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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IONNYK | Belgium | Hardware | Acquisition | PocketBook | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Audiolux | Italy | Events | Acquisition | Superstudio Events | Italy | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Together | Germany | Wellness / Beauty | Acquisition | recoupling | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Prime Insights | United States | Software | Acquisition | Aonic | Sweden | €214M | 2025-09 |
| Dreaminfluence | Denmark | Marketing | Acquisition | Flowbox | Sweden | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| LeakLook | Finland | Iot Internetofthings | Acquisition | Smartvatten | Finland | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Cycle | Belgium | Software | Acquisition | Atlassian | Australia | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Unio | Germany | Space | Acquisition | OIQ Global | Luxembourg | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Tenfifty | Sweden | Software | Acquisition | Generate Group | Sweden | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| SecuritySide | Portugal | Security | Acquisition | EbankIT | Portugal | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Amsterdam Decentralized | Netherlands | Events | Acquisition | Treasury | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Forestreet | UK | Analytics | Acquisition | Beroe | United States | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Inai | United States | Fintech | Acquisition | Chargebee | UK | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| One Click LCA | Finland | Cleantech | Merger | SimaPro | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Quanterra Systems | UK | Energy | Acquisition | Vaisala | Finland | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Bravure Group | Australia | Fintech | Acquisition | Aryza | Ireland | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Razor Group | Germany | E-commerce | Merger | Infinite Commerce | United States | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| OC3 Entertainment | United States | Software | Acquisition | Speech Graphics | UK | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Unbabel | Portugal | Content | Acquisition | TransPerfect | United States | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Rvvup | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Zopa | UK | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Congenica | UK | Analytics | Acquisition | SeqOne | France | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| KrakenD | Spain | Software | Acquisition | Shop Circle | UK | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Lyv | Netherlands | Semiconductors | Acquisition | Van Dorp | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2025-09 |
| Brill Power | UK | Cleantech | Acquisition | Palmer Energy Technology | UK | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Querfeld | Germany | Food | Acquisition | Gladrow | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-08 |