Zendrive spun its driver data into Fairmatic, an insurer that prices monthly
Frustrated by insurer partnerships that took years to act, the driver-safety analytics startup spun out Fairmatic — $42M Series A, data-priced fleet insurance.
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500 已发布案例 · 定期更新Zeelo bought Kura to add safeguarding tech to its smart-bus network
After dodging a failed SPAC acquisition, smart-bus startup Zeelo bought Kura, merging school-transport safeguarding software into a 40,000-rider platform.
阅读案例Weavr bought payments app Comma and shut it eight months later to go API-only
The 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.
阅读案例Truleo's anchor customer, Seattle police, dropped its body-cam AI pilot after press
SPD had been the startup's flagship customer since 2021; days after GeekWire reported the trial, the department discontinued it, citing reactions to coverage.
阅读案例SpaceX's Swarm stopped selling its IoT devices as Direct to Cell loomed
Two years after buying the satellite-IoT startup, SpaceX is ending Swarm device sales, planning a modem compatible with its Direct to Cell network.
阅读案例YouTube shut Simsim, the $70M Indian social commerce bet, after two loss-making years
Acquired 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.
阅读案例Philip Morris launched a life insurer that discounts smokers who switch or quit
PMI 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.
阅读案例Opendoor co-founder Eric Wu stepped down to build startups as rates neared 8%
Ten 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.
阅读案例Ola retreated from food delivery a third time to bet on quick commerce
After 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.
阅读案例Nintee shuts down after a year — Wingify founder Chopra returns unspent VC money
Paras 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.
阅读案例Nebia, the Tim Cook-backed shower startup, sold to Mark Cuban's Brondell
The Kickstarter shower-head maker backed by Tim Cook and Eric Schmidt's family office sold to bidet maker Brondell; terms were not disclosed.
阅读案例Molotov, France's TV streaming pioneer, started selling its platform to other broadcasters
The 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.
阅读案例M2P Fintech bets big on lending: one core lending stack instead of four or five LMS
India's API banking infrastructure startup consolidated cards, BNPL and three acquisitions into a core lending stack, expecting lending to reach 25% of revenue.
阅读案例Enky takes its circular furniture subscription from Belgium into the UK
Belgian startup furnishing workplaces by subscription with sustainable European furniture — €5M installed in four countries — picks the UK as its next market.
阅读案例Edyoucated bought Peers Solutions to bundle 100,000 DACH users into its skills platform
The Münster AI skill-management startup acquired Berlin's Peers Solutions, inheriting clients including Volvo, TRUMPF and KUKA and a 13,000-competency database.
阅读案例Causeway Studios bets a shared-universe game catalog can survive the Steam flood
Two Arkansas graduates bootstrapped a game studio on contract work, shipped their first Steam title, and bet one fictional universe can cross-sell a catalog.
阅读案例Zvoove bought Fortytools to reach small cleaning firms its ERP missed
German HR SaaS Zvoove made its second commercial-cleaning acquisition in a year, buying Fortytools, whose SaaS is used by some 500 cleaning companies.
阅读案例Wakelet bought digital portfolio maker Bulb to push deeper into edtech
Manchester content-curation platform Wakelet acquired Bulb, a digital portfolio provider used by teachers and job applicants in over 100 countries.
阅读案例Timberhub raised €5.8M to digitise Europe's offline timber trade
Amsterdam's Timberhub manages procurement, payments and transport for timber buyers across 15 countries, betting wood demand doubles in a decade.
阅读案例Teladoc paid $65M for home-testing firm Catapult as a 'tuck-in'
A 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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