There are few European tech companies that have surfed the choppy waters of the past two years’ fraught VC market as much as Back Market. In 2022, the French unicorn, which provides an online platform to buy and sell refurbished electronics, laid off 93 employees (13% of the total workforce) and paused international expansion efforts.
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