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Marketforce lays off 54 employees — August 11, 2022

Marketforce, a retail company based in Kenya, laid off 54 employees on August 11, 2022. At the time, the company was at the Series A stage. The layoff was reported by this source.

Company
Marketforce
Employees laid off
54
Date
August 11, 2022
Industry
Retail
Country
Kenya
Company stage
Series A
Total raised (pre-layoff)
$42M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/11/kenyan-b2b-e-commerce-platform-marketforce-cut-about-9-of-staff-in-reorganization-strategy/

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