Consumer/Food/Podcast/ The Sifted Podcast — Will Gorillas survive this week’s C-suite exodus? Sifted’s Berlin correspondent Miriam Partington discusses her reporting on the speedy delivery startup By Sifted 13 June 2022 \Consumer A new app promises to help delivery riders make more money. Will it work? By Freya Pratty and Miriam Partington 27 July 2022 Consumer/Food/Podcast/ The Sifted Podcast — Will Gorillas survive this week’s C-suite exodus? Sifted’s Berlin correspondent Miriam Partington discusses her reporting on the speedy delivery startup By Sifted 13 June 2022 Listen to the Sifted Podcast on Apple, Spotify and all major platforms. On this week’s episode of the Sifted Podcast — where each Friday, the team discusses the biggest news coming out of Europe’s tech and startup sector — we’re talking about the latest difficulties facing Berlin-based speedy delivery company Gorillas. This week Sifted learnt that the company’s global chief people officer Deena Fox and vice president of human resources Linda van Velzen are to leave the company, less than a month after laying off 320 people. Speaking with Germany correspondent Miriam Partington, we ask how significant these executives were to the business, and address speculation that Gorillas might be preparing for a buyout. Also on the podcast, we’re discussing Dutch crypto payments startup Fung, which has raised $2.7m to become the “the first regulated payments platform unifying crypto and fiat payment rails” for ecommerce sites. But does anyone really want to pay for their online shopping with crypto? Another story in the world of fundraising, consumer-focussed VC fund Felix Capital (which has invested in the likes of Deliveroo, Sorare and Dott) raised a whopping $600m fund, proving that well-established VC firms are still successfully raising capital despite market turbulence. And startups from Ukraine also received a fundraising boost this week, as the EU’s European Innovation Council announced a €20m fund for Ukrainian startups. And to wrap up the podcast, we’re talking about how femtech founders in France are facing challenges in building businesses that address women’s health problems. As it turns out, senior gynaecologists in the country are still largely male and don’t think talking about periods is any of their business, while one cutting-edge startup developing a futuristic treatment for breast cancer survivors says that it’s easier to raise money for an app than hardware. Listen to the Sifted Podcast on Apple, Spotify and all major platforms. Related Articles The view from the top: Uber Eats on the future of food delivery By Amy Lewin Click here to read more From Baze to Vitl, personalised vitamin startups want your blood By Kitty Knowles Click here to read more Glovo raises €450m in Spain’s biggest ever startup funding round By Amy Lewin Click here to read more Vegetarian meal delivery startup Simple Feast raises €30m to take on the US By Mimi Billing Click here to read more Most Read 1 \Fintech What goes up must come down: A journey through Klarna’s valuation history 2 Member \Venture Capital Are we in a downturn? What the data tells us about European tech in 2022 3 \Public & Academic Europe’s top 10 ‘unicorn universities’ 2022 4 Member \Venture Capital Web3 investors: the most active seed-stage VCs in Europe 5 \Startup Life Should startup employees set their own salaries? Join the conversation Subscribe Notify of new follow-up comments new replies to my comments
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