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Clutch co-founder Madison Long sold the $2M-raised marketplace to Plaiced, saying a partner could take it further as GenAI reshaped content creation.
Lire le casFounders who ran an insurer and hit slow, error-prone claims agencies launched ClaimSorted, raising a $3M pre-seed led by firstminute capital with Y Combinator.
Lire le casBackground-check platform Checkr laid off 382 people across all departments, saying economic conditions had hurt customers' hiring, and gave no runway details.
Lire le casHealth AI startup Cercle debuted in November 2023, led by Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, partnering with US Fertility's 100+ clinics and Eurofins Genoma.
Lire le casUK fresh-dog-food subscription Butternut Box said in September 2023 it was raising £280M led by General Atlantic and L Catterton to expand across Europe.
Lire le casBumble said on its Q2 2026 call that its new Plans app showed promising early results, and it is building a model to replace swiping, with revenue down 15.2%.
Lire le casBlush raised a $7M seed in LA, betting digital roses redeemable at local businesses plus in-person events make dating feel more rewarding and real.
Lire le casBlueQubit, founded by Stanford alumni, raised a $10M seed led by Nyca for a quantum-software platform; it says its emulators run 100x faster than common ones.
Lire le casBeing starts users from how they feel, not a diagnosis, with $9.99 and $19.99 tiers; it showed at TechCrunch Disrupt's Battlefield 200 while closing a $3M seed.
Lire le casLondon HR tech scale-up Beamery told staff it would lay off over a tenth of its workforce, blaming inflation, energy costs, interest rates and sparser funding.
Lire le casBabbel acquired Toucan's tech, not its team, after the $30M-funded startup shut down, and made its paid features free as a referral engine for Babbel.
Lire le casAmazon Grocery launched with 1,000+ items, mostly under $5, merging two private labels to rival Walmart's Great Value and Target's Favorite Day.
Lire le casIn April 2022 Amazon rebranded ad-supported IMDb TV as Freevee, pitching half the ads of traditional TV and a 70% bigger original slate by year-end.
Lire le casAkili, maker of the FDA-cleared video game EndeavorRx, laid off 46% of staff and reworked its Shionogi deal as reimbursement for digital therapeutics lagged.
Lire le casMunich's Ahron, founded late 2025, raised €2.2M led by Cusp Capital for an AI-agent layer over existing HR software, and says it passed €1M ARR this year.
Lire le casAgility parted with staff not central to product development and commercialization while hiring for Digit production, after Amazon's pilots ended.
Lire le casFounded in October 2023, After makes users pick a reason before swiping again once a match expires, sending the other person a kind closure message.
Lire le casEmbedded-insurance API startup Zopper let go about 100 employees from January to April 2025, five months after raising $25M.
Lire le casThe furnished-rental startup, valued at $205M in 2019, told landlords in November 2023 it could no longer make payments on homes, The Information reported.
Lire le casD2C meat seller Zappfresh was 52% subscribed on its closing day in September 2025, extended the offer, cut the band to ₹95-100 and debuted at ₹120 on BSE SME.
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