1,753 of 8,830 exits have a disclosed value (19.9%) — value charts cover disclosed deals only.
| # | Acquiror | HQ | European exits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accenture | Ireland | 73 |
| 2 | Visma | Norway | 41 |
| 3 | Main Capital Partners | Netherlands | 25 |
| 4 | Apple | United States | 23 |
| 5 | United States | 19 | |
| 6 | Intel Capital | United States | 18 |
| 7 | Delivery Hero | Germany | 17 |
| Company | Target country | Sector | Type | Acquiror(s) | Acquiror HQ | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunedin | Germany | Content | Acquisition | Axel Springer | Germany | undisclosed | 2008-12 |
| Liquid Barcodes | Norway |
| 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 |
| — |
| Acquisition |
| Telenor |
| Norway |
| undisclosed |
| 2008-12 |
| dbMotion | Israel | Healthcare | Acquisition | Allscripts | United States | undisclosed | 2008-11 |
| — | — | — | Buyout | Accel Partners;Amadeus Capital Partners;Balderton Capital;Atlas Venture | UK | €55M | 2008-10 |
| — | — | — | Buyout | Econocom | France | €43M | 2008-10 |
| United Domains | Germany | Hosting | Acquisition | United Internet Ventures | Germany | €41M | 2008-10 |
| Kelkoo | UK | Comparison | Acquisition | Jamplant | UK | undisclosed | 2008-10 |
| EntropySoft | France | Back Office | Acquisition | Salesforce | United States | undisclosed | 2008-07 |
| Venere | Italy | Travel | Acquisition | Expedia | United States | undisclosed | 2008-07 |
| Ogone | Belgium | Fintech | Acquisition | Ingenico Group | France | €440M | 2008-06 |
| — | — | — | Acquisition | Orange | France | €153M | 2008-06 |
| Kununu | Austria | Jobs | Acquisition | XING AG | Germany | undisclosed | 2008-05 |
| Channel Intelligence | Italy | Comparison | Acquisition | United States | €125M | 2008-04 |
| Nasza Klasa / nk.pl | Poland | Content | Acquisition | Forticom | Latvia | €84M | 2008-04 |
| Elegant Resorts | UK | Travel | Acquisition | Thomas Cook Group | UK | undisclosed | 2008-04 |
| ColorPlaza | Switzerland | — | Acquisition | FotoDesk | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2008-04 |
| — | — | — | Acquisition | Liberty Global | UK | €18B | 2008-03 |
| Beestar | Netherlands | — | Buyout | — | — | €273k | 2008-03 |
| STYLEPIT | Denmark | Fashion | IPO | — | — | undisclosed | 2008-03 |
| Aeria Games | Germany | Gaming | Merger | Gamepot | Japan Tokyo | undisclosed | 2008-03 |
| Adictiz | France | Gaming | Buyout | Omnes Venture Capital | France | €2.0M | 2008-02 |
| — | — | — | IPO | — | — | €5.2B | 2008-01 |
| Betfair | UK | Gambling | IPO | — | — | €1.7B | 2008-01 |
| MySQL | Sweden | Back Office | Acquisition | Sun Microsystems | Cuba Santa Clara | €909M | 2008-01 |
| Zipcar Inc | UK | Transportation | Acquisition | Avis | United States | €455M | 2008-01 |
