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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub Capitals | Germany | Fintech | Acquisition | The Orca Capital | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Onum | Spain | Software | Acquisition | CrowdStrike | United States | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Manibux | Türkiye | Fintech | Acquisition | İnsha Venture Capital Investment Fund | Türkiye | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Topi | Germany | Fintech | Acquisition | PEAC Solutions | United States | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| EYSA | Spain | Iot Internetofthings | Acquisition | Tikehau Capital | France | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Brownline | Netherlands | Deeptech | Acquisition | Halma | UK | €150M | 2025-08 |
| farmer connect | Switzerland | Software | Acquisition | The Agridence Group | Singapore | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Showpad | Belgium | Analytics | Acquisition | Vector Capital | United States | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| CleanManager | Denmark | Software | Acquisition | zvoove | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Bringly | Netherlands | Logistics | Acquisition | JTL-Software | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| SkySQL | United States | Software | Acquisition | MariaDB | Finland | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Organox | UK | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Terumo Corporation | Japan | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Ladegrün | Germany | Energy | Acquisition | Wirelane | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Trag | United States | Software | Acquisition | Aikido Security | Belgium | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Handpoint | UK | Software | Acquisition | Electronic Payments | United States | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Beams Technology | Germany | Software | Acquisition | Comply365 | United States | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Taxy.io | Germany | Software | Acquisition | Visma | Norway | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| BCN3D | Spain | Developer Tools | Acquisition | Quantum | Spain | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Uncommon | UK | Food | Acquisition | Meatable | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Kinly | Netherlands | Software | Acquisition | Yorktel | United States | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Morescope | Norway | Cleantech | Acquisition | Position Green | Sweden | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| milia.io | Germany | Software | Acquisition | Visma | Norway | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Ieso Digital Health / PsychologyOnline | UK | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Mindler | Sweden | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| Signal | UK | Software | Acquisition | Broadridge Financial Solutions | United States | undisclosed | 2025-08 |
| LEB System | Sweden | Software | Acquisition | Unik System Design | Denmark | undisclosed | 2025-08 |