Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) — portfolio autopsies

The world's first commercial quantum computer company proved annealing can't beat classical solvers.

Sweden's food waste marketplace had the mission but Too Good To Go had the execution.

The largest fleet of Earth imaging satellites — SPAC'd at $2.8B, now a penny stock struggling for survival

Tech-enabled real estate brokerage. Rate rises killed transactions. 800 layoffs.

The cobot pioneer whose friendly robot face couldn't mask insufficient manufacturing precision.

The enterprise social network that won the market, sold to Microsoft — and got integrated too slowly to survive Slack.

The always-on social app that killed your battery before it could build your network.

Good Technology raised $425M, was about to IPO, sold to BlackBerry. BlackBerry killed the product within a year.

Members-only flash sales pioneer raised $236M and hit $1B valuation. Trained customers to never pay full price. Luxury brands pulled merchandise. Sold to Hudson's Bay for $250M — a 75% haircut.

Meebo let you use AIM, MSN, and Yahoo Messenger in a browser tab. Google acquired it. Shut it down in 6 weeks.