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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.
Ler o casoThe 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.
Ler o casoIn its Q1 FY27 letter, Urban Company called instant services' pricing 'unsustainable' and InstaHelp 'a retention mechanic' — while the stock jumped 17.7%.
Ler o casoFour footwear-industry veterans launched Solethreads in 2018 with Superfoam flip-flops, and reached ₹1 crore revenue within seven months of launch.
Ler o casoTrained 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.
Ler o casoRappibank, the delivery super-app's digital bank, won Brazil with no fees and aggressive cashback — then abruptly cancelled credit cards as it repositioned.
Ler o casoRavi Gururaj's 2016 seed from Accel, Flipkart, Foxconn and Ratan Tata bought 650 lockers across six cities — and almost no operating revenue by FY18.
Ler o casoIn 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.
Ler o casoThe payroll app for Indian small businesses shipped a glitchy fingerprint attendance feature, then cut nearly all sales and marketing to stretch its cash.
Ler o casoFresh 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.
Ler o casoAfter 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.
Ler o casoGoldwind bought 349MW of Argentine wind farms for $25M, then watched currency crises, frozen loans and lockdowns break its build-then-sell model.
Ler o casoWith 55% of Vietnam's electronics retail, DMX took its playbook to Indonesia via EraBlue — first profit in 2025, 1,000 stores targeted by 2030.
Ler o casoIn December 2021 Cyworld Z and Hancom relaunched Korea's fallen social network as 'Cyworld Hancom Town' — a 3D metaverse where users become creators.
Ler o casoPorto 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.
Ler o casoIn June 2023 Carrefour Brasil began recruiting franchisees for Express minimarkets at R$150K initial investment — a heavyweight-grocer first in decades.
Ler o casoOne of Australia's first four licensed neobanks couldn't raise in the pandemic market, handed its banking licence back and returned $100M to customers.
Ler o casoAfter metro cannibalisation compressed growth, Tata's Trent reset Zudio toward tier II/III cities with different economics, under a 60x valuation.
Ler o casoThe world's largest solar-and-subsea-cable project, backed by Forrest and Cannon-Brookes, stalled when its billionaire backers could not agree on funding.
Ler o casoSPC, 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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