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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monolith AI | UK | Software | Acquisition | CoreWeave | United States | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| DESelect | Belgium | Software | Acquisition | Unaric | UK | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Blue Ocean Marine Tech Systems | Australia | Transportation | Acquisition | Helsing | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| ABB Robotics | Switzerland | Robotics | Acquisition | SoftBank Group | Japan | €4.6B | 2025-10 |
| Arduino | Italy | Software | Acquisition | Qualcomm Technologies | United States | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Kitchen Stories | Germany | Food | Acquisition | Funke Digital | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Virtualstock | UK | Software | Acquisition | Logicbroker | United States | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Credas | UK | Software | Acquisition | SmartSearch | UK | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Pasabi | UK | Security | Acquisition | Themis | UK | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| ek robotics | Germany | Robotics | Acquisition | Neura Robotics | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Complori | Germany | Education | Acquisition | cleverly | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Holberg EEG | Norway | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Natus Medical | United States | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Macro Hive | UK | Analytics | Acquisition | BGC Group | UK | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| scoutbee | Germany | Software | Acquisition | Coupa | United States | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Oaky | Netherlands | Travel | Acquisition | Plusgrade | Canada | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Accelex | UK | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | Carta | United States | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Casper | Netherlands | Analytics | Acquisition | Ideagen | UK | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Segments.ai | Belgium | Software | Acquisition | Uber | United States | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Affluent | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Finary | France | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Atlantic Quantum | Sweden | Quantum | Acquisition | United States | undisclosed | 2025-10 | |
| Localyze | Germany | Jobs Recruitment | Acquisition | Boundless | United States | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Carvak | Türkiye | Transportation | Acquisition | Borusan Next | Türkiye | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Izix | Belgium | Real Estate | Merger | Toogethr | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| YAXI | Germany | Security | Acquisition | Reiner | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-10 |
| Merus | Netherlands | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Genmab | Denmark | €6.8B | 2025-09 |