Current and former employees at German grocery delivery startup Gorillas describe arbitrary firings and exploitation of riders and warehouse workers
“It's like the new WeWork story,” says Ben*, who joined Gorillas' operations team last summer in Berlin. — The comparison to coworking company WeWork is a brutal one. Tweets: @siftedeu , @fpratty , ...
Used-car marketplace Cazoo raises £25M at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total raised to £200M+
and it hasn't even raised a penny from SoftBank: https://sifted.eu/... Amy Lewin / @amyrlewin : Cazoo - the UK's latest unicorn - is yet another online retailer to have seen a bump in sales during loc...
Anonymous Twitter account @VCBrags hits a nerve mocking VC's propensity for self-promotion by quote-retweeting boastful tweets
Investors either are loving or blocking @VCBrags, which retweets investors' best brags. — A parody Twitter account is getting under the skin … Tweets: @andrew__reed , @dhaliwas , @vcbrags , @vcbrags...
A profile of Denmark-based independent consumer review platform Trustpilot, which has raised €162M and has 65M reviews of businesses worldwide
With 65m reviews, Trustpilot is learning to spot the fakes and fight back with the help of algorithms. — Would you ever book an Airbnb stay without checking the scores of the host? Tweets: @mimibill...
Inside Israeli startup Infibond, which says it's using AI to create psychological profiles and is valued at $1.25B despite no publicly available product
an intriguing long read from @Siftedeu @orr_hirsch 'Talking to the dead, psychological profiling and a trail of lawsuits: Inside one of Israel's most valuable startups' https://sifted.eu/... #startups...