Which startups in AFSquare's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?

AFSquare has 9 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Julep, Buddy, Wish.

What is the most common failure cause in AFSquare's documented portfolio?

The most frequent failure cause is "unit-economics", recorded in 2 of 9 documented cases.

¿En qué startups del dataset de UnicornBurn aparece AFSquare?

AFSquare tiene 9 empresas documentadas en UnicornBurn, incluyendo Julep, Buddy, Wish.

¿Cuál es la causa de fracaso más frecuente en las empresas del portfolio de AFSquare?

La causa más frecuente es "unit-economics", registrada en 2 de 9 casos documentados.

AFSquare — portfolio autopsies

AFSquare has 9 portfolio companies documented in the UnicornBurn autopsy dataset with verified collapse causes and timelines. Most frequent failure cause: "unit-economics".

documented

Venture Capital

type

USA

country

Venture · Serie B · Serie A

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// dominant patterns

Top failure cause

unit-economics

2/9 cases

Collapse pattern

Slow Death

Top sector

ecommerce

// 9 documented companies

Julep

beautyUSA

Seattle beauty subscription pioneer that burned $56M as subscription fatigue and Birchbox/Ipsy competition destroyed the economics.

Slow Death

⭐ 8%

🔥 50%

Buddy

saasUSA2024

Polish CI/CD underdog ran out of runway when GitHub Actions made pipelines free for millions.

Silent Shutdown

⭐ 18%

🔥 12%

Wish

ecommerceUSA2024

Discount marketplace IPO'd at $14B then sold for $173M three years later

Slow Death

⭐ 55%

🔥 65%

Wish (ContextLogic)

ecommerceUSA2024

Amazon for the price-sensitive: $1 items shipped free, no questions asked

Fire Sale

⭐ 8%

🔥 65%

LendUp

fintechUSA2019

$364M couldn't make exploitative lending ethical — regulators noticed.

Regulatory Kill

⭐ 52%

🔥 68%

Washio

marketplaceUSA2016

On-demand laundry pickup proved that dry-cleaning economics can't support a tech company

Sudden Collapse

⭐ 28%

🔥 30%

Songza

✓ Verified

mediaUSA2015

Google bought the best music curation on the internet, then quietly deleted it.

Acqui-hire

⭐ 42%

🔥 30%

Turntable.fm

socialUSA2013

The virtual DJ room that built the internet's most social music experience — and was shut down by music licensing costs

Silent Shutdown

⭐ 48%

🔥 42%

Socialcam

socialUSA2012

16 million downloads via viral spam tricks, then a $60M exit before the music stopped.

Fire Sale

⭐ 35%

🔥 50%

// faq

Which startups in AFSquare's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?: AFSquare has 9 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Julep, Buddy, Wish.
What is the most common failure cause in AFSquare's documented portfolio?: The most frequent failure cause is "unit-economics", recorded in 2 of 9 documented cases.
What collapse pattern dominates AFSquare's documented failures?: The predominant collapse pattern is "Slow Death". UnicornBurn documents 9 distinct collapse styles based on sequence and speed of failure.

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