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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyless | UK | Security | Acquisition | Ping Identity | United States | undisclosed | 2025-11 |
| Palisade | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Ripple | United States | undisclosed | 2025-11 |
| Trade Ledger | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | United Fintech | UK | undisclosed | 2025-11 |
| sign.mt | Switzerland | Software | Acquisition | Nagish | United States | undisclosed | 2025-11 |
| Lylli (formerly Boksnok) | Sweden | Education | Acquisition | Spin Master | Canada | undisclosed | 2025-11 |
| TrueData | United States | Marketing | Acquisition | ID5 | UK | undisclosed | 2025-11 |
| SplxAI | Croatia | Security | Acquisition | Zscaler | United States | undisclosed | 2025-11 |
| UNIO Enterprise | Germany | Telecom | Acquisition | OrbitsIQ Global | Luxembourg | undisclosed | 2025-11 |
| Home.co.uk | UK | Real Estate | Acquisition | Homemove | UK | undisclosed | 2025-11 |
| Txture | Austria | Software | Acquisition | IBM | United States | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Morphais | Germany | Software | Acquisition | Evertrace | Denmark | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Skaylink | Germany | Cloud | Acquisition | Vodafone | UK | €176M | 2025-10 |
| AOL | United States | Software | Acquisition | Bending Spoons | Italy | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| DataChat | United States | Software | Acquisition | Mews | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Nexthink | Switzerland | Analytics | Acquisition | Vista Equity Partners | United States | €2.6B | 2025-10 |
| Foxtag | Germany | Software | Acquisition | Asolvi | Norway | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| DCS Plus | Romania | Travel | Acquisition | Abingdon Software Group | UK | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Wellspent | Germany | Software | Acquisition | Babbel | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Recoplast | Switzerland | Cleantech | Acquisition | BOXS AG | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| BMLL | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Nordic Capital | Sweden | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Kontera | UK | Marketing | Acquisition | bexio | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Elucidat | UK | Iot Internetofthings | Acquisition | Learning Pool | UK | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Uncover Legal | Netherlands | Legal | Acquisition | Opus 2 | UK | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Spleenlab | Germany | Transportation | Acquisition | Quantum Systems | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| motum | Germany | Software | Merger | Carsync | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-10 |