Sonder

Sonder lays off 400 employees, bookings down 20%

๐ŸŒŽ San Francisco, Denver โˆ™ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ 400 employees (33%) โˆ™ ๐Ÿ–ฅ All departments

Sonder, which offers short-term apartment rentals, laid off or furloughed 400 employees (see link below for the list๐Ÿ‘‡). Bookings are down 20% at the companyโ€™s 5,000 apartments, since people are no longer traveling due to the coronavirus. Sonder has raised $360 million and was most recently valued at over $1 billion.

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Wonderschool

Wonderschool lays off 75% of employees due to shelter-in-place

๐ŸŒŽ San Francisco โˆ™ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ 50 employees (75%) โˆ™ ๐Ÿ–ฅ All departments

Wonderschool, which helps people start their own home-based preschools or daycares, laid off 50 employees (75% of staff). Their childcare programs have been impacted by shelter-in-place orders, since families are now keeping their kids at home.

A list of affected employees, particularly in Engineering and Partnerships, is circulating on a crowdsourced spreadsheet for Coronavirus-related layoffs (see link below ๐Ÿ‘‡).

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Triplebyte

Triplebyte lays off 15 talent managers and technical writers amidst โ€œproduct shiftโ€

๐ŸŒŽ San Francisco โˆ™ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ 15 employees (17%) โˆ™ ๐Ÿ–ฅ Customer Success, Technical Writing

Triplebyte, the recruiting platform that connects engineering candidates with tech companies, laid off 15 employees (see link below for the list๐Ÿ‘‡). Its talent manager and technical writing teams were eliminated. An ex-employeeโ€™s LinkedIn post says the layoffs are due to a โ€œproduct shift,โ€ so the move doesnโ€™t appear to be coronavirus-related. Five months ago, founder and former YC partner Harj Taggar stepped down as CEO.

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Lola

Lola lays off 34 employees due to impact of the coronavirus

๐ŸŒŽ Boston โˆ™ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ 34 employees (29%) โˆ™ ๐Ÿ–ฅ All departments

Lola, a corporate travel management tool, laid off 34 employees (see link below for the list๐Ÿ‘‡). This is one of the first startup layoffs directly related to the coronavirus. Lola has raised $82 million to date from Accel, General Catalyst, and CRV and now has 82 employees remaining.

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Atrium

Atrium shuts down, lays off entire 100-person staff

๐ŸŒŽ San Francisco โˆ™ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ 100 employees (100%) โˆ™ ๐Ÿ–ฅ All departments

Atrium, the hybrid law firm + tech startup, is shutting down and laying off all 100 employees (see link below for the list๐Ÿ‘‡). Atrium says it failed to make legal services more cost-efficient with technology, a core part of the startupโ€™s original thesis. Started by Twitch.tv co-founder Justin Kan, the startup had raised over $75 million from Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst.

Brandless

Brandless shuts down, lays off 88% of staff

๐ŸŒŽ San Francisco, Minneapolis โˆ™ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ 70 employees (88%) โˆ™ ๐Ÿ–ฅ All departments

Brandless, a direct-to-consumer startup that makes affordable household products, is shutting down and laying off 88% of its staff (see link below for the list๐Ÿ‘‡). 10 employees remain to finish the wind-down process. The company said its business model was unsustainable โ€” a problem that has also plagued other DTC startups because competition for social media advertising has driven up customer acquisition costs. Brandless had raised $292 million, most notably from SoftBank.

KeepTruckin

KeepTruckin shuts down One Point Logistics, lays off majority of staff

๐ŸŒŽ Mostly Nashville, Chicago, SF โˆ™ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ At least 78 employeesโˆ™ ๐Ÿ–ฅ Mostly sales and business roles

KeepTruckin, which helps trucking companies manage their fleets, is shutting down One Point Logistics, a freight brokerage it acquired last year. The majority of OPLโ€™s staff will be laid off, while the remaining 30 employees will be reassigned within KeepTruckin. The company says that owning its own freight brokerage business was too operationally intensive and will instead be investing in its marketplace of third-party brokers.

Starsky Robotics

Starsky Robotics reportedly shutting down, lays off majority of staff

๐ŸŒŽ San Francisco โˆ™ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ Unknown # affected โˆ™ ๐Ÿ–ฅ All departments

Starsky Robotics, a self-driving truck startup, is reportedly shutting down after its Series B fell apart due to concerns about its asset-heavy, low-margin business model. The majority of staff have been laid off, likely numbering a couple dozen. The company had raised $20 million, most recently from Shasta Ventures two years ago.