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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5vorFlug | Germany | Travel | Acquisition | Urlaubsguru | Germany | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| SpotOnMedics | Netherlands | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Health Cloud Initiative (HCI) | United States | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Bulutistan | Türkiye | Cloud | Acquisition | Dx Technology Services and Investment BV (DxBV) | Türkiye | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Tonny Media | Netherlands | Content | Acquisition | Podimo | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| MarketLab | Poland | Software | Acquisition | Scandit | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Safe Sign Technologies | UK | Software | Acquisition | Thomson Reuters | Canada | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Laybuys | New Zealand | Fintech | Acquisition | Klarna | Sweden | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Prolink | Türkiye | Software | Unknown | TD SYNNEX | United States | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Ninetailed | Germany | Analytics | Acquisition | Contentful | Germany | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| VISENSE | Switzerland | Software | Merger | Octotronic | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| SHIPSTA | Luxembourg | Transportation | Acquisition | Freightos | Spain | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Thirona Retina | Netherlands | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Revenio Group | Finland | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Insikt AI | Spain | Analytics | Acquisition | Logically | UK | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Starfish Technologies | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Humans.ai | Romania | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Drive | Ireland | Transportation | Acquisition | ACV Auctions | United States | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Advanced Manufacturing Control Systems - AMCS Group | Ireland | Cleantech | Acquisition | EQT Private Equity | Sweden | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| uMarketingSuite | Netherlands | Software | Acquisition | Umbraco | Denmark | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| flovtec | Switzerland | Fintech | Acquisition | STS Digital | Bermuda | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Funanga | Germany | Fintech | Acquisition | SGT German Private Equity | Germany | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| MaxBounty | Canada | Marketing | Acquisition | mrge | Germany | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Victory Park Capital | United States | Fintech | Acquisition | Janus Henderson Group | UK | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| BeOp | France | Marketing | Acquisition | Collective Audience | United States | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Kidling | Germany | Back Office | Acquisition | Kitalino | Germany | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| XetHub | United States | Platform | Acquisition | Hugging Face | France | undisclosed | 2024-08 |
| Paywerk | Estonia | Fintech | Acquisition | Swedbank AB | Sweden | undisclosed | 2024-08 |