Exits & M&A
1,752 of 8,750 exits have a disclosed value (20.0%) — value charts cover disclosed deals only.
Total exits
8,750
8,413 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
7,878 deals
Exits over time
2010–2026 · 8,413 of 8,750 datedExits over time — interactive chart.
Disclosed value by year
2010–2026 · disclosed € onlyDisclosed exit value by year — interactive chart.
Exits by type
grouped labelsExits by type — interactive chart.
Deal value bands
1,752 priced dealsExit value bands — interactive chart.
Exit activity by country — target vs acquiror
top 12 by combined activityExit activity by country — interactive chart.
Who's buying European tech
acquiror HQ, known onlyWho's buying European tech — interactive chart.
Time to exit
2,166 of 8,750 exits w/ a prior roundTime to exit — interactive chart.
Top 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 countryExits by target country — interactive chart.
All exits
8,750 matching
| Company | Target country | Sector | Type | Acquiror(s) | Acquiror HQ | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arise | Sweden | Energy | Acquisition | Flower | Sweden | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Hiiper | Netherlands | Analytics | Acquisition | Woolsocks | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Privado ID | Spain | Platform | Merger | Disco | United States | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| StreetDrone | UK | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | Oxa | UK | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Novaheal | Germany | Education | Acquisition | Amboss | Germany | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Distrito K | Spain | Software | Acquisition | TeamSystem | Italy | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Labforward | Germany | Software | Merger | LabTwin | Germany | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| ATLAS.ti | Germany | Software | Acquisition | Lumivero | Germany | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Lingumi | UK | Education | Acquisition | Novakid | United States | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Mock Flower | Netherlands | E-commerce | Acquisition | Bloom & Wolf | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| ENVI-met | Germany | Software | Acquisition | One Click LCA | Finland | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Parble | Belgium | Software | Acquisition | Netcall | UK | €10M | 2024-09 |
| Veri | Finland | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | ŌURA | Finland | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Planon | Netherlands | Software | Acquisition | Schneider Electric | France | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Rviewer | Spain | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | Shakers | Spain | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Sawayo | Germany | Legal | Acquisition | Infoniqa Group | Austria | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| — | — | — | Acquisition | Acosta Europe | United States | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Dee Set | UK | Transportation | Acquisition | Acosta Europe | United States | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Recorded Future | Sweden | Security | Acquisition | Mastercard | United States | €2.4B | 2024-09 |
| PASO Solutions | Austria | Analytics | Acquisition | Dataciders | Germany | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| enersis | Switzerland | Energy | Acquisition | EnBW | Germany | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| adlicious | Germany | Marketing | Acquisition | Fields Group | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| FitReserve | United States | Food | Acquisition | eGym | Germany | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| CashAnalytics | Ireland | Fintech | Acquisition | GTreasury | United States | undisclosed | 2024-09 |
| Nexora | North Macedonia | Fintech | Acquisition | Vector8 | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2024-09 |