Which startups in Kevin Rose's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?

Kevin Rose has 11 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Formspring, Unbabel, Zynga.

What is the most common failure cause in Kevin Rose's documented portfolio?

The most frequent failure cause is "marketfit", recorded in 3 of 11 documented cases.

¿En qué startups del dataset de UnicornBurn aparece Kevin Rose?

Kevin Rose tiene 11 empresas documentadas en UnicornBurn, incluyendo Formspring, Unbabel, Zynga.

¿Cuál es la causa de fracaso más frecuente en las empresas del portfolio de Kevin Rose?

La causa más frecuente es "marketfit", registrada en 3 de 11 casos documentados.

Kevin Rose — portfolio autopsies

Kevin Rose has 11 portfolio companies documented in the UnicornBurn autopsy dataset with verified collapse causes and timelines. Most frequent failure cause: "marketfit".

documented

Venture Capital

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Unknown

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Undisclosed · Seed · Serie B

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// dominant patterns

Top failure cause

marketfit

3/11 cases

Collapse pattern

Fire Sale

Top sector

social

// 11 documented companies

Formspring

✓ Verified

socialUSA

Anonymous Q&A social had 30M users before cyberbullying cases linked to teen suicides made App Store restrictions and major media criticism inevitable

Slow Death

Unbabel

✓ Verified

aiPortugal

The AI+human translation startup that GPT-4 rendered obsolete

Fire Sale

Zynga

✓ Verified

gamingUSA2023

FarmVille creator — $10B IPO, Facebook algorithm change destroyed it overnight

Sudden Collapse

Wealthfront (acquisition collapse)

✓ Verified

fintechUSA2022

Robo-advisor unicorn. UBS agreed to buy it for $1.4B. Deal collapsed. CEO resigned.

Fire Sale

Fab

✓ Verified

ecommerceUSA2015

The design flash-sale unicorn that raised $336M, grew to 2,000 employees in 18 months — and sold the whole thing for $15M

Mass Layoff Spiral

Fab

✓ Verified

ecommerceUSA2015

Design flash-sale site pivoted four times and ran out of identity

Slow Death

Path

✓ Verified

socialUSA2015

Dave Morin's "thoughtful" private social network raised $60M to fix Facebook. Sold to Kakao for a nominal sum. Shut down in 2018.

Fire Sale

DailyBooth

✓ Verified

socialUSA2013

DailyBooth was an early web photo-sharing service that allowed users to share daily photos.

Silent Shutdown

Formspring

✓ Verified

socialUSA2013

28 million users loved asking anonymous questions. Some of those questions were horrifying.

Fire Sale

Zynga (IPO era)

✓ Verified

socialUSA2013

The FarmVille empire — built on Facebook, destroyed when Facebook changed its newsfeed algorithm.

Market Exit

Gowalla

✓ Verified

socialUSA2012

Gowalla built the better check-in app. Foursquare built the better network. Facebook acquired Gowalla for the team.

Acqui-hire

// faq

Which startups in Kevin Rose's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?: Kevin Rose has 11 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Formspring, Unbabel, Zynga.
What is the most common failure cause in Kevin Rose's documented portfolio?: The most frequent failure cause is "marketfit", recorded in 3 of 11 documented cases.
What collapse pattern dominates Kevin Rose's documented failures?: The predominant collapse pattern is "Fire Sale". UnicornBurn documents 9 distinct collapse styles based on sequence and speed of failure.

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