# Layoffs

Starling Bank to cut 130 jobs amid AI push
News
July 3, 2026
Starling Bank to cut 130 jobs amid AI push
The London-based neobank’s profits dipped last year
Damisola Sulaiman
Battery factory Novo Energy halves workforce following Northvolt bankruptcy
News
May 5, 2025
Battery factory Novo Energy halves workforce following Northvolt bankruptcy
The joint venture set up by Northvolt and Volvo Cars has announced a resizing of operations to cut costs
Mimi Billing
World’s most active Web3 investor lays off 'roughly 20%' of staff
News
July 27, 2023
World’s most active Web3 investor lays off 'roughly 20%' of staff
Outlier Ventures’s layoffs come as Web3 funding has dropped significantly
Eleanor Warnock
UK fintech unicorn GoCardless lays off 15% of staff
News
June 12, 2023
UK fintech unicorn GoCardless lays off 15% of staff
The London-HQ’d payments company is cutting around 150 roles and also reducing its top team by a quarter
Amy O'Brien
Checkout.com faces exec team exodus and makes layoffs ‘by stealth’
News
April 4, 2023
Checkout.com faces exec team exodus and makes layoffs ‘by stealth’
The European rival to Stripe has lost six executives in the last nine months, and sources say it’s carrying out dozens of behind-the-scenes layoffs each week
Amy O'Brien
Brainly, Clue, Aiven: Tech layoffs aren’t over in 2023
Analysis
January 20, 2023
Brainly, Clue, Aiven: Tech layoffs aren’t over in 2023
Until startups find different ways to cut costs, large-scale layoffs will continue to occur
Zosia Wanat and Miriam Partington
Klarna: We’re done with big layoffs
Interview
October 17, 2022
Klarna: We’re done with big layoffs
The buy now pay later giant won't be making any large-scale layoffs again, according to a Klarna exec at the Sifted Summit
Amy O'Brien
Klarna to make second round of job cuts
News
September 22, 2022
Klarna to make second round of job cuts
The Swedish buy now, pay later giant recently suffered a valuation drop of 85%
Amy O'Brien and Mimi Billing

# Layoffs

Starling Bank to cut 130 jobs amid AI push

Battery factory Novo Energy halves workforce following Northvolt bankruptcy

World’s most active Web3 investor lays off 'roughly 20%' of staff

UK fintech unicorn GoCardless lays off 15% of staff

Checkout.com faces exec team exodus and makes layoffs ‘by stealth’

Brainly, Clue, Aiven: Tech layoffs aren’t over in 2023

Klarna: We’re done with big layoffs

Klarna to make second round of job cuts