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Dutch investor Main Capital bought Finland's VideoVisit in April 2022 — its first Finnish bet — to roll up European virtual care from 200+ municipal customers.
Ler o casoUK AI procurement platform Vertice bought US software-pricing peer Vendr, combining $75B+ in spend data and 250,000 negotiated contracts with AI agents.
Ler o casoVerta evolved from ML model management into an LLM control centre — and Cloudera, chasing AI relevance, acquired it in June 2024.
Ler o casoThe French foodtech's 'umisation' texturising process makes whole-cut plant-based fillets with under 10 ingredients — now scaling in Alsace and the US.
Ler o casoThe subscription startup Tonx joined Blue Bottle in April 2014, choosing the roaster's resources over a VC round; shipments continued before the brand sunset.
Ler o casoIn December 2020 Swiggy shut its marketplace grocery and fresh produce in about 100 cities, betting dark stores under Instamart would beat listing local shops.
Ler o casoBitkraft led a €5M seed for Spectarium's Myths, a cross-platform ARPG where AI is the narrative backbone, dynamically tailoring story to each player.
Ler o casoDelhi fintech Slash, unable to raise a Series A, sold its assets to BharatPe cofounder Bhavik Koladiya's family office; founders, staff and investors exited.
Ler o casoShopX raised $54M-plus at a $100M valuation to run assisted e-commerce for kiranas, then pivoted, ran out of runway, and filed for insolvency in 2022.
Ler o casoSetapp Mobile, one of the first EU alternative app stores under the DMA, launched in September 2024 and will remove all its apps by February 16, 2026.
Ler o casoAfter a Series C collapse, 25% layoffs and a year under a manufacturing veteran, Our Next Energy brought founder Mujeeb Ijaz back as CEO.
Ler o casoTiger Global-backed OkCredit shut its merchant e-commerce tool OKShop in April 2022, refocusing on fintech after a 40% layoff and a failed fundraise.
Ler o casoToshihiro Nagoshi left Sega in October 2021 and launched Nagoshi Studio in January 2022, wholly funded by NetEase and staffed with Yakuza veterans.
Ler o casoUK open-banking fintech Moneyhub began winding down its direct-to-consumer app in February 2025, refocusing on B2B products and cutting ~30% of staff.
Ler o casoLinktree's fourth acquisition folds Plann's social media scheduling — its most requested feature — into a link-in-bio platform used by 50M creators.
Ler o casoWorkspace provider Incuspaze acquired CRE analytics platform VSKOUT in July 2025 for a GCC vertical — its second acquisition in weeks, ahead of IPO talks.
Ler o casoEx-Better.com product lead Landy Liu shelved his own home purchase to build Foyer, a guided down-payment savings platform, and raised a $6.2M seed.
Ler o casoTravis Kalanick's CloudKitchens laid off its 40-person India team and shut KitchenPlus in December 2022, with 30 of 80 kitchens taken over by Speed Kitchen.
Ler o casoSwiss edtech Avallain acquired UK startup TeacherMatic in March 2024, adding click-to-generate lesson plans and quizzes for educators to its publisher platform.
Ler o casoFour years after acquiring Apostrophe, Hims & Hers discontinued the personalized acne business to fold dermatology into one seamless experience.
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