Exits & M&A
1,752 of 8,744 exits have a disclosed value (20.0%) — value charts cover disclosed deals only.
Total exits
8,744
8,407 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
7,872 deals
Exits over time
2010–2026 · 8,407 of 8,744 datedDisclosed value by year
2010–2026 · disclosed € onlyExits by type
grouped labelsDeal value bands
1,752 priced dealsExit activity by country — target vs acquiror
top 12 by combined activityWho's buying European tech
acquiror HQ, known onlyTime to exit
2,166 of 8,744 exits w/ a prior roundTop 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 countryAll exits
8,744 matching
| Company | Target country | Sector | Type | Acquiror(s) | Acquiror HQ | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learna | UK | Education | Acquisition | Reducate | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| Sitestream | United States | Security | Acquisition | Polaris Software | UK | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| Playter Pay | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Shawbrook | UK | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| Qlarifi | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Socure | United States | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| Overloop AI | Belgium | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | Sortlist | Belgium | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| UnoMoi | Türkiye | Fashion | Acquisition | nivo | Türkiye | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| TNW | Netherlands | Content | Acquisition | Tekpon | Romania | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| CoinMENA | Bahrain | Fintech | Acquisition | Paribu | Türkiye | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| Polypoint | Switzerland | Software | Acquisition | Main Capital Partners | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| WealthPilot | Germany | Fintech | Acquisition | Finaplus | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| SPRO IT Solutions | Brazil | Software | Acquisition | NTT DATA Business Solutions | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| Spectris | UK | Software | Acquisition | KKR | United States | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| My Little Paris | France | Content | Acquisition | Ieva Group | France | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| Erudus | UK | Software | Acquisition | Matilda FoodTech | Sweden | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| Formel Skin | Germany | Wellness / Beauty | Acquisition | Manual | UK | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| neptune.ai | Poland | Analytics | Acquisition | OpenAI | United States | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| Arca24 | Italy | Software | Acquisition | TeamSystem | Italy | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| NorthRow | UK | Software | Acquisition | ID-Pal | Ireland | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| Shine | Denmark | Fintech | Acquisition | Cegid | France | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| Eventbrite | United States | Software | Acquisition | Bending Spoons | Italy | €429M | 2025-12 |
| Ocean | France | Software | Acquisition | Shiftmove | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| Quality Match | Germany | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | Wayve | UK | undisclosed | 2025-12 |
| HackSoft | Bulgaria | Software | Acquisition | Waracle | UK | undisclosed | 2025-11 |
| Intelligent Servers | UK | Hardware | Acquisition | Renewtech | Denmark | undisclosed | 2025-11 |
| FarPay | Denmark | Fintech | Acquisition | POM | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2025-11 |