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NEWSLETTER 14 AUGUST 2025

Startup lifelines, startup flatlines

Writing to you from Lisbon today, and it's swelteringly hot – again. While trying to keep cool in this relentless heatwave I’ve been thinking a lot about startup struggles: why some make it while others crash, and just how brutal building a new impact company can be, especially in the current funding climate. Which leads us nicely to today's top stories. Let’s dive in.

Siôn Geschwindt
Managing editor
sion@loop.se

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