€20M–€100M

London Beauty Tech Startup Fresha Raises $80m from KKR to Achieve Unicorn Status

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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.

Warsaw AI Startup Viktor Raises €64.7 Million in Series A to Expand Enterprise Agent Platform

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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.

Portuguese Festive Lighting Company Launches Ice Show Expansion Into Spain

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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 Secures $28 Million Series B to Expand Automated Electronics Manufacturing Across US and Europe

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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.

Swedish AI Patent Firm Stilta Secures Nearly 100 Million SEK from Andreessen Horowitz

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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 Platform Lexroom Secures €50 Million in Series B Funding

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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.