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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| immo-billie | Austria | Real Estate | Acquisition | Roland Schmid | Austria | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Brid.TV | Serbia | Content | Acquisition | TargetVideo | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Passbase | Germany | Security | Acquisition | Parallel Markets | United States | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Makaira | Germany | Marketing | Acquisition | Ecommerce One | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Loupedeck | Finland | Consumer Productivity | Acquisition | Logitech | United States | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Extend3D | Germany | Augmented Reality | Acquisition | Atlas Copco | Sweden | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Evolve Pensions | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Smart Pension | UK | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Phronesis Technologies | UK | Security | Acquisition | TMT Analysis | UK | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Kahoot! | Norway | Education | Acquisition | Goldman Sachs | United States | €1.5B | 2023-07 |
| Propylon | Ireland | Software | Acquisition | RWS Holdings plc | UK | €30M | 2023-07 |
| Kerridge Commercial Systems | UK | Software | Acquisition | CapVest Partners LLP | UK | €936M | 2023-07 |
| ASAP Group | Germany | Tra | Acquisition | HCLTech | India | €251M | 2023-07 |
| Grupo CTC | Spain | Software | Acquisition | Randstad | Netherlands | €81M | 2023-07 |
| Openfinance | Spain | Fintech | Acquisition | Inversis | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Global Sales Leaders | Germany | E-commerce | Acquisition | ComX | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Tendex | Germany | E-commerce | Acquisition | ComX | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Knowliah | Belgium | Legal | Acquisition | STP | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| — | — | — | Acquisition | Amavi Capital | Belgium | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Studyflix | Germany | Education | Acquisition | Embrace | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Certiligo | Italy | Security | Acquisition | eBay | United States | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Wide Eyes | Spain | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | Stylitics | United States | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Veritone | United States | Software | Acquisition | GridBeyond | Ireland | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Sidero | Ireland | Software | Acquisition | GlobalLogic | United States | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Macrobond | Sweden | Fintech | Acquisition | Francisco Partners | United States | undisclosed | 2023-07 |
| Tracey | Netherlands | Analytics | Acquisition | Sendcloud | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2023-07 |