Why Everpix Failed: Distribution | Startup Autopsy
$2.4M
Raised
2y
Time to collapse
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Everpix
Published its own financial autopsy showing $43K revenue, $350K/month burn, and 3 months runway — couldn't raise a $15M Series A and shut with the best product reviews of any photo app
Years-long decline before final shutdown · Fatal mistake: Everpix built AI photo organization that automatically sorted and surfaced memories. Raised $2.4M from Y Combinator and angels. Had 55,000 users, 22% paying. Published its own financial autopsy: revenues $43K, burn $350K/month, runway 3 months. Required $15M Series A to scale but couldn't raise at adequate valuation. Shut November 2013. Shared all financials publicly.
Evaluating only Everpix’s profile at its peak — without knowing the outcome — the model ranked Unit economics as the #1 likely cause. Documented cause: Distribution.
“Photo organization apps require platform distribution (iOS, Android system integration) to achieve the user count that makes subscription economics viable — standalone apps cannot acquire enough paying users at $5/month for a $350K/month burn rate.”
Failure anatomy
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Slow Death
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Technology
Fatal mistake
Everpix built AI photo organization that automatically sorted and surfaced memories. Raised $2.4M from Y Combinator and angels. Had 55,000 users, 22% paying. Published its own financial autopsy: revenues $43K, burn $350K/month, runway 3 months. Required $15M Series A to scale but couldn't raise at adequate valuation. Shut November 2013. Shared all financials publicly.