Oh boy, where do I even start with this one? So, imagine this: Noice, a streaming thingamajig from Finland, just decided to up and call it quits. Yeah, didn’t see that coming… except, maybe we sorta did? Anyway, the CEO, Tuomas Rinta, dropped the bomb on LinkedIn. GI.biz caught wind of it first, I think.
Now, here’s the kicker: they scooped up $21 million in 2023. Crazy, right? But then, boom—no more cash flow. Kinda like when you’ve got a full tank but nowhere to drive. Or something like that.
Anyway, Rinta spills the beans, talking about how it wasn’t a “shock” for the team. They were kinda chatting about the “tough fundraising market” (whatever that means). Still, there’s always that flicker of hope, like maybe things would magically turn around. Spoiler: they didn’t.
Rinta’s stint at Noice? Short. Like, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it short. There are folks who’ve been there forever—five years or something—trying to create this wild, new thing. But hey, life happens, I guess.
Emotions ran wild, as you’d expect—disappointment, frustration, panic. Losing your job’s no picnic, especially now. But Rinta wanted everyone to feel one thing after all this chaos: pride. You know, looking back and thinking, “Wow, we really did something, didn’t we?”
And that’s about that. A rollercoaster, right?
