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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libre Foods | Spain | Food | Acquisition | Planetary SA | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Social Snowball | United States | E-commerce | Acquisition | Dotdigital | UK | €30M | 2025-06 |
| TARGIT | Denmark | Software | Acquisition | Forterro | UK | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Papercup | UK | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | RWS | UK | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Omny | France | E-commerce | Acquisition | Primelis group | France | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Ora.pm | Bulgaria | Software | Acquisition | ClickUp | United States | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Visslan | Sweden | Legal | Acquisition | Whistlelink | Sweden | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Invariant Labs | Switzerland | Software | Acquisition | Snyk | United States | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Kadmos | Germany | Fintech | Acquisition | NYK Line | Japan | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| DUB.de | Germany | Content | Acquisition | DealCircle | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Energy21 | Netherlands | Software | Merger | Eneve | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Playliner | Finland | Gaming | Acquisition | Sensor Tower | United States | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Ticimax | Türkiye | E-commerce | Acquisition | team.blue | Belgium | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| ZIVVER | Netherlands | Analytics | Acquisition | Kiteworks | United States | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| ScrapingBee | France | Software | Acquisition | Oxylabs | Lithuania | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Acin | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | CUBE | UK | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Timeular | Austria | Consumer Productivity | Acquisition | TimeTac | Austria | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Ascentys | Switzerland | Software | Acquisition | Planted | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Plek | Netherlands | Platform | Acquisition | BCS HR | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| — | — | — | Acquisition | Supermetrics | Finland | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| ETF Stream | UK | Content | Acquisition | TMX VettaFi | United States | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Relay42 | Netherlands | Analytics | Acquisition | Supermetrics | Finland | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Diverlyze | Germany | Software | Acquisition | FKi Diversity for Success | Germany | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Hastee | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Zellis Group | UK | undisclosed | 2025-06 |
| Twelve | Netherlands | Fintech | Acquisition | Centric | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2025-06 |