Exits & M&A
1,752 of 8,744 exits have a disclosed value (20.0%) — value charts cover disclosed deals only.
Total exits
8,744
8,407 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
7,872 deals
Exits over time
2010–2026 · 8,407 of 8,744 datedDisclosed value by year
2010–2026 · disclosed € onlyExits by type
grouped labelsDeal value bands
1,752 priced dealsExit activity by country — target vs acquiror
top 12 by combined activityWho's buying European tech
acquiror HQ, known onlyTime to exit
2,166 of 8,744 exits w/ a prior roundTop 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 countryAll exits
8,744 matching
| Company | Target country | Sector | Type | Acquiror(s) | Acquiror HQ | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaia Health | Germany | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Sword Health | Portugal | €239M | 2026-01 |
| VIREED | Germany | Software | Acquisition | Thieme | Germany | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Jennis | UK | Medical / Healthcare | Acquisition | Orreco | Ireland | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Blue EMI | Lithuania | Fintech | Acquisition | Checkout.com | UK | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| ML2Grow | Belgium | Software | Acquisition | Delaware Belux | Belgium | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| vickii | Germany | Fintech | Acquisition | finanzen.net ZERO | Germany | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| E-Poll Market Research | United States | Analytics | Acquisition | Largo | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Windsor.ai | Switzerland | Software | Acquisition | team.blue | Belgium | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Envoice | Estonia | Analytics | Acquisition | Scoro | Estonia | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| AI Sonar | Ireland | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | LatticeFlow AI | Switzerland | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Rebike | Germany | Transportation | Acquisition | Decathlon | France | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Acre | UK | Fintech | Acquisition | ClearScore Group | UK | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Storyclash | Austria | Content | Acquisition | Kolsquare | France | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Sheerluxe & BLUSH Talent MGMT Group | UK | Marketing | Acquisition | Future plc | UK | €46M | 2026-01 |
| Approved Training | UK | Education | Acquisition | IN4 Group | UK | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| HeapsGo | Denmark | Software | Acquisition | Everfield | UK | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Lune | UK | Cleantech | Merger | gryn | Germany | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Pomelo International | United States | Fintech | Acquisition | Zepz | UK | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| BeatSwitch | Belgium | Events | Acquisition | Tourmanagement BV | Belgium | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| AB Tasty | France | Artificial Intelligence | Merger | VWO | India | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Langfuse | Germany | Software | Acquisition | ClickHouse | United States | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Flibco | Luxembourg | Travel | Acquisition | Flix | Germany | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| eGym | Germany | Sports | Merger | Playlist | United States | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Bolsa Social | Spain | Fintech | Acquisition | Goparity | Portugal | undisclosed | 2026-01 |
| Human Native AI | UK | Artificial Intelligence | Acquisition | Cloudflare | United States | undisclosed | 2026-01 |