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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proxy | United States | Security | Acquisition | Ōura | Finland | €169M | 2023-05 |
| Netsecure | Sweden | Security | Acquisition | Integrity360 | UK | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| eVorsorge | Germany | Fintech | Acquisition | Xempus | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| ChatFood | United Arab Emirates | Food | Acquisition | Deliverect | Belgium | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Objectivity | UK | Cloud | Acquisition | Accenture | Ireland | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| DocWolves | Netherlands | Software | Merger | Qualigraf | France | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Jobbnorge | Norway | Jobs Recruitment | Acquisition | Grade | Sweden | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Modular FX | UK | Analytics | Acquisition | Digitec | UK | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Affic | Netherlands | Software | Acquisition | Wezoo | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Blinkist | Germany | Education | Acquisition | Go1 | Australia | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Embrace | Germany | Software | Acquisition | Bertelsmann Investments | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| HRdownloads | Canada | Jobs Recruitment | Acquisition | The Citation Group | UK | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Noventiq | UK | Security | Merger | Corner Growth Acquisition Corp | United States | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Funderbeam | Estonia | Analytics | Acquisition | VentureWave | Ireland | €36M | 2023-05 |
| mylo | Germany | Transportation | Acquisition | JobRad | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| CloudStratex | UK | Cloud | Acquisition | Brillio | United States | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Future WorkForce | Romania | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | Arobs Transilvania Software | Romania | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Dokify | Spain | Software | Acquisition | Nalanda | Spain | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Metadata Technology | UK | Software | Acquisition | Regnology | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Tweet Binder | Spain | Analytics | Acquisition | Audiens | UK | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| yedi | Germany | Software | Acquisition | Grownup Xentral | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| GeoMobile | Germany | Transportation | Acquisition | T-Systems International | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Beekast | France | Software | Acquisition | Saas.group | France | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| qbilon | Germany | Analytics | Acquisition | Paessler | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Cardea Bio | United States | Semiconductors | Acquisition | Paragraf | UK | undisclosed | 2023-05 |