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Dutch investor Main Capital bought Finland's VideoVisit in April 2022 — its first Finnish bet — to roll up European virtual care from 200+ municipal customers.
Leer el casoUK AI procurement platform Vertice bought US software-pricing peer Vendr, combining $75B+ in spend data and 250,000 negotiated contracts with AI agents.
Leer el casoVerta evolved from ML model management into an LLM control centre — and Cloudera, chasing AI relevance, acquired it in June 2024.
Leer el casoThe French foodtech's 'umisation' texturising process makes whole-cut plant-based fillets with under 10 ingredients — now scaling in Alsace and the US.
Leer el casoThe subscription startup Tonx joined Blue Bottle in April 2014, choosing the roaster's resources over a VC round; shipments continued before the brand sunset.
Leer el casoIn December 2020 Swiggy shut its marketplace grocery and fresh produce in about 100 cities, betting dark stores under Instamart would beat listing local shops.
Leer el casoBitkraft led a €5M seed for Spectarium's Myths, a cross-platform ARPG where AI is the narrative backbone, dynamically tailoring story to each player.
Leer el casoDelhi fintech Slash, unable to raise a Series A, sold its assets to BharatPe cofounder Bhavik Koladiya's family office; founders, staff and investors exited.
Leer el casoShopX raised $54M-plus at a $100M valuation to run assisted e-commerce for kiranas, then pivoted, ran out of runway, and filed for insolvency in 2022.
Leer el casoSetapp Mobile, one of the first EU alternative app stores under the DMA, launched in September 2024 and will remove all its apps by February 16, 2026.
Leer el casoAfter a Series C collapse, 25% layoffs and a year under a manufacturing veteran, Our Next Energy brought founder Mujeeb Ijaz back as CEO.
Leer el casoTiger Global-backed OkCredit shut its merchant e-commerce tool OKShop in April 2022, refocusing on fintech after a 40% layoff and a failed fundraise.
Leer el casoToshihiro Nagoshi left Sega in October 2021 and launched Nagoshi Studio in January 2022, wholly funded by NetEase and staffed with Yakuza veterans.
Leer el casoUK open-banking fintech Moneyhub began winding down its direct-to-consumer app in February 2025, refocusing on B2B products and cutting ~30% of staff.
Leer el casoLinktree's fourth acquisition folds Plann's social media scheduling — its most requested feature — into a link-in-bio platform used by 50M creators.
Leer el casoWorkspace provider Incuspaze acquired CRE analytics platform VSKOUT in July 2025 for a GCC vertical — its second acquisition in weeks, ahead of IPO talks.
Leer el casoEx-Better.com product lead Landy Liu shelved his own home purchase to build Foyer, a guided down-payment savings platform, and raised a $6.2M seed.
Leer el casoTravis Kalanick's CloudKitchens laid off its 40-person India team and shut KitchenPlus in December 2022, with 30 of 80 kitchens taken over by Speed Kitchen.
Leer el casoSwiss edtech Avallain acquired UK startup TeacherMatic in March 2024, adding click-to-generate lesson plans and quizzes for educators to its publisher platform.
Leer el casoFour years after acquiring Apostrophe, Hims & Hers discontinued the personalized acne business to fold dermatology into one seamless experience.
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