Tag: acquisitions
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€90 billion in European VC-backed exits between 2014 and 2016. Is it enough?
Only a few years ago, many VCs wondered where the European exits were. But European tech has clearly come a long way. Between 2014 and 2016, Europe had 565 venture backed(1) exits totaling €90 billion in value. That’s €30 billion in VC backed exits on average each year. By number of deals, 2016 was a record with 254 VC-backed…
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2016 tech exits report
In 2016 Europe saw 668 tech acquisitions. With a Dealroom Premium account you can easily explore them in great detail. Here are several useful links to see how (available to all users): In total, 2016 saw 668 tech exits, compared with 727 exits in 2015 Exits includes strategic acquisitions, buyouts, IPOs, and mergers It includes VC backed and not VC backed deals We excluded a few big outside tech deals (traditional telco…