Exits & M&A
1,752 of 8,743 exits have a disclosed value (20.0%) — value charts cover disclosed deals only.
Total exits
8,743
8,406 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
7,871 deals
Exits over time
2010–2026 · 8,406 of 8,743 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 8,743 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
8,743 matching
| Company | Target country | Sector | Type | Acquiror(s) | Acquiror HQ | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| contextflow | Austria | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | 4DMedical | Australia | undisclosed | 2026-06 |
| Vendr | United States | Software | Acquisition | Vertice | UK | undisclosed | 2026-06 |
| Contentful | Germany | Content | Acquisition | Salesforce | United States | undisclosed | 2026-06 |
| Vaayu | Germany | Cleantech | Acquisition | Carbonfact | France | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| in3 | Netherlands | Fintech | Acquisition | TrueLayer | UK | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Uptmz | Netherlands | Marketing | Acquisition | Aizy | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Government Acquisitions | United States | Software | Acquisition | Computacenter | UK | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Planted | Germany | Cleantech | Merger | Code Gaia | Germany | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| PhenoVista Biosciences | United States | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | InSphero | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Visiopharm | Denmark | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Grundium | Finland | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Singulier | France | Jobs Recruitment | Merger | Ommax | Germany | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Bosque Foods | Germany | Food | Acquisition | Infinite Roots | Germany | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Mon-AutoEntreprise.fr | France | Fintech | Acquisition | Indy | France | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| YepCode | Spain | Software | Acquisition | Factorial | Spain | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Dance | Germany | Transportation | Acquisition | Swapfiets | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Cometh | France | Gaming | Acquisition | Kaiko | France | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Reliant AI | Germany | Analytics | Acquisition | Cohere | Canada | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Emmi AI | Austria | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | Mistral AI | France | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Flatmates | Italy | Marketing | Acquisition | Cosmico | Italy | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Payper | Portugal | Application | Acquisition | Manie | Portugal | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Banked | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | National Australia Bank (NAB) | Australia | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Native Instruments | Germany | Music | Acquisition | inMusic | United States | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| NeuroNation | Germany | Wellness / Beauty | Acquisition | Schwabe Group | Germany | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Fulfilment.nl | Netherlands | Logistics | Acquisition | Fulfilmentcrowd | UK | undisclosed | 2026-05 |
| Glocalzone | Türkiye | E-commerce | Acquisition | MovitOn | United Arab Emirates | undisclosed | 2026-05 |