startup layoffs

Uber Technologies said on Wednesday it was cutting 200 jobs in its recruitment division amid plans to keep the staff count flat through the year and streamline costs.The reductions affect less than 1% of Uber's 32,700-strong global…

Health and wellness startup Mojocare has laid off 150 to 170 staffers across roles to improve on its unit economics and better its capital efficiency, it said.“Facing difficult market conditions, we at Mojocare have had to make tough…

Stack Overflow, a question and answer website for programmers, has laid off 10 per cent of its workforce, or 58 employees, amid global macroeconomic pressures and focus on profitability.Prashanth Chandrasekar, CEO of Stack Overflow, said…

Online math class startup Cuemath has cut an undisclosed number of functions and roles, citing challenges in the edtech ecosystem.The decision has impacted 100 out of about 800 roles, across functions, a spokesperson for the Sequoia Capital…

Bengaluru-based ecommerce startup Meesho on Friday slashed 15% of its workforce, affecting 251 employees, as cofounder and CEO Vidit Aatrey cited a “challenging macroeconomic environment” being the reason for the retrenchment. “I have a…

US-based online used-vehicle retailer Vroom has laid off 11 per cent of its workforce, or around 120 employees, across different departments and locations.The job cut is part of an 'organisational restructuring' that Vroom has implemented…

Layoffs in the startup and tech ecosystem have continued into 2023, according to data from recruitment platform Careernet. The situation might not get better any time soon. This and more in today’s Morning Dispatch. Also in this letter:■…

Leading digital healthcare platform Practo has laid off 41 employees, mostly engineers, as part of the company's continuous performance management and planning process, as the funding winter continues.The layoffs affected the engineering…

Omnichannel home interiors and renovation platform Livspace has laid off about 2% of its overall workforce in a bid to drive profitability by the financial year ended March 2024. The retrenchment has affected 45% of its technology and…

Last week on my monthly visit to Bengaluru, like always I met a bunch of founders. February is typically marked by slow activity for everyone in the startup industry in Bengaluru. But this time around, things were abnormally glum. Add to it…