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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numis | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Deutsche Bank | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| Herbonis | Switzerland | Food | Acquisition | Innovad | Belgium | undisclosed | 2023-05 |
| By Miles | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | Direct Line Group | UK | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Synchron Lab Automation | Netherlands | Software | Acquisition | MolGen | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Muller Wust | Switzerland | Real Estate | Acquisition | Debrunner Koenig Group | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| TSI Semiconductors | United States | Semiconductors | Acquisition | Bosch | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Flisom | Netherlands | Cleantech | Acquisition | Ascent Solar Technologies | United States | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Monochrome | Finland | Marketing | Acquisition | Boksi | Finland | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| BankPozitif | Türkiye | Fintech | Acquisition | PayFix | Türkiye | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Rentouch | Switzerland | Software | Acquisition | Scaled Agile | United States | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Qexpertise | Netherlands | Software | Acquisition | ESC | Belgium | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| amp | Germany | Marketing | Acquisition | WPP | UK | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Tech Nation | UK | Education | Acquisition | Founders Forum Group | UK | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Paradocs | Canada | Software | Acquisition | Accesso | UK | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| corpuls | Germany | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Nordic Capital | Sweden | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| kfzteile24 | Germany | Transportation | Acquisition | Koehler Group | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Gain | Türkiye | Content | Acquisition | Rams Turkey Group | Türkiye | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Coconut | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | GoSimpleTax | UK | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| m.Doc | Germany | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | CompuGroup Medical | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Didactic Labs | Spain | Education | Acquisition | Sdui | Germany | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Ecolet | Romania | Logistics | Acquisition | Alsendo | Poland | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Eclipse Group | Netherlands | Software | Acquisition | Novidam Capital Partners | Netherlands | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Charly Hospitality | Germany | Real Estate | Acquisition | Bob W | Finland | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| DataShapa | UK | Software | Acquisition | Transparity | UK | undisclosed | 2023-04 |
| Jiway | Luxembourg | Software | Acquisition | Intalio | France | undisclosed | 2023-04 |