Zebpay shut India's largest crypto exchange overnight, blaming the RBI's banking ban
On 28 September 2018 the 3-million-user exchange emailed users that its exchange business was stopping that same day, citing the RBI's curb on bank accounts.
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2,000 게시된 사례 · 정기 업데이트Indiabulls' Meesho-style app Yaari laid off 60% of staff within a year of launch
The social commerce app pivoted B2B to B2C, ran a Rs 9-199 sale it couldn't fulfil, then cut ~150 of 250-300 jobs; its tech team has been absorbed by Dhani.
사례 읽기Urban Company said InstaHelp was never meant to be judged as a business
In its Q1 FY27 letter, Urban Company called instant services' pricing 'unsustainable' and InstaHelp 'a retention mechanic' — while the stock jumped 17.7%.
사례 읽기Solethreads bet patented foam could brand India's unbranded chappal
Four footwear-industry veterans launched Solethreads in 2018 with Superfoam flip-flops, and reached ₹1 crore revenue within seven months of launch.
사례 읽기Scatter Lab suspended its Lee Luda chatbot after three weeks of hate speech
Trained on 100 billion KakaoTalk messages, the AI 'friend' drew 750,000 users in three weeks — then spewed hate speech and was pulled on 12 January 2021.
사례 읽기Rappi's Brazilian bank cancelled customers' Visa Gold cards without warning
Rappibank, the delivery super-app's digital bank, won Brazil with no fees and aggressive cashback — then abruptly cancelled credit cards as it repositioned.
사례 읽기Qikpod's $9M smart-locker bet: 3 years, 650 lockers, Rs 1.26 lakh of core revenue
Ravi Gururaj's 2016 seed from Accel, Flipkart, Foxconn and Ratan Tata bought 650 lockers across six cities — and almost no operating revenue by FY18.
사례 읽기Banned at home by Seoul's regulator, robo adviser QARASoft heads overseas (interview)
In a Korea Herald interview, co-CEO Byun Chang-hwan recounts the FSS suspension of QARA — and why Kosho launches in the US, UK and Singapore first.
사례 읽기Sequoia-backed PagarBook laid off 80+ staff while Indian startup funding boomed
The payroll app for Indian small businesses shipped a glitchy fingerprint attendance feature, then cut nearly all sales and marketing to stretch its cash.
사례 읽기Nubank pushed beyond credit cards in Mexico with IPO cash (interview)
Fresh off a $2.6B IPO, Nu México's CEO laid out plans to turn 760,000 credit-card holders into a full financial portfolio, via a sofipo acquisition.
사례 읽기Nestaway, burnt by home rentals, bets its second act on co-living brand The Hello World
After losses more than doubled to Rs 157 crore and customers revolted over deposits, it aggregated ~10,000 co-living beds in four months as The Hello World.
사례 읽기Goldwind's build-then-sell wind model broke against Argentina's chaos
Goldwind bought 349MW of Argentine wind farms for $25M, then watched currency crises, frozen loans and lockdowns break its build-then-sell model.
사례 읽기DMX bet Indonesia wants a second Dien May Xanh, in half the time
With 55% of Vietnam's electronics retail, DMX took its playbook to Indonesia via EraBlue — first profit in 2025, 1,000 stores targeted by 2030.
사례 읽기Cyworld returned as a metaverse to reclaim its 32-million-user glory days
In December 2021 Cyworld Z and Hancom relaunched Korea's fallen social network as 'Cyworld Hancom Town' — a 3D metaverse where users become creators.
사례 읽기Conecta, Brazil's first MVNO, shut down after six years stuck under 0.4% of the market
Porto Seguro, Brazil's largest insurer, launched the country's first MVNO in 2012; in 2018 it shut the unit down and TIM absorbed its 735,018 connections.
사례 읽기Carrefour took its Express convenience brand to Brazil's franchise market
In June 2023 Carrefour Brasil began recruiting franchisees for Express minimarkets at R$150K initial investment — a heavyweight-grocer first in decades.
사례 읽기Volt Bank, one of Australia's first licensed neobanks, shut down and returned $100M
One of Australia's first four licensed neobanks couldn't raise in the pandemic market, handed its banking licence back and returned $100M to customers.
사례 읽기Trent admitted Zudio over-expanded in metros and pivoted to smaller cities
After metro cannibalisation compressed growth, Tata's Trent reset Zudio toward tier II/III cities with different economics, under a 60x valuation.
사례 읽기Sun Cable's A$30B Australia–Singapore solar link collapsed into administration
The world's largest solar-and-subsea-cable project, backed by Forrest and Cannon-Brookes, stalled when its billionaire backers could not agree on funding.
사례 읽기SPC's Eggslut launch drew 300-strong queues — its next Shake Shack-style import
SPC, which won Shake Shack's Korea rights over 30 rivals, launched Eggslut at COEX in July 2020 — 300 people queued on day one.
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