Which startups in Fuel Capital's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?

Fuel Capital has 7 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Julep, Beep, Interana.

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

The most frequent failure cause is "unit-economics", recorded in 2 of 7 documented cases.

¿En qué startups del dataset de UnicornBurn aparece Fuel Capital?

Fuel Capital tiene 7 empresas documentadas en UnicornBurn, incluyendo Julep, Beep, Interana.

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

La causa más frecuente es "unit-economics", registrada en 2 de 7 casos documentados.

Fuel Capital — portfolio autopsies

Fuel Capital has 7 portfolio companies documented in the UnicornBurn autopsy dataset with verified collapse causes and timelines. Most frequent failure cause: "unit-economics".

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Venture Capital

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USA

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Undisclosed · Seed · Serie A

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// dominant patterns

Top failure cause

unit-economics

2/7 cases

Collapse pattern

Slow Death

Top sector

social

// 7 documented companies

Julep

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beautyUSA

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

Slow Death

Beep

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mobilityMexico2021

Mexico's electric scooter unicorn hopeful. It ran out of money before running out of sidewalks.

Sudden Collapse

Interana

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saasUSA2020

The behavioral analytics SaaS built by ex-Facebook engineers — acquired by Cloudflare for a fraction of what it raised

Fire Sale

Secret

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socialUSA2015

The anonymous sharing app that hit #1 in the App Store — and shut down 15 months later because anonymity enables cruelty at scale

Silent Shutdown

Homejoy

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marketplaceUSA2015

The $38M home cleaning marketplace killed by worker misclassification lawsuits before it could scale

Regulatory Kill

Frontback

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socialUSA2015

Frontback was a social app for sharing selfies from front and back cameras simultaneously.

Slow Death

Homejoy

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marketplaceUSA2015

Home cleaning marketplace killed by worker misclassification lawsuits

Sudden Collapse

// faq

Which startups in Fuel Capital's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?: Fuel Capital has 7 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Julep, Beep, Interana.
What is the most common failure cause in Fuel Capital's documented portfolio?: The most frequent failure cause is "unit-economics", recorded in 2 of 7 documented cases.
What collapse pattern dominates Fuel Capital'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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