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99dresses was a fashion app that offered trades of second-hand designer dresses between users. It operated for a year but had to shut it down in 2014.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Nikki Durkin
Country:
Australia
Industry:
e-Commerce
Started in:
2010
Closed in:
2014
Nº of employees:
1-10
Funding Amount:
< $1M
Specific cause of failure:
Multiple Reasons
You can read more about their failure here.
Auctionata was an online auction platform for art and luxury. Their issues originated from unethical behavior, lack of transparency, and lies by the CEO.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Alexander Gilkes, Alexander Zacke, Georg Untersalmberger, Susanne Zacke
Country:
Germany
Industry:
e-Commerce
Started in:
2012
Closed in:
2017
Nº of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
> $50M
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
CircleBack Lending was a loan marketplace. Due to problems with profitability and issues with the industry, the startup was forced to cease its operations.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Manoj Ramnani & Patrick Questembert
Country:
United States
Industry:
Finances
Started in:
2012
Closed in:
2016
Nº of employees:
10-50
Funding Amount:
$10M-$50M
Specific cause of failure:
Bad Business Model
You can read more about their failure here.
Formspring was an anonymous Q&A forum that grew to 1 million users in 2 months. This brought lots of cyberbullying on the site. They shut down after 4 years.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Ade Olonoh, John Wechsler
Country:
United States
Industry:
Social Media
Started in:
2009
Closed in:
2013
Nº of employees:
10-50
Funding Amount:
$10M-$50M
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
Grooveshark was a streaming music platform. Its major weakness was that it illegally streamed music. They were sued multiples times and had to shut down.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Andres Barreto, Josh Greenberg, Sam Tarantino
Country:
United States
Industry:
Music
Started in:
2006
Closed in:
2015
Nº of employees:
50-100
Funding Amount:
$1M-$10M
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
HiGear was a peer-to-peer online company that listed luxury cars for rent. A criminal gang stole four cars worth $400k. They opted to shut down operations.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Ali Moiz, Murtaza Hussain
Country:
United States
Industry:
Transportation
Started in:
2011
Closed in:
2011
Nº of employees:
1-10
Funding Amount:
$1M-$10M
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
Koinex was a cryptocurrency exchange platform. India's laws got harsh against cryptocurrencies and the obstacles and little profits led to its shut down.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Aditya Naik, Rahul Raj, Rakesh Yadav
Country:
India
Industry:
Finances
Started in:
2017
Closed in:
2019
Nº of employees:
50-100
Funding Amount:
No Data
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
Leap Transit was a private bus service based in San Francisco. They didn't comply with the SF regulations, which made them halt their operations.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Kyle Kirchhoff
Country:
United States
Industry:
Transportation
Started in:
2013
Closed in:
2015
Nº of employees:
50-100
Funding Amount:
$1M-$10M
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
Radar Radio, a hub for emerging music talent online, ceased operations amidst a debt of £3.6M. Here's their story.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Ollie Ashley
Country:
United Kingdom
Industry:
Entertainment
Started in:
2008
Closed in:
2018
Nº of employees:
10-50
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Mismanagement of Funds
You can read more about their failure here.
Secret was an app that allowed users to post content anonymously. Active users rapidly declined after 18 months from its launch and cyberbullying emerged.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Chrys Bader-Wechseler, David Byttow
Country:
United States
Industry:
Social Media
Started in:
2013
Closed in:
2015
Nº of employees:
10-50
Funding Amount:
$10M-$50M
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
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.
Theranos was a way to predict diseases with small blood samples. They raised $1.4B but legal investigations pointed out it was a fraud and shut down.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Elizabeth Holmes
Country:
United States
Industry:
Health
Started in:
2003
Closed in:
2018
Nº of employees:
10-50
Funding Amount:
> $50M
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
What was Yik Yak? Why was it shut down? Are there any alternatives nowadays? Find the answers to these questions and more in this article.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Brooks Buffington, Tyler Droll, Will Jamieson
Country:
United States
Industry:
Social Media
Started in:
2013
Closed in:
2017
Nº of employees:
10-50
Funding Amount:
> $50M
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
Autto.in was an on-demand doorstep car service provider, created by Deepak in 2017. Soon after launching, a co-founder joined him and they started marketing the startup, spending a lot of money in customer acquisition. As money burnt, they decided to reach investors, who put them pressure in growing fast. After some months, they decided to shut down.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Deepak Murthy
Country:
India
Industry:
Transportation
Started in:
2017
Closed in:
2017
Funding Amount:
< $100K
Specific cause of failure:
Lack of Funds
You can read more about their failure here.
Steve and his housemate were always complaining food was expensive in Toronto. So, they came with a solution: hire a chef for themselves and 20 friends. This simple idea quickly escalated into a business, that, within a few months, was making +$110,000 per month. But, as it went up fast, it also came down rapidly. The business was involved in some legal problems, which forced the founders to shut it down. Read Steve’s failure story and learn from his mistakes!
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Steven Long
Country:
Canada
Industry:
Food & Beverage
Started in:
2014
Closed in:
2016
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
Mishra Motors was to be the premier electric sports bike in India. Time and capital were the causes of its collapse.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Naveen Mishra
Country:
India
Industry:
Transportation
Started in:
2014
Closed in:
2016
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Lack of Funds
You can read more about their failure here.
Toby founded two projects that gave him lots of valuable lessons for his current Startup Mill projects. They were RealityHunt and "I Voted Remain". He learned to build a simple landing page before committing to building it and to build processes that simplify your way of working.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Toby Allen
Country:
Belgium
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.
Will created Sport Draftr, a Daily Fantasy Sports site in the UK, offering leagues in the English Premier League, and UEFA Champions League. The product was loved, looked great, and it worked well, but due to a lack of knowledge in the gambling industry and changes in legislation, they were forced to close the company.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Will Laurenson
Country:
United Kingdom
Industry:
Entertainment
Started in:
2015
Closed in:
2017
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
When he was 16 years old, Mat wanted to help his family improve the standards of living. So, he started a business which imported consumer electronics and re-sold them at almost x10 the original price. Through affiliates, he was able to put his business on the track to 6 figures in the first year. However, one day he received a call from a law firm which forced him to shut down the startup.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Mathew Carpenter
Country:
Australia
Industry:
Software & Hardware
Started in:
2008
Closed in:
2009
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
