How businesses began, found their footing and faced what came next.
The full archive, in the appHR platform Lattice said AI 'digital workers' would get onboarding, goals and a manager — then pulled the plan after three days of HR-professional backlash.
Read the caseBerlin proptech KUGU raised an €8.5M Series A to scale its energy-optimization platform from 12,000 to 50,000 buildings — with costs billed to tenants.
Read the caseManish Agarwal's Kratos Studios raised INR 160 Cr at INR 1,200 Cr led by Accel and acquired Web3 gaming DAO IndiGG via token swap.
Read the caseKlarna launched Kosma in April 2022 to take on Tink, Plaid and TrueLayer in open banking; 15 months later the brand was folded back under Klarna.
Read the caseChristian Selig's Juno filled Vision Pro's YouTube gap from February 2024 — until Google's trademark complaint got it pulled from the App Store in October.
Read the caseixigo's subsidiary is buying 60% of Spanish train OTA Trenes for €11.7M and 45% of AI firm Sqaas for €450K, taking India's rail playbook to Europe.
Read the caseHamburg mycelium startup InfiniteRoots acquired Bosque Foods to buy solid-state fermentation expertise and process data for industrial-scale foods.
Read the caseThe studio founded by creator HellHades raised $8M on top of $6M — with its own community a major contributor — ahead of Godforge's Q1 2026 launch.
Read the caseFresh out of Y Combinator, the French startup raised $3.9M for an agentless scanner that simulates API attacks inside CI/CD — 20 clients already.
Read the caseFounded by former TVS Motor EV head P Sanjeev, E3 Electric.Ai raised ₹100 Cr to launch AI-powered scooters — spending on IP and software, not assembly lines.
Read the caseDiscord replaced co-founder Jason Citron with ex-Activision Blizzard vice chairman Humam Sakhnini, signaling a gaming-first monetization push amid IPO rumors.
Read the caseDextrous Robotics lifted boxes with a pair of pressing sticks, then an aggressive 2022 expansion outran the funding market: insolvent by January 2024.
Read the caseIn his first interview as CEO, Dan Yates tells Axios he will streamline Dandelion, launch its own heat pumps and chase new-construction installs.
Read the caseProptech Crib acquired rent-financing startup CirclePe in July 2026 so tenants could skip upfront deposits and operators got rent paid upfront.
Read the caseKaran Bajaj and Trupti Mukker's Complement1 emerged from stealth with $16M to pair cancer patients with daily lifestyle coaching alongside oncology.
Read the casePriyanka Gill quit Kalaari Capital in February 2025 to found Coluxe, a lab-grown diamond jewellery brand with funding secured and a mid-2025 launch planned.
Read the caseThe listed Indian OTA bought the majority of a marketplace where hoteliers' five lowest offers compete for travellers, aiming to bulk up its hotel channel.
Read the caseWeeks after a $45M Series D, Capillary acquired Tenerity's Digital Connect to complete a full-suite loyalty platform and enter BFSI and telecom.
Read the caseFounded in 2021 by ex-Salesforce and SAP Ariba veterans, Cacheflow raised $16M to fix B2B software selling — and sold to HubSpot three years in.
Read the caseMateusz Kanik, 15 years at the Cyberpunk 2077 studio, and colleagues started Blank. in 2023, betting on a character-driven apocalypse story over open worlds.
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