i5invest Europe || EU Tech M&A Tracker

Key M&A highlights in European robotics:

• Munich-based Agile Robots acquires Thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering assets in Europe & North America,...

Unilever acquires Grüns for $1.2 billion, enabling the founder to mint a fortune in a major tech M&A liquidity event.

Deep Tech Exit Pathways

• 🔥 Anatomy of 4 M&A Paths: A case-study guide details strategic acquisition, industrial scale, and public-market...

Case-study guide to deep tech M&A exits:

• Strategic acquisition
• Industrial scale
• Public-market liquidity
  Essential comps for EU strategics in Paris/Berlin hubs.

Cross-border pressures hit EU quantum hubs:

• Finland's IQM and France's Pasqal, Europe's largest quantum firms, announce US stock market listings.
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Infra secondaries buyers seek scarce opportunities, accessing unique assets harder to enter in primary markets, panellists noted at PEI Group's Infrastructure summit.

Zurich cross-border M&A: Singapore's Staynex acquires Sleap.io for $15M, gaining hotel booking tech and European footprint.

• Integrates Sleap's...

Completed European Deals

• 🔥 Wolters Kluwer acquires Libra Technology: Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory has completed the previously announced...

Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory completes acquisition of Berlin-based Libra Technology GmbH, a provider of AI technology. Dutch bolt-on bolsters Legal tech in Berlin's AI hub.

Rising secondaries activity gets data boost: MSCI buys PM Insights for daily pricing/liquidity data on $5.5T private equity market.

Key trends:
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• Sharpened investor discipline: Past FOMO, now prioritizing ROI, defensibility, and targeted apps like fraud detection.
• Booming capital: Global...

US giant Uber is acquiring Berlin-founded Blacklane (2011), a global chauffeur app in 500+ cities across 60+ countries, to expand into executive...

Practical steps for European tech teams to boost exit readiness:

• Convert LLC to corp early: Avoids closing delays, tax hits from buyer demands.
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UK merger enforcement evolved in three eras:

• 2003-17 Tradition: Stable outcomes, low foreign intervention.
• 2018-23 Disruption: Spike in deal...

Swiss giant Zurich agreed to acquire UK-based Beazley for ~$11B, strengthening its cyberinsurance position amid 38 cybersecurity M&A deals in March 2026.

Cross-Border Deal Approvals

• 🔥 Rocket Lab-Mynaric Acquisition: Rocket Lab's acquisition of Mynaric, a German laser communication terminal...

Direct liquid cooling surges in attention as AI workloads explode and sustainability sharpens, with 10 ways detailed by Schneider experts: 7 design factors and 3 operational choices to cut energy/water use.

Q1 2026 market shocks are reshaping private asset valuations through higher discount rates, credit stress, and geopolitical risk pressures.

US payments fintech Shift4 (FOUR) trades at a discounted 0.40 PEG ratio amid multi-million dollar insider buying.

Key highlights:

• $2.5B Global Blue...

Essential fintech comps dataset tracks valuation multiples for 416 companies across 9 niches, covering public, private, and M&A transactions. Prime benchmarking tool for EU exits.