Top 20 European Deals for 2012
| Deal No. | Amount Paid (USD) | Company | Investor/Buyer | Sector | Deal Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000,000,000 | NDS Group | Cisco | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 2 | $1,700,000,000 | Cable & Wireless Worldwide | Vodafone | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 3 | $479,800,000 | Bol.com | Royal Ahold | Ecommerce | Acquisition |
| 4 | $95,300,000 | Izeos | Newfund | Media | Investment |
| 5 | $64,000,000 | Just-Eat | Vitruvian Partners | Transactions | Investment |
| 6 | $51,800,000 | Picochip | Mindspeed Technologies | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 7 | $38,000,000 | Synchronica | Myriad Group | Mobile & Apps | Acquisition |
| 8 | $35,000,000 | BOKU | Consortium | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 9 | $33,000,000 | Delivery Hero | Consortium | Transactions | Investment |
| 10 | $32,000,000 | Viadeo | Consortium | Media | Investment |
| 11 | $30,000,000 | Wikimart | Tiger Global | Ecommerce | Investment |
| 12 | $26,500,000 | Integral | Sage Pay | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 13 | $25,000,000 | Unruly | Consortium | Marketing | Investment |
| 14 | $22,700,000 | Incite Marketing Planning | St Ives | Marketing | Acquisition |
| 15 | $21,000,000 | Tobii | Intel | Hardware & Infrastructure | Investment |
| 16 | $17,000,000 | Hailo | Consortium | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 17 | $16,568,000 | Takeaway.com | Prime Ventures | Transactions | Investment |
| 18 | $15,000,000 | myThings | Consortium | Marketing | Investment |
| 19 | $15,000,000 | SilverRail Technologies | Consortium | Software & Services | Investment |
| 20 | $13,000,000 | Intelligent Apps | Consortium | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
More information
- Cisco Buys NDS Group For $5B (Silicon Tap)
- Vodafone Buys Cable & Wireless For $1.7B, Gives Mobile Carrier Bigger Window On Enterprise, Broadband (Techcrunch)
- Royal Ahold acquires Bol.com (The Deal Pipiline)
- Izeos Receives Investment from Newfund (FinSMEs)
- Just-Eat raises $64m for acquisitions (Financial Times)
- Mindspeed Completes Picochip Buy (SoCal Tech)
- Mobile Messaging Consolidates: Myriad Group Buys Synchronica For $38M (Techcrunch)
- Mobile Payment Startup BOKU Raises A $35M Round. NEA, Telefonica Among The Investors (Techcrunch)
- Hot Berlin startup Delivery Hero raises €25m, expands online food ordering business through acquisitions (The Next Web)
- Viadeo Raises $32M To Expand Its Professional Social Network In China, Russia And Beyond (Techcrunch)
- Wikimart Raises $30 Million From Tiger Global And Others (Quintura)
- Sage Pay acquires Dublin company Integral for €20m (Silicon Republic)
- Unruly Raises $25M in First External Funding (FinSMEs)
- Incite sold to marketing services group St Ives in £17m deal (Research)
- Intel Capital Invests $21 Million In Swedish Eye-Tracking Tech Company Tobii (Techcrunch)
- Mobile Taxi Network Hailo Raises $17M From Accel And Atomico To Take On Uber In The U.S. (Techcrunch)
- Takeaway.com Picks Up €13 Million In Funding (Techcrunch)
- myThings Raises $15M in Funding (FinSMEs)
- SilverRail Technologies Raises $15M in Series B Funding (FinSMEs)
- Maker of taxi-ordering app myTaxi raises €10 million from Daimler, Lars Hinrichs (Techcrunch)



April 30, 2012 







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