Which startups in SoftTech VC's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?

SoftTech VC has 11 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Wander, Thanx, Poshmark.

What is the most common failure cause in SoftTech VC's documented portfolio?

The most frequent failure cause is "unit-economics", recorded in 4 of 11 documented cases.

¿En qué startups del dataset de UnicornBurn aparece SoftTech VC?

SoftTech VC tiene 11 empresas documentadas en UnicornBurn, incluyendo Wander, Thanx, Poshmark.

¿Cuál es la causa de fracaso más frecuente en las empresas del portfolio de SoftTech VC?

La causa más frecuente es "unit-economics", registrada en 4 de 11 casos documentados.

SoftTech VC — portfolio autopsies

SoftTech VC has 11 portfolio companies documented in the UnicornBurn autopsy dataset with verified collapse causes and timelines. Most frequent failure cause: "unit-economics".

documented

Venture Capital

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USA

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Seed · Serie B · Serie A

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// dominant patterns

Top failure cause

unit-economics

4/11 cases

Collapse pattern

Slow Death

Top sector

ecommerce

// 11 documented companies

Wander

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travelUSA

Andreessen Horowitz-backed premium remote work vacation rental startup raised $20M and shut down when it could not turn beautiful cabins into a profitable business.

Silent Shutdown

Thanx

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saasUSA2023

Loyalty SaaS for restaurants that couldn't retain loyalty from restaurants.

Slow Death

Poshmark

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beautyUSA2023

IPO at $7B, acquired by Naver for $1.2B — social commerce's 80% markdown in two years

Fire Sale

Tulip Retail

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saasCanada2022

Luxury retail's favorite clienteling app got absorbed by Stripe and quietly disappeared.

Acqui-hire

Niche

✓ Verified

marketplaceUSA2021

Twitter's first creator bet, quietly killed six years after the $30M acquisition.

Silent Shutdown

Postmates

✓ Verified

foodtechUSA2021

The on-demand delivery pioneer swallowed by the capital war it helped start.

Acqui-hire

Grovo

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edtechUSA2019

Microlearning pioneer acquired for cents on the dollar after failing to expand beyond compliance.

Fire Sale

Coin

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fintechUSA2017

A single card that stored all your credit cards electronically — made obsolete by Apple Pay and Google Pay before it could achieve scale.

Acqui-hire

Fab

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ecommerceUSA2015

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

Slow Death

Wittlebee

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ecommerceUSA2015

A Google Ventures-backed kids' clothing box imploded under operational chaos and wrong shipments.

Slow Death

Fab

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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

// faq

Which startups in SoftTech VC's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?: SoftTech VC has 11 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Wander, Thanx, Poshmark.
What is the most common failure cause in SoftTech VC's documented portfolio?: The most frequent failure cause is "unit-economics", recorded in 4 of 11 documented cases.
What collapse pattern dominates SoftTech VC's documented failures?: The predominant collapse pattern is "Slow Death". UnicornBurn documents 9 distinct collapse styles based on sequence and speed of failure.

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