Foraged raised a $2.7M seed after repeat customers grew over 1,000% in a year
Foraged, a marketplace selling wild and specialty foods direct from small producers, raised a $2.7M seed led by Bessemer after revenue grew over 400% in a year.
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2,000 게시된 사례 · 정기 업데이트Fly Now Pay Later paused lending and new customers after raising nearly $180M
London travel buy-now-pay-later firm Fly Now Pay Later stopped lending and onboarding, saying it was making improvements, with no restart date given.
사례 읽기Fi launched the first dog collar on Starlink's direct-to-cell network, the $199 Fi Ultra
Fi's Fi Ultra tracks dogs beyond cell towers using Starlink direct-to-cell, just after rival Tractive shut down Whistle's devices.
사례 읽기FarmWorks raised $4.1M and turned its farms into training centres to scale out-growers
Kenyan agtech FarmWorks raised a $4.1M pre-Series A and stopped growing crops on its own farms to focus on an out-grower scheme with 2,000+ smallholders.
사례 읽기Farmblox let farmers install its solar sensor hub themselves and raised a $2.5M seed
Farmblox bet farmers will adopt a cheap solar hub that reads their existing sensors if they install it without white-glove service; 55 farms in 18 months.
사례 읽기Exhale Home launched a $199-a-month home-manager membership in Raleigh and signed 65 homes
Ex-Primo Water CEO Matt Sheehan bet busy Triangle homeowners will pay $199 a month for a home manager and on-demand handymen; Exhale had raised $1.9M.
사례 읽기Euler Motors laid off 10% of staff six months after a $60M Series C
Delhi EV maker Euler Motors cut about 10% of its roughly 500 staff in April 2023, citing restructuring; FY22 losses had jumped nearly 90% to Rs 36.3 crore.
사례 읽기Ethos went public at $19 a share after prioritising profitability when funding dried up
Life-insurance platform Ethos listed on Nasdaq in January 2026, raising about $200M; its CEO says a 2022 push to profitability set it apart from fading rivals.
사례 읽기Entrée raised $2.5M in 2023 to bring Michelin-trained meal delivery beyond Chicago
Entrée, launched in Chicago in July 2022 with a French Laundry-led kitchen, reported 1,000+ users and a 40% reorder rate, then raised a $2.5M pre-seed.
사례 읽기EngFlow invested in tipi.build and launched CMake RE, a remote C++ build beta
EngFlow made a rare startup-to-startup investment in Swiss tipi.build and launched a beta remote execution service for C++ CMake builds.
사례 읽기Enerpoly opened a zinc-ion battery megafactory in Sweden in 2024 to take on lithium-ion
Swedish startup Enerpoly opened a plant near Stockholm aiming for 100MWh by 2026; over EUR 8M of its ~EUR 15M raised came from a state agency.
사례 읽기ELSA raises $23M Series C and launches an AI tutor built on its speech data
English-learning app ELSA raised $23M led by UOB Venture Management and launched an AI Tutor built on years of its speech data to coach pronunciation and tone.
사례 읽기DroneUp shut Walmart drone delivery in three states in 2024, cutting 17% of staff
Walmart and DroneUp ended drone deliveries in Arizona, Utah and Florida, closing 18 hubs; at about $30 a delivery against a sub-$7 goal it was unsustainable.
사례 읽기DeepL cut about 250 jobs, a quarter of staff, in 2026 to become an 'AI native' company
CEO Jarek Kutylowski said the cuts move the $2B-valued translation startup to smaller high-agency teams where AI handles routine work.
사례 읽기CureFit laid off about 120 staff in restructuring aimed at full profitability in FY25
Cult.fit parent CureFit cut about 120 jobs in January 2024, saying it aims for full profitability in FY25 after an FY23 loss of around INR 500 crore.
사례 읽기Crediverso raised $3.5M in 2023 to add My Pocket Lawyer, a generative-AI legal tool
Having served the US Latino community on credit, Crediverso raised $3.5M led by Torch and Gaingels to launch an AI legal assistant now in private beta.
사례 읽기Coversure raised $4M to build insurance engagement before pushing sales
Mumbai insurtech Coversure raised a $4M pre-Series A led by Enam Holdings, betting it should solve consumer insurance problems before pushing sales.
사례 읽기Coverdash took a $13.5M Series A in 2024 it didn't need, to land bigger embedded partners
With 100+ embedded partners and a path to profit, Coverdash raised $13.5M led by Nyca to onboard bigger partners faster rather than risk losing them.
사례 읽기Companion opened reservations in 2023 for a $49-a-month AI device for dogs
With $14M raised, Companion began taking reservations for a treat-dispensing device that plays commands, trains dogs and watches for pain or anxiety.
사례 읽기Cognichip raises $60M for a chip-design AI model it says cuts costs by over 75%
Cognichip raised $60M led by Seligman Ventures, with Intel's CEO joining its board, but has no chip designed with its system yet and names no customers.
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