In MT/Sprout’s weekly podcast Studio Scaleup, you’ll hear important developments about startups, scaleups and their f*ckups. This episode zooms in on flash delivery companies and the growing resistance towards them. “Amsterdam bans the establishment of new dark stores for a year, disgruntled employees make more and more noise through the autonomous trade union Radical Riders: resistance to the unprecedentedly fast growth of Flash Delivery Drivers is growing by the week.” In addition, Jelmer Luimstra (with help from Thomas Mensink) looks at investment rounds in 2021 and the role of American and Dutch VCs. “Especially Americans become dominant. Are Dutch VCs missing the boat, after sowing their seed money?”

Read the entire article here en listen to the podcast episode here.