// startup autopsy

opinions.h

Indian opinion platform that ran out of voice before finding its audience.

marketfitSilent Shutdown

Quiet closure with no public announcement · Fatal mistake: Launched a niche opinion media platform in India with only $15K, leaving no runway for content investment or audience development.

Founded	2009
Closed	2011
Country	India
Sector	Media

50%

Key Events Timeline

2009-01-01

FOUNDING

opinions.h founded in India as an online opinion and commentary media platform.

2010-06-01

FUNDING

Raised $15K in seed funding, the only external capital the company would receive.

2010-12-01

PRODUCT LAUNCH

Attempted to scale content offerings but struggled to attract consistent contributors or monetize traffic.

2011-06-01

SHUTDOWN

Platform quietly shut down after failing to achieve sustainable traffic or advertising revenue.

Full Analysis

Analyst plan

Documented cause

Opinions.h was an early-stage Indian opinion and commentary media platform that failed to establish a sustainable business model in a challenging media landscape. With only $15,000 in total funding, the startup...

lacked sufficient capital to compete effectively in the crowded media and commentary space. The platform faced fundamental monetization challenges inherent to opinion-based content, struggling to gen

Verified lesson

“...”

Unlock full lesson →

HypeCycle · MoatType · ResearchTags

opinions.h raised €0.015M before launched a niche opinion media platform in india with only $15k, leaving no runway for content investment or audience development. ended it. See the documented cause, verified lesson and all failure signals.

Unlock full analysis →Create free account

See all plans·Analyst plan — €149/mo

Key Events Timeline

Documented cause

Verified lesson

Similar patterns