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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FolioMetrics | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | With Intelligence | UK | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Industrial Vision Systems | UK | Iot Internetofthings | Acquisition | Oxford Metrics | UK | €9.3M | 2023-11 |
| Lavoir Moderne | France | Consumer Productivity | Acquisition | Laundryheap | UK | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| Byldis | Netherlands | Real Estate | Acquisition | Mutares | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-11 |
| WebContractor | UK | Real Estate | Acquisition | Payapps | Australia | €12M | 2023-10 |
| fundsaccess | Germany | Fintech | Acquisition | Pollen Street Capital | UK | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| TTNL | Netherlands | Software | Acquisition | FIELDS Group | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| Alerce | Spain | Logistics | Acquisition | Oakley Capital | UK | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| ProLupin | Austria | Food | Acquisition | Wide Open Agriculture | Australia | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| Texas Book Company | United States | Education | Acquisition | BibliU | UK | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| Alpiek | Netherlands | Software | Acquisition | Dynapps | Belgium | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| Kenkou | Germany | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Biotronik | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| Betterfront | Germany | Fintech | Acquisition | Equation | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| Intelli-Park | UK | Software | Buyout | Palladian Investment Partners | UK | €138M | 2023-10 |
| Slimmer AI | Netherlands | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | Springer Nature | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| Mynet | Türkiye | Content | Acquisition | Mediazone | Türkiye | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| femfeel | Germany | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Medice Health Family | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| Youtility | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Squeeze | United States | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| WhenFresh | UK | Analytics | Acquisition | PriceHubble | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| nextAuth | Belgium | Security | Acquisition | itsme | Belgium | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| Bestcloudfor.me | Türkiye | Cloud | Acquisition | Eclit | Türkiye | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| Cylantro | France | Fintech | Acquisition | Laka | UK | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| BlockBeam | United States | Education | Acquisition | Patika.dev | Türkiye | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| Luminet | UK | Telecom | Acquisition | Telcom Group | UK | undisclosed | 2023-10 |
| EA Elektro-Automatik | Germany | Energy | Acquisition | Fortive | United States | €1.4B | 2023-10 |