.0%
share with a € figure
Most common type
Acquisition
7,878 deals
Exits over time
2010–2026 · 8,413 of 8,750 datedExits over time — interactive chart.
Disclosed value by year
2010–2026 · disclosed € onlyDisclosed exit value by year — interactive chart.
Exits by type
grouped labelsExits by type — interactive chart.
Deal value bands
1,752 priced dealsExit value bands — interactive chart.
Exit activity by country — target vs acquiror
top 12 by combined activityExit activity by country — interactive chart.
Who's buying European tech
acquiror HQ, known onlyWho's buying European tech — interactive chart.
Time to exit
2,166 of 8,750 exits w/ a prior roundTime to exit — interactive chart.
Top acquirors of European tech
by European companies acquired · light name-normalization| # | Acquiror | HQ | European exits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accenture | Ireland | 73 |
| 2 | Visma | Norway | 41 |
| 3 | Main Capital Partners | Netherlands | 25 |
| 4 | Apple | United States | 22 |
| 5 | United States | 19 | |
| 6 | Intel Capital | United States | 18 |
| 7 | Delivery Hero | Germany | 17 |
| 8 | Klarna | Sweden | 17 |
| 9 | Axel Springer | Germany | 16 |
| 10 | Cisco | United States | 14 |
| 11 | Microsoft | United States | 14 |
| 12 | ProSiebenSat1 Media SE | Germany | 13 |
| 13 | Mail.ru Group | Russia | 13 |
| 14 | Spotify | Sweden | 13 |
| 15 | IBM | United States | 13 |
| 16 | Just Eat | UK | 12 |
| 17 | United States | 12 | |
| 18 | Embracer Group | Sweden | 12 |
| 19 | eBay | United States | 12 |
| 20 | Cinven | UK | 12 |
Exits by target country
European targets · click a countryExits by target country — interactive chart.
All exits
8,750 matching
| Company | Target country | Sector | Type | Acquiror(s) | Acquiror HQ | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lina Health | United States | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Inflow | UK | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Funding Options | UK | Comparison | Acquisition | Tide | UK | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Tiberium | UK | Security | Acquisition | Open Systems | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Mora.stream | UK | Content | Acquisition | Cassyni | UK | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Nethone | Poland | Security | Acquisition | Mangopay | Luxembourg | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Lhyfe | France | Energy | IPO | — | — | €118M | 2022-11 |
| Roqqett | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Equals Group | UK | €2.6M | 2022-11 |
| Tworeach | Germany | Marketing | Acquisition | Build a rocket | Germany | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| BeachBuddy | Germany | Travel | Acquisition | Strandbutler | Germany | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| BuSI | Belgium | Software | Acquisition | NSI | Belgium | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Jetpack | Belgium | Software | Acquisition | Brussels Airport | Belgium | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| P8 Software | Netherlands | Software | Acquisition | Visma | Norway | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Fortech | Romania | Software | Acquisition | GlobalLogic Inc. | United States | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| REVIEWS.io | UK | E-commerce | Acquisition | AppHub | United States | €69M | 2022-11 |
| ALPIMA | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | QUANTIFEED | Hong Kong | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Radionomy | Belgium | Music | Acquisition | Azerion | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Gaia | Denmark | Fintech | Acquisition | Female Invest | Denmark | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| All Automation Service | Netherlands | Software | Acquisition | Initeam | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Ars Medical | Poland | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Scanmed | Poland | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Cow Hills | Netherlands | E-commerce | Acquisition | DL Software | France | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Openbravo | Spain | Marketing | Acquisition | DL Software | France | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Invesdor | Finland | Fintech | Merger | Oneplanetcrowd | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| Speak First | UK | Education | Acquisition | Lepaya | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2022-11 |
| BModesto | Netherlands | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Uniphar | Ireland | €75M | 2022-11 |
| embedded.capital | Germany | Fintech | Acquisition | Motive Partners | United States | undisclosed | 2022-11 |