London-based Fresha, a beauty and wellness software startup providing appointment booking, payments and business management solutions for salons, spas and wellness operators, raised $80m from KKR at a valuation exceeding $1bn, achieving unicorn status. The company is already profitable and plans to use the capital for international expansion and AI tool development.
Viktor, a Warsaw and Munich-based AI startup that develops an AI coworker operating in Slack and Microsoft Teams, raised €64.7 million in Series A funding led by Accel. The company has reached €12.9 million revenue run rate within 10 weeks of public launch in February 2026 and serves over 2,000 organizations globally.
AM Experience by MK Illumination, a Portuguese company based in Braga specializing in festive illuminations and ice shows, reported 8 million euros in revenue for 2025, up from 6.8 million in 2024. The festive lighting division generated 5 million euros with 2.6 million from Spain operations. The company is expanding its ice show concept to Spain, launching in PuertoVenecia shopping center in Zaragoza in November with plans to expand to Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Corunha and Bilbao. The ice show is expected to attract 60,000 spectators and generate 1 million euros in revenue over seven weeks.
CircuitHub, a UK-based electronics manufacturing company with R&D roots in Cambridge and operations in London, raised $28 million led by Plural to expand its automated manufacturing facilities across the US and Europe. The company operates the Grid, an automated 5,000-square-foot factory that uses robotics, computer vision, and AI to produce circuit boards from design files in days rather than months. CircuitHub has delivered 2 million+ boards to 20,000 engineers and is positioned as the fastest-growing electronics manufacturer in the US.
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.
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.
GreenBone Ortho, an Italian biotech company specializing in bone regeneration, sent its innovative b.Bone bone substitute to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX CRS-34 on May 15-16, 2026. The experiment aims to test how human bone cells adhere, proliferate, and differentiate on the scaffold material in microgravity conditions. The research is a collaboration with San Martino Hospital and University of Genova, with technical partners Kayser Space and Comat providing the specialized equipment. Initial results are expected by end of 2026.
YEP Accelerator announced the opening of a new office in California and launched an international track for growth-stage Ukrainian startups seeking to scale into the US market. The five-week residency program includes coliving and coworking arrangements, access to major tech events, and connections with venture funds offering up to $1.8 million in potential investment. The program is supported by the Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Youropa, an Israeli real estate group, inaugurated a new office in Porto’s Boavista area. The company currently manages five projects under construction or delivery valued at 80 million euros, seven projects in commercialization, and over 100 units available for resale and rental. The group plans to complete six projects in 2026 with over 150 units and deliver eight additional projects by year-end, totaling over 280 units. Youropa also expects to secure over 30 million euros in financing by end of 2026.
Portuguese investor António Moreira, through UK-based ALM Investment Holding, has made a proposal to acquire 85% of Azores Airlines for 17 million euros with a commitment to invest up to 500 million euros following debt restructuring. The privatization process has attracted 6-8 interested parties including Icelandair and Binter.