// startup autopsy
Acadient
An e-learning pioneer that couldn't outlast the dot-com winter.
timingSilent Shutdown
Quiet closure with no public announcement · Fatal mistake: Attempting to sell enterprise e-learning SaaS subscriptions during the post-dot-com budget freeze when buyers were eliminating discretionary software spend.
Key Events Timeline
FOUNDING
Acadient founded as an early SaaS e-learning platform targeting enterprise clients.
PRODUCT LAUNCH
Platform launched into a frozen enterprise software market still reeling from dot-com crash.
FUNDING
Last known funding activity recorded in 2003; insufficient to sustain operations.
SHUTDOWN
Acadient closes operations quietly, unable to generate sufficient enterprise revenue in a depressed market.