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Startup Failures in Austria

7 startup autopsies from Austria. Each includes the exact cause of failure, verified financial data, and the documented failure pattern.

7 autopsies · newest deaths first

GoStudent

edtechAustria2023

Europe's most-funded EdTech unicorn raised €590M at $3.4B and laid off 700 people in months. The COVID tutoring boom had a brutal hangover.

Mass Layoff Spiral

Shpock

marketplaceAustria2022

Austria's boot-sale classifieds app was acquired by Scout24 for €204M and then quietly wound down as the parent pivoted away

Slow Death

Codeship

saasAustria2018

Vienna's most loved CI/CD startup reached 50K developers then sold to escape GitHub's inevitable encroachment.

Fire Sale

AustriaFin

fintechAustria

Austria fintech competing against George/Erste (600K), N26 (400K), Revolut (500K) in a 9M population market where 2 of 3 incumbents are headquartered next door

Slow Death

Storebox

proptechAustria

Urban micro-storage startup ran out of space and cash simultaneously

Bankruptcy

ViennaAI

aiAustria

Austria's document AI startup outspent by US competitors on their way through Europe

Slow Death

Smartax

fintechAustria

Austrian consumer tax platform squeezed by German competitors expanding across DACH

Slow Death

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