Five exits exceeded €1B each, totalling €6.768B — with financial services and consumer brands prominent
90 days to 2026-06-22
The period produced five exits at or above €1B: Aegon UK (€2.296B, acquired by Standard Life), Kobalt (€1.252B, Primary Wave), IDEMIA Public Security (€1.2B, Amadeus), Depop (€1.02B, eBay), and Huel (€1.0B, Danone). The five transactions sum to €6.768B. Acquirors span financial services, music rights, identity technology, e-commerce, and food & nutrition — indicating no single acquiror sector is dominating large European exit activity in this window.
Explore the funding rounds →- Deal volume up 3.8% but capital up 24.8%, pointing to larger average round sizes
- Cloud sector: €2.999B across just 4 deals, the highest capital-per-deal ratio of any sector
- UK captures 49% of total country-tracked capital, driven by mega-rounds
- Sweden and Finland together raised €2.646B from just 71 deals, outpacing France on a per-deal basis
AI-generatedWritten by an AI model from Tech.eu Funding Explorer data (2026-06-22). Every figure is automatically verified to trace to cited funding rounds before publishing. Not investment advice. Labelled for AI transparency (EU AI Act Art. 50, applicable from 2 Aug 2026).