startups.centerhttps://startups.center/Center of Startup CompaniesVideoVisit: Finnish virtual-care startup sells to Main Capital for Nordic buy-and-buildhttps://startups.center/w/videovisit-2022-main-capital-acquisitionhttps://startups.center/w/videovisit-2022-main-capital-acquisitionDutch investor Main Capital bought Finland's VideoVisit in April 2022 — its first Finnish bet — to roll up European virtual care from 200+ municipal customers.Vertice buys Vendr to fuse $75B of spend data into AI procurement agentshttps://startups.center/w/vertice-2026-vendr-acquisitionhttps://startups.center/w/vertice-2026-vendr-acquisitionUK AI procurement platform Vertice bought US software-pricing peer Vendr, combining $75B+ in spend data and 250,000 negotiated contracts with AI agents.Cloudera bought model-ops startup Verta to bolt AI onto its data platformhttps://startups.center/w/verta-2024-cloudera-acquisitionhttps://startups.center/w/verta-2024-cloudera-acquisitionVerta evolved from ML model management into an LLM control centre — and Cloudera, chasing AI relevance, acquired it in June 2024.Umiami raised €32.5M more to take additive-free plant-based fillets to the UShttps://startups.center/w/umiami-2023-umisation-series-ahttps://startups.center/w/umiami-2023-umisation-series-aThe French foodtech's 'umisation' texturising process makes whole-cut plant-based fillets with under 10 ingredients — now scaling in Alsace and the US.Tonx sold to Blue Bottle rather than raise a round — and let its brand sunsethttps://startups.center/w/tonx-2014-blue-bottle-acquisitionhttps://startups.center/w/tonx-2014-blue-bottle-acquisitionThe subscription startup Tonx joined Blue Bottle in April 2014, choosing the roaster's resources over a VC round; shipments continued before the brand sunset.Swiggy pulls grocery marketplace from 100 cities to bet on dark stores (Instamart)https://startups.center/w/swiggy-2020-grocery-marketplace-exithttps://startups.center/w/swiggy-2020-grocery-marketplace-exitIn December 2020 Swiggy shut its marketplace grocery and fresh produce in about 100 cities, betting dark stores under Instamart would beat listing local shops.Spectarium raised €5M to let AI tailor a mythological RPG to each playerhttps://startups.center/w/spectarium-2023-ai-storytelling-seedhttps://startups.center/w/spectarium-2023-ai-storytelling-seedBitkraft led a €5M seed for Spectarium's Myths, a cross-platform ARPG where AI is the narrative backbone, dynamically tailoring story to each player.Slash: Delhi UPI fintech, starved of Series A cash, sold asset-only to Finix Partnershttps://startups.center/w/slash-india-2023-finix-asset-salehttps://startups.center/w/slash-india-2023-finix-asset-saleDelhi fintech Slash, unable to raise a Series A, sold its assets to BharatPe cofounder Bhavik Koladiya's family office; founders, staff and investors exited.Nilekani-backed ShopX shut down and filed for insolvency after a failed pivothttps://startups.center/w/shopx-2022-b2b-commerce-insolvencyhttps://startups.center/w/shopx-2022-b2b-commerce-insolvencyShopX 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.MacPaw is shutting Setapp Mobile, its EU alternative app store, after Apple fee shiftshttps://startups.center/w/setapp-mobile-2026-eu-store-shutdownhttps://startups.center/w/setapp-mobile-2026-eu-store-shutdownSetapp 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.ONE's founder returned as CEO a year after being replaced, with fresh fundinghttps://startups.center/w/our-next-energy-2025-founder-returnhttps://startups.center/w/our-next-energy-2025-founder-returnAfter a Series C collapse, 25% layoffs and a year under a manufacturing veteran, Our Next Energy brought founder Mujeeb Ijaz back as CEO.OkCredit pulled the plug on OKShop to chase fintech after a 40% layoff roundhttps://startups.center/w/okcredit-2022-okshop-shutdown-fintech-focushttps://startups.center/w/okcredit-2022-okshop-shutdown-fintech-focusTiger Global-backed OkCredit shut its merchant e-commerce tool OKShop in April 2022, refocusing on fintech after a 40% layoff and a failed fundraise.Sega's Yakuza director founded NetEase-funded Nagoshi Studio in Tokyohttps://startups.center/w/nagoshi-studio-2022-netease-freedom-bethttps://startups.center/w/nagoshi-studio-2022-netease-freedom-betToshihiro Nagoshi left Sega in October 2021 and launched Nagoshi Studio in January 2022, wholly funded by NetEase and staffed with Yakuza veterans.Moneyhub killed its consumer app to chase B2B open finance, cutting 36 roleshttps://startups.center/w/moneyhub-2025-d2c-exithttps://startups.center/w/moneyhub-2025-d2c-exitUK open-banking fintech Moneyhub began winding down its direct-to-consumer app in February 2025, refocusing on B2B products and cutting ~30% of staff.Linktree bought scheduler Plann to fold social scheduling into its link-in-biohttps://startups.center/w/linktree-2024-plann-scheduling-acquisitionhttps://startups.center/w/linktree-2024-plann-scheduling-acquisitionLinktree's fourth acquisition folds Plann's social media scheduling — its most requested feature — into a link-in-bio platform used by 50M creators.Flex-space player Incuspaze bought data startup VSKOUT to court global firmshttps://startups.center/w/incuspaze-2025-vskout-acquisitionhttps://startups.center/w/incuspaze-2025-vskout-acquisitionWorkspace provider Incuspaze acquired CRE analytics platform VSKOUT in July 2025 for a GCC vertical — its second acquisition in weeks, ahead of IPO talks.Foyer raised $6.2M to build a 401(k) for home down paymentshttps://startups.center/w/foyer-2025-homeownership-savings-bethttps://startups.center/w/foyer-2025-homeownership-savings-betEx-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.CloudKitchens shut its KitchenPlus brand in India after three unprofitable yearshttps://startups.center/w/cloudkitchens-2023-india-exithttps://startups.center/w/cloudkitchens-2023-india-exitTravis 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.Avallain bought TeacherMatic to hand teachers a curriculum-aligned AI toolsethttps://startups.center/w/avallain-2024-teachermatic-acquisitionhttps://startups.center/w/avallain-2024-teachermatic-acquisitionSwiss edtech Avallain acquired UK startup TeacherMatic in March 2024, adding click-to-generate lesson plans and quizzes for educators to its publisher platform.Hims & Hers shut Apostrophe, the acne telehealth startup it bought in 2021https://startups.center/w/apostrophe-2025-hims-shutdownhttps://startups.center/w/apostrophe-2025-hims-shutdownFour years after acquiring Apostrophe, Hims & Hers discontinued the personalized acne business to fold dermatology into one seamless experience.