How businesses began, found their footing and faced what came next.
The full archive, in the appFrustrated by insurer partnerships that took years to act, the driver-safety analytics startup spun out Fairmatic — $42M Series A, data-priced fleet insurance.
Read the caseAfter dodging a failed SPAC acquisition, smart-bus startup Zeelo bought Kura, merging school-transport safeguarding software into a 40,000-rider platform.
Read the caseThe embedded-finance provider killed a well-liked open-banking app with a few hundred SME users because a B2B platform company cannot serve consumers directly.
Read the caseSPD had been the startup's flagship customer since 2021; days after GeekWire reported the trial, the department discontinued it, citing reactions to coverage.
Read the caseTwo years after buying the satellite-IoT startup, SpaceX is ending Swarm device sales, planning a modem compatible with its Direct to Cell network.
Read the caseAcquired in 2021 to bring Indian small businesses to video commerce, Simsim lost Rs 157 crore on Rs 18 crore revenue and stops taking orders from 31 March 2023.
Read the casePMI launched UK life insurer Reviti, cutting premiums for smokers who switch to its heated-tobacco device or quit — insurance as a smoke-free pivot lever.
Read the caseTen years after co-founding Opendoor, Eric Wu cut his operational ties per an SEC filing, leaving an advisor role as the iBuyer fought a near-8% rate market.
Read the caseAfter Ola Cafes and Foodpanda India failed, Ola put its ~50 cloud kitchens' equipment up for sale at 30–50% discounts to focus on quick-commerce unit Ola Dash.
Read the caseParas Chopra's digital-health startup could not turn AI habit-building into a VC-scale business, pivoted once, and shut down returning most of the round.
Read the caseThe Kickstarter shower-head maker backed by Tim Cook and Eric Schmidt's family office sold to bidet maker Brondell; terms were not disclosed.
Read the caseThe French TV-as-an-app company opened a B2B division, Molotov Solutions, running white-label OTT platforms for media and telecom firms — its BAMTech moment.
Read the caseIndia's API banking infrastructure startup consolidated cards, BNPL and three acquisitions into a core lending stack, expecting lending to reach 25% of revenue.
Read the caseBelgian startup furnishing workplaces by subscription with sustainable European furniture — €5M installed in four countries — picks the UK as its next market.
Read the caseThe Münster AI skill-management startup acquired Berlin's Peers Solutions, inheriting clients including Volvo, TRUMPF and KUKA and a 13,000-competency database.
Read the caseTwo Arkansas graduates bootstrapped a game studio on contract work, shipped their first Steam title, and bet one fictional universe can cross-sell a catalog.
Read the caseGerman HR SaaS Zvoove made its second commercial-cleaning acquisition in a year, buying Fortytools, whose SaaS is used by some 500 cleaning companies.
Read the caseManchester content-curation platform Wakelet acquired Bulb, a digital portfolio provider used by teachers and job applicants in over 100 countries.
Read the caseAmsterdam's Timberhub manages procurement, payments and transport for timber buyers across 15 countries, betting wood demand doubles in a decade.
Read the caseA Teladoc still digesting its $18.5B Livongo bet bought Catapult Health — $30M revenue, all cash — to push into at-home preventive care.
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