By Inc42 Media
WayCool has reportedly initiated another round of layoffs just within five months of sacking at least 70 employees as it looks to streamline its business operations
The company cut over 200 jobs in its third layoff exercise within a year, impacting employees across Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, and its subsidiaries
The company has raised a total funding of around $300 Mn so far, and is backed by investors such as Lightrock, Lightbox, Lightsmith, 57 Stars, and FMO
Chennai-based WayCool
has reportedly initiated another round of layoffs just within five months of sacking at least 70 employees as the agritech startup looks to streamline its business operations.
As per Moneycontrol’s report, the company has cut over 200 jobs across several verticals in its third layoff exercise within a year, impacting employees across Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, and its subsidiaries — CensaNext and BrandNext.
This comes at a time when the company looks to streamline its operations to cut down losses after struggling to close funding, the report added.
Inc42 has reached out to WayCool for comments on the development. The story will be updated based on the response.
Founded in 2015 by Karthik Jayaraman and Sanjay Dasari, WayCool is an agritech company that sells its food products under seven different labels, while also offering supply chain tech solutions. The company has raised a total funding of around $300 Mn so far, and is backed by investors such as Lightrock, Lightbox, Lightsmith, 57 Stars, and FMO.
Sources attributed the latest layoff exercise to the company’s worsening financial woes, including delayed salaries and client payments, the report further said.
Last year, it was reported that WayCool fired 300 employees in a restructuring exercise.
Back then TOI reported that the startup, which raised more than $350 Mn in funding, has conducted the restructuring to chase profitability.