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Flud was a social news reader platform. They were unable to raise additional funding for their operations and eventually ran out of cash.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Bobby Ghoshal, Matthew Ausonio
Country:
United States
Industry:
Productivity
Started in:
2010
Closed in:
2013
Nº of employees:
10-50
Funding Amount:
$1M-$10M
Specific cause of failure:
Multiple Reasons
You can read more about their failure here.
Juicero was a juice company that packed fresh organic fruits. They claimed their juicer was innovative, until customers found out the machine was useless.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Doug Evans
Country:
United States
Industry:
Food & Beverage
Started in:
2013
Closed in:
2017
Nº of employees:
100-250
Funding Amount:
> $50M
Specific cause of failure:
Bad Business Model
You can read more about their failure here.
Karhoo was a cab aggregator. It was out of business after 6 months of operation. Poor management and bad execution of a good concept were the main causes.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Daniel Ishag
Country:
United Kingdom
Industry:
Transportation
Started in:
2014
Closed in:
2016
Nº of employees:
50-100
Funding Amount:
$10M-$50M
Specific cause of failure:
Poor Product
You can read more about their failure here.
MySpace became the most popular social networking site before Facebook. After competing with them, they decided to repurpose it as a platform for artists.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Aber Whitcomb, Brad Greenspan, Chris DeWolfe, Colin Digiaro, Josh Berman, Michael Addicott, Tom Anderson
Country:
United States
Industry:
Social Media
Started in:
2003
Closed in:
Active
Nº of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$10M-$50M
Specific cause of failure:
Multiple Reasons
You can read more about their failure here.
Navdy provided a display that projected GPS in the cars' front. They failed due to a saturated market and a device that didn't satisfy customer needs.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Doug Simpson, Karl Guttag
Country:
United States
Industry:
Transportation
Started in:
2013
Closed in:
2018
Nº of employees:
50-100
Funding Amount:
$10M-$50M
Specific cause of failure:
Multiple Reasons
You can read more about their failure here.
Netscape was one of the most significant internet applications in history. Despite its early success, they couldn't beat Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
James Clark, Jon Mittelhauser, Marc Andreessen
Country:
United States
Industry:
Productivity
Started in:
1994
Closed in:
2008
Nº of employees:
5,000-10,000
Funding Amount:
No Data
Specific cause of failure:
Poor Product
You can read more about their failure here.
PepperTap provided a platform to buy and deliver groceries from local markets. Customers found delivery fees too expensive for their needs, and shut down.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Milind Sharma, Navneet Singh
Country:
India
Industry:
Food & Beverage
Started in:
2014
Closed in:
2016
Nº of employees:
1,000-5,000
Funding Amount:
> $50M
Specific cause of failure:
Poor Product
You can read more about their failure here.
PostRocket was a Facebook marketing platform co-founded in October 2010. Many technical issues and depending on FB affected the quality of their service.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Murry Ivanoff, Tim Chae
Country:
United States
Industry:
Analytics
Started in:
2010
Closed in:
2013
Nº of employees:
1-10
Funding Amount:
< $1M
Specific cause of failure:
Poor Product
You can read more about their failure here.
An analysis on why did Quibi, a short-form video streaming platform, shut down despite raising $1.8 billion from investors and having an experienced team.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Country:
United States
Industry:
Entertainment
Started in:
2018
Closed in:
2020
Nº of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
> $50M
Specific cause of failure:
Multiple Reasons
You can read more about their failure here.
ScaleFactor was a tech startup that claimed to automate SME bookkeeping and payroll thanks to an AI they were developing in-house, which wasn't the case.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Kurt Rathmann
Country:
United States
Industry:
Finances
Started in:
2014
Closed in:
2020
Nº of employees:
100-250
Funding Amount:
> $50M
Specific cause of failure:
Poor Product
You can read more about their failure here.
Seven Dreamers Laboratory built a robot that washed, ironed and folded laundry. However, their product was expensive and couldn't match human's dexterity.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Shin Sakane
Country:
Japan
Industry:
Software & Hardware
Started in:
2014
Closed in:
2019
Nº of employees:
100-250
Funding Amount:
> $50M
Specific cause of failure:
Poor Product
You can read more about their failure here.
Shuddle was the go-to service for parents that needed someone to drive their kids to school. Parents found it disappointing, so they had to shut down.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Nick Allen, Rodrigo Prudencio
Country:
United States
Industry:
Transportation
Started in:
2014
Closed in:
2016
Nº of employees:
10-50
Funding Amount:
$10M-$50M
Specific cause of failure:
Lack of Funds
You can read more about their failure here.
Totsy was a flash sale company that offered high-end fashion brands online for a low-price. Flash sales lost their attractiveness and became obsolete.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Christophe Garnier, Guillaume Gauthereau
Country:
United States
Industry:
e-Commerce
Started in:
2009
Closed in:
2013
Nº of employees:
50-100
Funding Amount:
$10M-$50M
Specific cause of failure:
Poor Product
You can read more about their failure here.
Dane built Cam.ly, a wifi camera that would stream and store video in the cloud. They competed with Google Nest's predecessor but failed to build a polished product before convincing investors to fund it.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Dane Jensen
Country:
United States
Industry:
Software & Hardware
Started in:
2009
Closed in:
2010
Funding Amount:
< $100K
Specific cause of failure:
Poor Product
You can read more about their failure here.
Andrew Kamphey has started several projects related to creators and influencer marketing. One of them was Creator Growth Lab, a tool to help Instagram creators grow by themselves. He invested $5,000, never made a penny, and realized there was no need for that product.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Andrew Kamphey
Country:
Indonesia
Industry:
Analytics
Started in:
2018
Closed in:
2019
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Dependence on Others
You can read more about their failure here.
Delite was a SaaS platform for B2B wholesale orders. It didn’t satisfy any necessity of customers. Just that thing in life you keep putting off.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Patrick Walls
Country:
United States
Industry:
Software & Hardware
Started in:
2016
Closed in:
2017
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
No Market Need
You can read more about their failure here.
In 2016, Nelson entered the drone business when trying to develop a solution for farmers who aimed to monitor their grass growth. Things were progressing well and they soon applied for a startup accelerator who provided him and his co-founder $20,000. But after working 10 months on the project, they couldn’t find a way to technically build the product and decided to shut down.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Nelson Shaw
Country:
New Zealand
Industry:
Software & Hardware
Started in:
2016
Closed in:
2016
Funding Amount:
< $100K
Specific cause of failure:
Lack of Experience
You can read more about their failure here.
In 2011, Gabriel decided to build a Go Server that would launch new features every few weeks. He and his co-founder built and launched it in 2 months and in the following months, they raised $20,000 through a crowdfunding campaign. 1 year into running and they were shut down: product, engineering, and morale were the problems to blame.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Gabriel Benmergui
Country:
Argentina
Industry:
Entertainment
Started in:
2011
Closed in:
2012
Funding Amount:
< $100K
Specific cause of failure:
Poor Product
You can read more about their failure here.
Charlie Reese is a Canadian software developer who came with (what he thought it was) a revolutionary idea for a SaaS business in the real estate industry. Using his knowledge in JavaScript, React, and SQL, he built a prototype in 6 weeks. But he failed to validate his idea and shut down.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Charlie Reese
Country:
Canada
Industry:
Software & Hardware
Started in:
2017
Closed in:
2018
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Poor Product
You can read more about their failure here.
Tandem was a live streaming platform for fitness. Cause of failure? Live fitness isn't that engaging. Influencers were reluctant to adopt a new platform.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Nick Raushenbush
Country:
United States
Industry:
Health
Started in:
2016
Closed in:
2016
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Bad Market Fit
You can read more about their failure here.
When reading the Lean Startup book, Sergio came up with an idea he wanted to validate: a SaaS to help teams to perform at a higher level. The validation was done successfully, but since then, mistakes related to technology, founding team and listening to customers, meant its shut down 2 years later.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Sergio Schüler
Country:
Brazil
Industry:
Software & Hardware
Started in:
2012
Closed in:
2013
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
No Market Need
You can read more about their failure here.
