Technology and Software Startup Failures

644 documented technology and software startup deaths from the GTM Right failure archive. Technology and software startups that raised capital and shut down, including SaaS, developer tools, enterprise software, and consumer apps. Filter by funding stage, country or year. View all 2,715 failures or read the Failure Intelligence Report.

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Failures in This Sector
2,715
Total Archive
24%
Share of All Failures

Top causes of failure in Technology and Software

Based on 644 documented technology and software startup deaths.

1Competition
25840%
2Unknown
14022%
3No Market Need
487%

Showing 644 of 644 companies

Company Sector Funding Year Died Country Cause Description
Atrium Technology & Software > $50M 2020 United States Lack of PMF
Yogome Technology & Software $10M-$50M 2018 Mexico for KidsBad Management
Katerra Technology & Software > $50M 2021 United States Lack of Focus
Hubhaus Technology & Software $10M-$50M 2020 United States
Zirtual Technology & Software $1M-$10M 2015 United States for busy professionalsMismanagement of Funds
Rafter Technology & Software > $50M 2016 United States Competition material provider for schools
Zulily Technology & Software > $50M United States offered daily dealse-CommerceBad 2009Active1,000-5,
Code Technology & Software Unknown 2016 Unknown Competition platform for developers
Inbox Technology & Software Unknown 2019 Unknown Multiple Reasons from Google
Password Checkup Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown No Market Need inspect and alert security bridges
Lively Technology & Software Unknown 2008 Unknown Multiple Reasons for websites
Powermeter Technology & Software Unknown 2011 Unknown Multiple Reasons tracker
News Weather Technology & Software Unknown 2018 Unknown No Market Need weather App
Swiffy Technology & Software Unknown 2016 Unknown Failure to Pivot to HTML5 Converter
Tango Technology & Software Unknown 2017 Unknown No Market Need computing platform
Glass Technology & Software Unknown 2015 Unknown Poor Product device
Translator Toolkit Technology & Software Unknown 2019 Unknown Multiple Reasons
Moderator Technology & Software Unknown 2015 Unknown Multiple Reasons platform
Nexus One Technology & Software Unknown 2016 Unknown Dependence on Others electronic device
Dictionary Technology & Software Unknown 2011 Unknown No Market Need
Page Creator Technology & Software Unknown 2008 Unknown No Market Need builder
Blog Compass Technology & Software Unknown 2019 Unknown Poor Product Tool
Material Theme Editor Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown Dependence on Others tool
Fire Phone Technology & Software Unknown 2015 Unknown Poor Product
Wing Ae Technology & Software Unknown 2017 Unknown Acqui-hired, then shut down
Partpic Technology & Software Unknown 2016 Unknown Acqui-hired, then shut down
Safaba Technology & Software Unknown 2015 Unknown Acqui-hired, then shut down development company
Shoefitr Technology & Software Unknown 2016 Unknown Acqui-hired, then shut down
Amiato Technology & Software Unknown 2014 Unknown Acqui-hired, then shut down business intelligence tool
Liquavista Technology & Software Unknown 2018 Unknown No Market Need to improve battery life
Yap Technology & Software Unknown 2011 Unknown Acqui-hired, then shut down translator
Touchco Technology & Software Unknown 2010 Unknown Acqui-hired, then shut down Specialist
Snaptell Technology & Software Unknown 2009 Unknown Acqui-hired, then shut down videogames identifier software
Ourhouse Com Technology & Software Unknown 2001 Unknown Multiple Reasons
Egghead Software Technology & Software Unknown 2001 Unknown Acqui-hired, then shut down all tech-related products
Mindcorps Incorporated Technology & Software Unknown 1998 Unknown Acqui-hired, then shut down consulting company
Lekee Technology & Software 42000000 2021 China Unit Economics
Gogohire Technology & Software 2000000 2020 United States Competition
Kyte (B2B SaaS) Technology & Software 10000000 2024 India Unit Economics
Shape Robotics Technology & Software 15000000 2025 Denmark Ran Out of Cash
Vanti Technology & Software 18000000 2024 Israel No Market Need
Nuvion Limited Technology & Software 15000000 2025 Ireland Ran Out of Cash
Fig DevTool Technology & Software 2400000 2024 United States Unit Economics
Zoe Technology & Software 10000000 2024 United States Unit Economics
CodeSee Technology & Software 10000000 2024 United States No Market Need
Teemyco Technology & Software 3000000 2024 Sweden Competition
WunderGraph Technology & Software 3000000 2024 Germany Ran Out of Cash
Sider Technology & Software 7000000 2024 Japan Competition
Kite DevTool Technology & Software 21000000 2024 United States Competition
Fringe Technology & Software 21000000 2024 United States Unit Economics
Skiff Technology & Software 14200000 2024 United States No Market Need
Blueboard SaaS Technology & Software 15800000 2024 United States Unit Economics
Bonsai DevTool Technology & Software 20000000 2025 Canada No Market Need
Solid Technology & Software 81000000 2025 United States Unit Economics
Wejo Technology & Software 225000000 2023 United Kingdom Ran Out of Cash
Anthropos Digital Technology & Software 10000000 2025 United Kingdom Ran Out of Cash
Petalite Technology & Software 12000000 2025 United Kingdom Competition
Ionx Networks Technology & Software 12000000 2025 United Kingdom Competition
Graphica Display Technology & Software 10000000 2025 United Kingdom Competition
Singleton Electronics Technology & Software 95000000 2025 China Competition
Suzhou SIP Precision Technology & Software 180000000 2025 China Product/Tech Failure
Qianxun SI Technology & Software 200000000 2025 China Ran Out of Cash
Hanking Electronics Technology & Software 250000000 2024 China Competition
Zhongke Chuangxin Technology & Software 350000000 2024 China Team/Founder Conflict
Nettrix Technology & Software 500000000 2025 China Product/Tech Failure
Xingji Shidai Chip Unit Technology & Software 450000000 2023 China Product/Tech Failure
Dukaan Technology & Software 17000000 2024 India Unit Economics
Rain AI Technology & Software 118000000 2025 United States Product/Tech Failure
Pico Technology & Software 1500000000 2024 China No Market Need
Monster Worldwide Technology & Software 500000000 2025 United States Competition
Digital River (SaaS) Technology & Software 200000000 2025 United States Competition
Wolfspeed Technology & Software 2000000000 2025 United States No Market Need
Zhenxin Computing Technology & Software 150000000 2024 China Product/Tech Failure
Shanghai Wusheng Semi Technology & Software 200000000 2024 China Product/Tech Failure
Royole Corporation Technology & Software 492000000 2024 China Product/Tech Failure
Moka Technology & Software 200000000 2025 China Unit Economics
Kujiale Technology & Software 550000000 2025 China No Market Need
QingCloud Technology & Software 350000000 2025 China Competition
Kingsoft Cloud Technology & Software 1100000000 2025 China Unit Economics
Bitmain Technology & Software 750000000 2024 China Team/Founder Conflict
Metigy Technology & Software 14000000 2022 Australia No Market Need
GetSwift Technology & Software 75000000 2021 Australia Legal/Regulatory
Juni Learning Technology & Software 30000000 2024 United States Unit Economics
AllHere Technology & Software 13000000 2024 United States Product/Tech Failure
Crejo.Fun Technology & Software 3000000 2022 India No Market Need
Invact Metaversity Technology & Software 5000000 2022 India No Market Need
Bitwise Industries Technology & Software 158000000 2023 United States Ran Out of Cash
Pluralsight Technology & Software 4000000000 2024 United States Unit Economics
VisionAI Technology & Software 80000000 2025 United States Competition
Neeva Technology & Software 77000000 2023 United States No Market Need
Incita Technology & Software 0 2022 Turkey Ran Out of Cash
Subspace Technology & Software 26000000 2022 United States Unit Economics
Parse.com Technology & Software 85000000 2017 United States Unit Economics
Smartisan Technology & Software 250000000 2019 China Unit Economics
RightHello Technology & Software 600000 2022 Poland Ran Out of Cash
Surge Cloud Technology & Software 1000000 2023 Poland Ran Out of Cash
Neon Shake Technology & Software 0 2023 Poland Ran Out of Cash
FCNT Technology & Software 1000000000 2023 Japan Unit Economics
JOLED Technology & Software 1000000000 2023 Japan Unit Economics
Zen Rooms Technology & Software 20000000 2022 Singapore Unit Economics
TaniHub Technology & Software 94000000 2024 Indonesia Unit Economics
Bebgroup (Beb) Technology & Software 100000000 2023 Vietnam Unit Economics
Pegipegi Technology & Software 60000000 2023 Indonesia Competition
CoHive Technology & Software 40000000 2023 Indonesia Unit Economics
Kuaibo Technology & Software 0 2014 China Legal/Regulatory
Stoqo Technology & Software 10000000 2020 Indonesia Unit Economics
Iflix Technology & Software 348000000 2020 Malaysia Unit Economics
TutorGroup (iTutor) Technology & Software 300000000 2021 China Legal/Regulatory
Qiantu Motor Technology & Software 450000000 2020 China Unit Economics
Zhangmen Technology & Software 1000000000 2022 China Legal/Regulatory
HiPhi (Human Horizons) Technology & Software 500000000 2024 China Unit Economics
Doodhwala Technology & Software 4000000 2019 India Unit Economics
Koinex Technology & Software 1500000 2019 India Legal/Regulatory
Mojocare Technology & Software 20000000 2023 India Unit Economics
Stayzilla Technology & Software 34000000 2017 India Unit Economics
Aereo Technology & Software 97000000 2014 United States Legal/Regulatory
Parse Technology & Software 7000000 2017 United States Competition
Nitrous.io Technology & Software 8000000 2016 United States Competition
Plastc Technology & Software 9000000 2017 United States Ran Out of Cash
RethinkDB Technology & Software 12000000 2016 United States No Market Need
Coin Technology & Software 15000000 2017 United States Product/Tech Failure
Homejoy Technology & Software 40000000 2015 United States Unit Economics
Pearl Auto Technology & Software 50000000 2017 United States Competition
Winc Technology & Software 54000000 2022 United States Unit Economics
Primary Data Technology & Software 100000000 2018 United States Product/Tech Failure
Domio Technology & Software 100000000 2020 United States Unit Economics
uBiome Technology & Software 105000000 2019 United States Legal/Regulatory
Rethink Robotics Technology & Software 150000000 2018 United States Unit Economics
Lyric Technology & Software 180000000 2020 United States Unit Economics
Terraform Labs Technology & Software 200000000 2022 South Korea Unit Economics
Lytro Technology & Software 215000000 2018 United States Unit Economics
Mode Media Technology & Software 230000000 2016 United States Unit Economics
Tintri Technology & Software 260000000 2018 United States Competition
Builder.ai Technology & Software 445000000 2025 United Kingdom Unit Economics
Knotel Technology & Software 560000000 2021 United States Unit Economics
Answerly Technology & Software 550000 2016 United States Product/Tech Failure
Ve Interactive Technology & Software 60000000 2017 United Kingdom Unit Economics
Gionee Technology & Software 2400000000 2018 China Ran Out of Cash
Zeku Technology & Software 1400000000 2023 China Unit Economics
HSMC Technology & Software 2000000000 2021 China Product/Tech Failure
Essential Products Technology & Software 330000000 2020 United States No Market Need
Core Scientific Technology & Software 600000000 2022 United States Ran Out of Cash
HitroNaSplet Technology & Software 0 2018 Slovenia Competition
WorldOs Technology & Software 15000000 2020 United States No Market Need
Fuhu Technology & Software 25000000 2015 United States Ran Out of Cash
MyCity Technology & Software 2500000 2021 United States No Market Need
InoVVorX Technology & Software 100000 2019 United States Ran Out of Cash
Adleaf Technologies Technology & Software 15000000 2020 United States Ran Out of Cash
Lumos Technology & Software 15000000 2020 United States Unit Economics
Sunrise Technology & Software 8000000 2016 United States Competition
Addressbin Technology & Software 500000 2022 United States Competition
Verelo Technology & Software 200000 2013 Canada Ran Out of Cash
Swipes Technology & Software 500000 2018 Bulgaria No Market Need
SellanApp Technology & Software 2500000 2015 Netherlands Competition
WantRemoteJob Technology & Software 0 2021 Unknown Competition
Eloquis Technology & Software 15000000 2019 United States No Market Need
Springpad Technology & Software 7500000 2014 United States Unit Economics
Reality Hunt Technology & Software 50000000 2020 United States No Market Need
Teamometer Technology & Software 1500000 2018 United States No Market Need
Team Voice Technology & Software 2500000 2020 United States No Market Need
Tali Technology & Software 1200000 2019 United States No Market Need
Tailor Technology & Software 7500000 2022 United States No Market Need
Singulution Technology & Software 15000000 2018 United States No Market Need
Patron.ai Technology & Software 1500000 2021 United States No Market Need
MotionThink Technology & Software 2500000 2019 United States Team/Founder Conflict
Ink Technology & Software 0 2017 United States Ran Out of Cash
Hello Tyro Technology & Software 1000000 2021 Belgium No Market Need
Graphite Docs Technology & Software 400000 2020 United States No Market Need
Delite Technology & Software 2000000 2022 United States No Market Need
Bediwin Information Services Technology & Software 300000 2018 United States Unit Economics
Ansaro Technology & Software 15000000 2022 United States No Market Need
ABBY Technology & Software 3500000 2020 United States No Market Need
Transpose Technology & Software 0 2018 United States Competition
RewardMe Technology & Software 2000000 2013 United States Ran Out of Cash
Reach.ly Technology & Software 250000 2012 Latvia Product/Tech Failure
OpTier Technology & Software 112000000 2015 Israel Competition
LayerVault Technology & Software 119000 2015 United States Competition
FoundationDB Technology & Software 25 2015 United States Competition
DotCloud Technology & Software 18000000 2012 United States Product/Tech Failure
Brisk Technology & Software 2000000 2016 Sweden Unit Economics
ArsDigita Technology & Software 38000000 2002 United States Team/Founder Conflict
Thinkature Technology & Software 20000 2009 United States No Market Need
Job Alchemist Technology & Software 1500000 2011 United States Competition
Frogmetrics Technology & Software 400000 2011 United States Competition
Team Apart Technology & Software 2000000 2011 United States No Market Need
Jobspice Technology & Software 20000 2012 United States Competition
NudgePad Technology & Software 150000 2012 United States Competition
RoboHR Technology & Software 1500000 2012 United States Competition
Instantq Technology & Software 1500000 2012 United States Competition
Brushes Technology & Software 5000000 2013 United States Competition
Gantto Technology & Software 120000 2013 United States Competition
Interstate Technology & Software 120000 2014 United States Competition
Draft Technology & Software 120000 2014 United States Competition
Zigfu Technology & Software 200000 2014 United States No Market Need
Proxino Technology & Software 120000 2014 United States Competition
Zenbox Technology & Software 5000000 2014 United States Competition
Canopy Labs Technology & Software 2500000 2015 Canada Competition
LeanMarket Technology & Software 3000000 2015 United States Competition
Testmunk Technology & Software 120000 2015 United States Competition
Framebase Technology & Software 2000000 2015 United States Competition
DataNitro Technology & Software 120000 2015 United States Competition
Sparkboard Technology & Software 2500000 2015 United States Competition
Markupwand Technology & Software 120000 2015 United States Competition
FileStack Technology & Software 1500000 2015 United States Competition
Dreamforge Technology & Software 5000000 2015 United States Competition
GoScale Technology & Software 2500000 2015 United States Competition
Credictive Technology & Software 1200000 2015 United States Competition
MicroEval Technology & Software 5000000 2015 United States Competition
Celery Technology & Software 2200000 2015 United States Competition
Parallel Universe Technology & Software 120000 2015 United States No Market Need
Assorted Bits Technology & Software 2500000 2015 United States Competition
Light Table/Eve Technology & Software 3000000 2015 United States Competition
StackMachine Technology & Software 2500000 2016 United States Competition
GoComm Technology & Software 7500000 2016 United States Competition
LocalOn Technology & Software 500000 2016 United States Competition
Meta Technology & Software 73000000 2016 United States Product/Tech Failure
Watchsend Technology & Software 120000 2016 United States Competition
Audobox Technology & Software 500000 2016 United States Competition
Kivo Technology & Software 120000 2016 United States Competition
WebCake Technology & Software 120000 2016 United States Competition
ROSS Intelligence Technology & Software 13000000 2018 United States Competition
Hickory Technology & Software 2500000 2018 United States Competition
jEugene Technology & Software 120000 2018 United States Competition
Prayas Analytics Technology & Software 120000 2018 United States Competition
Reduced Energy Microsystems Technology & Software 5000000 2018 United States Competition
Traversal Networks Technology & Software 5000000 2018 United States Competition
Sixa Technology & Software 3300000 2019 United States Competition
Metapacket Technology & Software 120000 2019 United States Competition
Haywheel Technology & Software 5000000 2019 United States Competition
Ubiq Technology & Software 1500000 2019 United States Competition
Sixty Technology & Software 1800000 2020 United States Competition
Slik Technology & Software 1200000 2020 United States Competition
Fastpad Technology & Software 5000000 2020 United States Competition
User Hero Technology & Software 5000000 2021 United States Competition
numericcal, inc. Technology & Software 2000000 2021 United States Competition
Xkit Technology & Software 2000000 2021 United States Competition
Contrast Technology & Software 1500000 2021 United States Competition
Prompt Technology & Software 5000000 2022 United States Competition
Muddy Technology & Software 200000 2022 United States Competition
Dashblock Technology & Software 3000000 2022 France Competition
Flow Technology & Software 5000000 2022 United States Competition
Namaste Business Technology & Software 5000000 2022 United States Competition
Alana Technology & Software 150000 2022 United States Competition
Mipos.dev Technology & Software 5000000 2022 United States Competition
Unflow Technology & Software 1200000 2022 United States Competition
Unfaze AI Technology & Software 1500000 2023 United States Competition
Openbase Technology & Software 3500000 2023 United States Competition
Reploy Technology & Software 1500000 2023 United States Competition
Metamanagement Technology & Software 5000000 2023 United States Competition
Nototo Technology & Software 500000 2023 United States Competition
Monosi Technology & Software 120000 2023 United States Competition
Oico Technology & Software 5000000 2023 United States Competition
Streamdal Technology & Software 7000000 2023 United States Competition
In Stock Technology & Software 5000000 2023 United States Competition
Intelligent Technology & Software 15000000 2023 United States Competition
Memo Technology & Software 5000000 2023 United States Competition
Nextstore Technology & Software 5000000 2023 United States Competition
Buzzle Technology & Software 5000000 2024 United States Competition
Lariat Data Technology & Software 5000000 2024 United States Competition
Scratch Data Technology & Software 5000000 2024 United States Competition
Mixr Technology & Software 5000000 2024 United States Competition
Hera Technology & Software 15000000 2024 United States Competition
Dime Technology & Software 1000000 2024 United States Competition
Moving Parts Technology & Software 5000000 2024 United States Competition
Mindmesh Technology & Software 7500000 2024 United States Competition
Penguin AI Technology & Software 15000000 2025 United States Competition
Ruleset Technology & Software 5000000 2025 United States Competition
Integration Labs Technology & Software 1250000 2025 United States Competition
Notebook Labs Technology & Software 5000000 2025 United States Competition
Stellar Technology & Software 5000000 2025 United States Competition
Slauth.io Technology & Software 15000000 2025 United States Competition
Argovox Technology & Software 12000000 2025 United States Competition
Sonnet Technology & Software 15000000 2025 United States Competition
Dev Tools AI Technology & Software 5000000 2025 United States Competition
Branch AI Technology & Software 15000000 2026 United States Competition
Watto AI Technology & Software 5000000 2026 United States Competition
Sidenote Technology & Software 12000000 2026 United States Competition
Unhaze Technology & Software 5000000 2026 United States Competition
Vango AI Technology & Software 5000000 2026 United States Competition
Onward Technology & Software 5000000 2026 United States Competition
Invaria Technology & Software 15000000 2027 United States Competition
Snipshot Technology & Software 20000 2009 United States Competition
WriteWith Technology & Software 20000 2010 United States Competition
Trigger Technology & Software 1500000 2011 United States No Market Need
FathomDB Technology & Software 0 2011 United States Competition
Wundrbar Technology & Software 2000000 2011 United States Competition
Snaptalent Technology & Software 2000000 2011 United States Competition
Joberator Technology & Software 1500000 2011 United States Competition
BitSample Technology & Software 1500000 2011 United States Competition
Skysheet Technology & Software 200000 2012 United States Competition
PetaSales Technology & Software 2000000 2012 United States Competition
Data Marketplace Technology & Software 1200000 2013 United States Competition
Infoharmoni Technology & Software 2000000 2013 United States Competition
Notifo Technology & Software 20000 2013 United States Competition
Userfox Technology & Software 700000 2014 United States Competition
Beetailer Technology & Software 250000 2014 United States Competition
AppHarbor Technology & Software 500000 2014 United States Competition
Flotype Technology & Software 120000 2014 United States Competition
Siasto Technology & Software 750000 2014 United States Competition
Hipmob Technology & Software 120000 2015 United States Competition
Optilly/Installmonetizer Technology & Software 500000 2015 United States No Market Need
BookSolid Technology & Software 2500000 2015 United States Competition
Marft Technology & Software 120000 2015 United States Competition
Pixelapse Technology & Software 500000 2015 United States Competition
Zillabyte Technology & Software 2000000 2015 United States Competition
Brace Technology & Software 1200000 2015 United States Competition
Documents.Me Technology & Software 120000 2015 United States Competition
SolidStage Technology & Software 2000000 2015 United States Competition
Glider Technology & Software 1500000 2015 United States Competition
GiveSpark Technology & Software 1200000 2015 United States Competition
WireOver Technology & Software 2000000 2015 United States Competition
Appcubator Technology & Software 120000 2016 United States Product/Tech Failure
Posmetrics Technology & Software 120000 2016 United States Competition
Threadable Technology & Software 500000 2017 United States Competition
AirPair Technology & Software 250000 2017 United States Competition
Whirlscape Technology & Software 500000 2017 Canada Competition
Omniref Technology & Software 120000 2018 United States Competition
Shift Messenger Technology & Software 1200000 2018 United States Competition
Dealyze Technology & Software 1200000 2018 United States Competition
ThinAir Technology & Software 4500000 2018 United States Competition
Patchwork Security Technology & Software 2500000 2019 United States Competition
Elucify Technology & Software 500000 2019 United States Competition
Pathmind Technology & Software 5000000 2019 United States No Market Need
Index Technology & Software 120000 2019 United States Competition
StrongIntro Technology & Software 5000000 2019 United States Competition
Entry Technology & Software 120000 2020 United States Competition
Fibo Technology & Software 5000000 2020 United States Competition
FloydHub Technology & Software 2000000 2020 United States Competition
Marketfox Technology & Software 2000000 2020 India Competition
Niles Technology & Software 2800000 2020 United States Competition
Sketchbox Technology & Software 1500000 2021 United States Competition
Tipe Technology & Software 1200000 2021 United States Competition
Meson Technology & Software 1500000 2021 United States Competition
Haiku Technology & Software 1200000 2021 United States Competition
miru Technology & Software 500000 2021 United States Competition
Storyline Technology & Software 120000 2021 United States No Market Need
Vathys Technology & Software 2000000 2021 United States Competition
Pagedraw Technology & Software 1500000 2021 United States Competition
Voicery Technology & Software 2000000 2021 United States Competition
Iambiq Technologies Technology & Software 5000000 2021 United States Competition
Point API Technology & Software 5000000 2021 United States Competition
Vectordash Technology & Software 2000000 2022 United States Competition
Comradery Technology & Software 1500000 2022 United States Competition
DevFlight Technology & Software 5000000 2022 United States Competition
Evo.Do Technology & Software 5000000 2022 United States Competition
Docucharm Technology & Software 3000000 2022 United States Competition
Maitian.ai Technology & Software 5000000 2022 China Competition
Datamode Technology & Software 1500000 2022 United States Competition
Sublime Black Technology & Software 7500000 2022 United States Competition
Mage Technology & Software 2600000 2023 United States Unit Economics
Protobase Technology & Software 3000000 2023 United States Competition
Clayboard Technology & Software 5000000 2023 United States Competition
Scout Technology & Software 5000000 2023 United States Competition
onetool Technology & Software 120000 2023 United States Competition
Snapboard Technology & Software 1500000 2023 United States Competition
SprintAI Technology & Software 1500000 2023 United States Competition
Zumo Labs Technology & Software 5000000 2023 United States Competition
Syncro Technology & Software 5000000 2023 United States Competition
SlashAuth Technology & Software 0 2023 United States No Market Need
noHQ Technology & Software 5000000 2024 United States Competition
Huddlefire Technology & Software 12000000 2024 United States Competition
Nimbus Technology & Software 15000000 2024 United States Competition
Launcher Labs Technology & Software 1500000 2024 United States Competition
Fable Technology & Software 15000000 2024 United States Competition
Codeball Technology & Software 120000 2024 United States Competition
Galaxy Technology & Software 15000000 2024 United States Competition
Pelm Technology & Software 5000000 2025 United States Competition
FlowDeploy Technology & Software 7500000 2025 United States Competition
Suggestr Technology & Software 1500000 2025 United States Competition
Demo Gorilla Technology & Software 5000000 2025 United States Competition
Demospace Technology & Software 10000000 2026 United States Competition
Ziddu Technology & Software 1000000 2019 India Competition
Zencoder Technology & Software 2400000 2017 United States Competition
Zapier Plus Technology & Software 45000000 2023 United States Competition
Yandex Kit Technology & Software 0 2019 Russia Competition
Xobni Technology & Software 42000000 2013 United States Competition
Xmarks Technology & Software 9000000 2014 United States Competition
Woven Technology & Software 4500000 2021 United States Competition
Wildfire Technology & Software 45000000 2015 United States Competition
WigWag Technology & Software 6900000 2019 United States Competition
Whiteboard Technology & Software 25000000 2020 United States Competition
VocalIQ Technology & Software 2000000 2017 United Kingdom Competition
VisiCalc Technology & Software 0 1984 United States Competition
Viewdle Technology & Software 12 2013 Ukraine Competition
Vesper Technology & Software 500000 2019 United States Competition
UnifyID Technology & Software 20000000 2021 United States No Market Need
Twitter Fabric Technology & Software 100000000 2020 United States Competition
Trello Gold Technology & Software 10000000 2022 United States Competition
TradeGecko Technology & Software 10400000 2021 Singapore Competition
Toopher Technology & Software 3000000 2018 United States Competition
The Grid Technology & Software 4700000 2020 United States Product/Tech Failure
Tessel Technology & Software 1000000 2019 United States Competition
Tenta Technology & Software 3000000 2020 United States Competition
SumAll Technology & Software 15000000 2019 United States Competition
Sosh Technology & Software 2300000 2013 United States No Market Need
Singly Technology & Software 2700000 2016 United States Competition
Screenhero Technology & Software 2700000 2017 United States Competition
Reclip Technology & Software 1500000 2018 United States Competition
Quixey Technology & Software 134000000 2017 United States Competition
Punch’d Technology & Software 150000 2014 United States Competition
Preact Technology & Software 4700000 2018 United States Competition
PlayHaven Technology & Software 8700000 2015 United States Competition
Piston Cloud Technology & Software 20000000 2015 United States Competition
Omnity Technology & Software 4500000 2021 United States Competition
ODesk Technology & Software 44 2015 United States Competition
Nextbit Technology & Software 18 2017 United States Competition
Moped Technology & Software 1000000 2017 United States Competition
Moodstocks Technology & Software 5000000 2016 France Competition
LiveLoop Technology & Software 500000 2015 United States Competition
Koji Technology & Software 16000000 2021 United States Competition
Kiko Technology & Software 70000 2008 United States Competition
Jobr Technology & Software 2000000 2019 United States Competition
InBloom Technology & Software 100000000 2014 United States Legal/Regulatory
Iddiction Technology & Software 3000000 2014 United States Competition
Handspring Technology & Software 200000000 2003 United States Competition
GazeHawk Technology & Software 300000 2014 United States Competition
FiftyThree Technology & Software 45000000 2019 United States Competition
Fieldbook Technology & Software 1700000 2019 United States Competition
Famo.us Technology & Software 31000000 2017 United States Competition
Entrypoint Technology & Software 5000000 2020 United States No Market Need
Elance Technology & Software 70 2014 United States Competition
Dunwello Technology & Software 1500000 2018 United States No Market Need
Divshot Technology & Software 1800000 2016 United States Competition
Connect Technology & Software 25000000 2016 United States Competition
Cocoon Technology & Software 4500000 2022 United States Competition
CloudHammer Technology & Software 15000000 2012 United States Competition
Canvas Technology & Software 17000000 2017 United States Competition
Calxeda Technology & Software 103000000 2015 United States Ran Out of Cash
Burstly Technology & Software 7500000 2014 United States Competition
Ahalife Technology & Software 19000000 2017 United States Unit economics; lost differentiation Ahalife's core value—labor-intensive curation and storytelling—was fundamentally at odds with the scale and margin requi
Burbn Technology & Software $0.5M 2012 Unknown Closed in 2012 but pivoted to Instagram; too cluttered; users didn't care Check-in app with photo-sharing
Change.org Technology & Software $50M 2022 Unknown Startup phase "shut down" 2022; monetization alienated users; growth slowed Petition platform for activism
Cloudera Technology & Software $300M 2023 Unknown Wound down 2023; lost to AWS; Google BigQuery; went private Big data analytics platform
Codeacademy Technology & Software $42.5M 2022 Unknown Acquired 2021; "closed" 2022; free tiers didn't convert; lost to Coursera Online coding lessons
Domo Technology & Software $690M 2023 Unknown Scaled back 2023; lost to Tableau; Power BI; high costs Business intelligence dashboards
Drifty Technology & Software $4.2M 2019 Unknown Closed 2019; open-source didn't monetize; lost to React Native Ionic mobile app framework
Dropbox Paper Technology & Software $1.7B (Dropbox) 2021 Unknown Shut down 2021; lost to Google Docs; Notion Collaborative doc tool
Evernote Technology & Software $290M 2019 Unknown Declined 2019; bloated features; lost to OneNote Note-taking app
EyeEm Technology & Software $24M 2023 Unknown Shut down 2023; lost to Getty; Unsplash Photo-sharing and stock platform
Factual Technology & Software $104M 2022 Unknown Closed 2022; merged into Foursquare; lost to Google Maps Location data platform
Foursquare Swarm Technology & Software $162M (Foursquare) 2021 Unknown Ended 2021; check-ins faded; lost to Instagram Check-in app with badges
Gigya Technology & Software $104.6M 2018 Unknown Ended 2018; SAP acquisition; lost to Google login Social login identity tools
Gimlet Technology & Software $28.5M 2021 Unknown Sold to Spotify 2021; couldn't scale profitably Podcasting narrative shows
GroupMe Technology & Software $11.5M 2015 Unknown Acquired 2011; faded 2015; stagnated under Skype Group messaging app
HootSuite Media Technology & Software $249.9M 2023 Unknown Scaled back 2023; lost to Sprout Social; native tools Social media management tool
Huddle Technology & Software $89.2M 2018 Unknown Faded 2018; lost to Slack; Teams; sold off Cloud collaboration for teams
Hulu Japan Technology & Software $680M (Hulu) 2019 Unknown Shut down 2019; sold to Nippon TV; lost to Netflix Streaming for Japan
IFTTT Technology & Software $62.5M 2022 Unknown Scaled back 2022; free users didn't pay; lost to Zapier Automation connecting apps
Inkling Technology & Software $48M 2020 Unknown Closed 2020; lost to Kindle; Google Books Digital publishing for e-books
Instagram Live Technology & Software $57.5M (Instagram) 2021 Unknown Phased out 2021; lost to TikTok; Meta shifted Live-streaming on Instagram
Intercom Technology & Software $240.8M 2023 Unknown Startup phase "shut down" 2023; lost to Zendesk Customer messaging platform
Kik Technology & Software $120.5M 2022 Unknown Shut down 2022; privacy scandals; lost to WhatsApp Messaging app for teens
Maker Media Technology & Software $10M 2019 Unknown Closed 2019; print declined; events didn't cover costs DIY tech magazine and events
Medium One Technology & Software $3M 2020 Unknown Shut down 2020; lost to AWS IoT; low visibility IoT data processing platform
Mixpanel Technology & Software $277M 2023 Unknown Startup phase "shut down" 2023; lost to Amplitude User behavior analytics
Music.ly Technology & Software $16.1M 2018 Unknown Merged into TikTok 2018; couldn't scale solo Lip-sync video app
MySpace Technology & Software $12.8M 2018 Unknown Faded 2018; lost to Facebook; News Corp mismanaged Social networking pioneer
Notion AI Technology & Software $343M (Notion) 2023 Unknown Phased out 2023; didn't stand out AI productivity feature
Photobucket Technology & Software $15M 2018 Unknown Faded 2018; lost to Instagram; paywall backlash Photo-hosting site
Pinterest UK Technology & Software $1.5B (Pinterest) 2020 Unknown Phased out 2020; absorbed by global Pinterest UK-specific curation
Plex Technology & Software $60M 2023 Unknown Startup phase "shut down" 2023; lost to Netflix Media server streaming
Pocket Technology & Software $14.5M 2018 Unknown Acquired 2017; "closed" 2018; lost to Evernote Save-for-later app
Quid Technology & Software $79M 2020 Unknown Merged 2020; lost to Google Trends AI trend analytics
Rap Genius Technology & Software $56.8M 2020 Unknown Pivoted 2020; couldn't monetize; lost to Spotify Lyrics annotation site
ShareThis Technology & Software $64M 2020 Unknown Faded 2020; lost to native sharing Social sharing widget
SoundCloud Go Technology & Software $543M (SoundCloud) 2022 Unknown Phased out 2022; free users didn't convert Paid streaming tier
Spoke Technology & Software $28M 2021 Unknown Closed 2021; lost to Slack bots AI workplace chatbot
Substack Local Technology & Software $82.4M (Substack) 2023 Unknown Shut down 2023; costly; low readership Local newsletter funding
Tasty Labs Technology & Software $2.5M 2014 Unknown Shut down 2014; didn't catch on Social Q&A app
TinyChat Technology & Software $1.5M 2018 Unknown Faded 2018; lost to Zoom Video chat rooms
TokBox Technology & Software $26M 2018 Unknown Acquired 2012; "closed" 2018; lost to Zoom Video chat platform
Top Hat Technology & Software $130.7M 2022 Unknown Startup phase "shut down" 2022; lost to Google Classroom Classroom engagement tools
Tumblr Technology & Software $125M 2020 Unknown Faded 2020; Yahoo mismanaged; porn ban Microblogging platform
Treehouse Technology & Software $24.6M 2022 Unknown Sold 2022; lost to free resources Online coding school
TuneIn Premium Technology & Software $147.5M (TuneIn) 2021 Unknown Phased out 2021; free users didn't pay Paid radio streaming
Twilio SendGrid Technology & Software $80.9M (SendGrid) 2023 Unknown Startup phase "shut down" 2023; lost to Mailchimp Email API service
Udacity Blitz Technology & Software $163M (Udacity) 2022 Unknown Shut down 2022; lost to Upwork Freelance gig platform
Whisper Technology & Software $61M 2020 Unknown Faded 2020; toxicity; lost to Snapchat Anonymous social app
WhoSay Technology & Software $12M 2019 Unknown Shut down 2019; lost to X Celeb social platform
Wickr Technology & Software $73M 2020 Unknown Acquired 2020; "closed" as standalone; lost to Signal Secure messaging app
Wishbone Technology & Software $8M 2019 Unknown Faded 2019; lost to Instagram Stories Polling app for teens
Woo Technology & Software $1.5M 2018 Unknown Closed 2018; lost to Tinder Dating app for pros
Workable Technology & Software $84M 2022 Unknown Startup phase "shut down" 2022; lost to Lever HR hiring software
Yammer Technology & Software $142M 2018 Unknown Acquired 2012; "closed" 2018; lost to Slack Enterprise social network
Yola Technology & Software $25M 2020 Unknown Faded 2020; lost to Wix Website builder
YouNow Technology & Software $30M 2022 Unknown Faded 2022; lost to Twitch Live-streaming app
Zendesk Chat Technology & Software $85.5M (Zendesk) 2023 Unknown Phased out 2023; lost to Intercom Live chat tool
Zoomdata Technology & Software $47.2M 2021 Unknown Sold 2021; lost to Tableau Data visualization tool
Zopim Technology & Software $3M 2016 Unknown Acquired 2014; "closed" 2016; lost to Zendesk Live chat widget
Zscaler Shift Technology & Software $33M (Zscaler) 2023 Unknown Phased out 2023; lost to CrowdStrike Cloud security analytics
Zumper Pro Technology & Software $171M (Zumper) 2021 Unknown Phased out 2021; free listings won Rental listing premium
Zurb Technology & Software $1M 2013 Unknown Faded 2013; lost to Figma Design prototyping tool
Zynga Games Technology & Software $866M 2019 Unknown Faded 2019; mobile shift; sold 2022 Social gaming giant
Blync Technology & Software $2M 2018 Unknown Faded 2018; lost to Instagram Stories Social polling app
BountyJobs Technology & Software $23.5M 2021 Unknown Faded 2021; lost to LinkedIn Recruitment marketplace
Crunchyroll Technology & Software $4.05M 2021 Unknown Sold 2021; lost to Netflix Anime streaming platform
Curse Technology & Software $58M 2020 Unknown Acquired 2016; "closed" 2020; lost to Discord Gaming community platform
DailyBurn Technology & Software $0.525M 2019 Unknown Sold 2010; faded 2019; lost to Fitbit Fitness video app
Dailylook Technology & Software $3.5M 2020 Unknown Faded 2020; lost to Stitch Fix Fashion subscription boxes
Datto Technology & Software $100M 2022 Unknown Sold 2022; lost to Veeam Backup and recovery software
Deem Technology & Software $100M 2014 Unknown Sold 2014; lost to Concur Travel management platform
Frontback Technology & Software $3M 2016 Unknown Shut down 2016; lost to Instagram Dual-camera photo app
Froyo Technology & Software $1.5M 2016 Unknown Closed 2016; lost to Candy Crush Social gaming app
GoAnimate Technology & Software $10M 2021 Unknown Sold 2021; lost to Powtoon DIY animation tool
Homer Technology & Software $2.2M 2019 Unknown Sold 2019; lost to Epic! Kids' reading app
Humanoid Technology & Software $1M 2017 Unknown Closed 2017; lost to Medium Content curation platform
Babble Technology & Software Unknown 2017 Unknown
BeRecruited Technology & Software Unknown 2019 Unknown
Block Party Technology & Software Unknown 2023 Unknown
Brit + Co Technology & Software Unknown 2021 Unknown
Clever Technology & Software Unknown 2021 Unknown
Elevate Labs Technology & Software Unknown 2022 Unknown
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Every.me Technology & Software Unknown 2015 Unknown
Fano Technology & Software Unknown 2017 Unknown
Filepicker Technology & Software Unknown 2018 Unknown
Firebase Technology & Software Unknown 2018 Unknown
Fixya Technology & Software Unknown 2019 Unknown
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Flock Technology & Software Unknown 2017 Unknown
Framed Data Technology & Software Unknown 2016 Unknown
Freak’n Genius Technology & Software Unknown 2016 Unknown
Freshdesk Technology & Software Unknown 2022 Unknown
Gawk Media Technology & Software Unknown 2016 Unknown
Geckoboard Technology & Software Unknown 2022 Unknown
Genuity Technology & Software Unknown 2001 Unknown
Gnip Technology & Software Unknown 2019 Unknown
Good Technology Technology & Software Unknown 2012 Unknown
Greenhouse.io Technology & Software Unknown 2022 Unknown
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Highfive Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown
I/O Docs Technology & Software Unknown 2015 Unknown
Import.io Technology & Software Unknown 2022 Unknown
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Intuit QuickBase Technology & Software Unknown 2014 Unknown
Jive Software Technology & Software Unknown 2015 Unknown
Jolt Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown
Joyent Technology & Software Unknown 2017 Unknown
Jukin Media Technology & Software Unknown 2021 Unknown
JumpTime Technology & Software Unknown 2015 Unknown
Keen IO Technology & Software Unknown 2019 Unknown
Keybase Technology & Software Unknown 2021 Unknown
Khan Academy Lite Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown
Kiwi Technology & Software Unknown 2015 Unknown
Koding Technology & Software Unknown 2019 Unknown
Latergramme Technology & Software Unknown 2017 Unknown
LinkedIn Lite Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown Discontinued by parent company
LiveMint Technology & Software Unknown 2017 Unknown
LiveSpace Technology & Software Unknown 2017 Unknown
Loom Technology & Software Unknown 2018 Unknown
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Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo Technology & Software Unknown 2017 Unknown
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Moment Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown
MongoHQ Technology & Software Unknown 2016 Unknown
NextCaller Technology & Software Unknown 2021 Unknown
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Ninja Metrics Technology & Software Unknown 2017 Unknown
One Month Technology & Software Unknown 2022 Unknown
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OpenPeak Technology & Software Unknown 2013 Unknown
Optimizely Technology & Software Unknown 2022 Unknown
Orbeus Technology & Software Unknown 2018 Unknown
Origami Labs Technology & Software Unknown 2016 Unknown
Osmo Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown
OverDrive Technology & Software Unknown 2001 Unknown
Panorama Education Technology & Software Unknown 2022 Unknown
Paperless Post Technology & Software Unknown 2021 Unknown
Pi Technology & Software Unknown 2022 Unknown
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Pinger Technology & Software Unknown 2018 Unknown
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Portfolium Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown
PowerReviews Technology & Software Unknown 2018 Unknown
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Puppet Labs Technology & Software Unknown 2019 Unknown
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Push IO Technology & Software Unknown 2015 Unknown
RebelMail Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown
Replit Teams Technology & Software Unknown 2023 Unknown
RescueTime Technology & Software Unknown 2021 Unknown
Retro Technology & Software Unknown 2019 Unknown
Samba TV Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown
Say Media Technology & Software Unknown 2017 Unknown
Sidekick Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown
Skillshare Classes Technology & Software Unknown 2023 Unknown
Slidely Technology & Software Unknown 2021 Unknown
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Spindle Technology & Software Unknown 2015 Unknown
Sprout Technology & Software Unknown 2016 Unknown
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Superhuman Technology & Software Unknown 2022 Unknown
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Swarm Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown
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Tagged Technology & Software Unknown 2019 Unknown
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Tripod Technology & Software Unknown 2000 Unknown
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Twist Technology & Software Unknown 2018 Unknown
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Urban Airship Technology & Software Unknown 2021 Unknown
UserVoice Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown
Ustream Technology & Software Unknown 2019 Unknown
Vator Technology & Software Unknown 2018 Unknown
Viki Technology & Software Unknown 2018 Unknown
Viper Technology & Software Unknown 2020 Unknown
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Pixate Technology & Software Unknown 2016 United States Reclassified Acquired by Google in 2015 and shut down in 2016. Subsequent research identified this as a clean acquisition exit rather

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