SRS Legal advised on the entry of two new investors, Futurum Tech and Mikash Holding GmbH, into Portuguese sustainable food company Corial Foods through conversion of investment instruments. The operation reflects growing investor interest in Portuguese innovative and sustainable business projects.
Euronext, Europe’s leading continental stock exchange operator, reported strong Q1 2026 results with 16.7% net profit growth to 192.3 million euros and 15.3% revenue growth to 528.5 million euros. Equity market revenues surged 28.1% to 138.9 million euros, driven by high volatility and strong ETF growth, including contributions from the recently completed Athens Stock Exchange acquisition completed in late 2025. The company also noted benefits from the largest defense IPO in history (Czech Republic’s Czechoslovak Group) in January 2026.
Stilta, an AI company founded by Oskar Block, has raised nearly 100 million SEK from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The company focuses on using AI to manage and maintain patents. Block, who previously gained fame as a teenager for winning large sums on sports betting and later attended Y Combinator, left McKinsey to focus on the venture.
NEX Health Intelligence, a healthtech startup, has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding to develop an AI-powered infection intelligence platform designed to help hospitals detect, predict and prevent healthcare-associated infections. The platform has already supported infection safety across more than 40,000 patient admissions internationally and is currently working with NHS organisations in the UK and hospitals in Southeast Asia.
Lauxera has oversubscribed a 520 million euro fund aimed at accelerating European medtech companies’ expansion into the United States market.
Munich-based agri-PV startup Feldwerke secured €12 million in revolving credit facility financing from a French renewable energy debt fund. The facility will enable Feldwerke to construct approximately 100 MW of agrivoltaic installations over the next 18 months. Founded in 2023, Feldwerke has already installed over 20 MW of capacity and aims to reach 1 GW by 2030.
Kanara was selected as the only Spanish company to receive the EIC Pre-accelerator grant from the European Innovation Council, receiving €499,000 in funding. The selection was highly competitive, with only 70 companies chosen from over 1,000 applications.
LEADBAY raised €3.8 million to revolutionize sales intelligence by moving beyond traditional data sources like LinkedIn profiles, job postings, web traffic, technology stacks, marketing campaigns, and social media activity to capture a larger portion of the real economy.
Helsinki-based Retailgrid, an AI-powered retail technology startup, raised €358,000 in pre-seed funding to develop its cloud-based platform that helps mid-market retailers and FMCG companies move beyond spreadsheet-based workflows for pricing, assortment planning and forecasting decisions.
Milan-based legal AI company Lexroom raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Left Lane Capital. The company develops AI infrastructure for legal professionals using a proprietary database of over 6 million verified legal sources. The platform is used by over 8,000 law firms and corporate legal teams globally, with plans to expand across civil law jurisdictions in Europe starting with Spain and Germany.