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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| we-do.ai | Germany | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | Immoware24 | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Pengu | Netherlands | Software | Acquisition | Sastrify | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Total Processing | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | NomuPay | Ireland | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Sono Motors | Germany | Cleantech | Acquisition | Yorkville | United States | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Ammagamma | Italy | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | Accenture | Ireland | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Yays | Netherlands | Real Estate | Acquisition | numa | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Seniovo | Germany | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Hornbach | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Bonnet | UK | Energy | Acquisition | OVO | UK | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Team 6ix | UK | Marketing | Acquisition | ICP | UK | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Finteca | Spain | Fintech | Acquisition | Clar | Sweden | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| finletter | Germany | Content | Acquisition | Digitalscouting | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Sessions.link | Germany | Content | Acquisition | Triviar | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| EverSQL | Israel | Software | Acquisition | Aiven | Finland | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Civica | UK | Software | Acquisition | Blackstone | United States | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| DRACOON | Germany | Back Office | Acquisition | Kiteworks | United States | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Owncloud | Germany | Collaboration | Acquisition | Kiteworks | United States | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Hostersi | Poland | Cloud | Acquisition | bValue | Poland | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| What Should I Give | Germany | E-commerce | Acquisition | Favoriten.de | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| nDreams | UK | Gaming | Acquisition | Aonic | Sweden | €101M | 2023-11 |
| BaseTemplates | Germany | Fintech | Acquisition | Round Ventures | Singapore | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Parently | Sweden | E-commerce | Acquisition | Toddle | Austria | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| WineGrid | Portugal | Food | Acquisition | Esseco Group | Italy | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Finleap Connect | Germany | Fintech | Acquisition | Crastorehill | Poland | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| iVISION | Denmark | Legal | Acquisition | Visma | Norway | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| App Radar | Austria | Marketing | Acquisition | SplitMetrics | United States | undisclosed | 2023-11 |