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from scratch

Built from scratch, shuttered from scratch.

marketfitSlow Death

Years-long decline before final shutdown · Fatal mistake: Failed to differentiate in a saturated SaaS market and ran out of runway before achieving sustainable revenue.

Founded	2010
Closed	2016
Country	Unknown
Sector	Saas

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Key Events Timeline

2010-01-01

FOUNDING

From Scratch is founded with a vision to build SaaS tools.

2013-06-01

PRODUCT LAUNCH

Company launches its core SaaS product to the market.

2015-06-01

FUNDING

Final funding round closes at $2.52M total raised — last capital injection.

2016-06-01

SHUTDOWN

From Scratch ceases operations after exhausting runway without achieving growth targets.

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Documented cause

From Scratch appears to have failed due to insufficient capital and inability to achieve product-market fit in a highly competitive SaaS market. With only $2.5M in total funding and the last funding round occur...

ring in 2015, the company likely faced severe runway constraints. The search results indicate that approximately 90% of SaaS startups fail within their first few years, with common failure factors inc

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from scratch raised €2.515051M before failed to differentiate in a saturated saas market and ran out of runway before achieving sustainable revenue. ended it. See the documented cause, verified lesson and all failure signals.

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