Which startups in Highland Capital Partners's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?

Highland Capital Partners has 11 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Handy, Rent the Runway, Harry's.

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

The most frequent failure cause is "unit-economics", recorded in 3 of 11 documented cases.

¿En qué startups del dataset de UnicornBurn aparece Highland Capital Partners?

Highland Capital Partners tiene 11 empresas documentadas en UnicornBurn, incluyendo Handy, Rent the Runway, Harry's.

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

La causa más frecuente es "unit-economics", registrada en 3 de 11 casos documentados.

Highland Capital Partners — portfolio autopsies

Highland Capital Partners has 11 portfolio companies documented in the UnicornBurn autopsy dataset with verified collapse causes and timelines. Most frequent failure cause: "unit-economics".

documented

Venture Capital

type

country

Undisclosed · Serie B · Seed

stages

// dominant patterns

Top failure cause

unit-economics

3/11 cases

Collapse pattern

Market Exit

Top sector

ecommerce

// 11 documented companies

Handy

ecommerceUSA2023

The on-demand cleaning platform that couldn't keep its cleaners — or its customers.

Market Exit

⭐ 52%

🔥 62%

Rent the Runway

ecommerceUSA2022

The Netflix of fashion ran out of occasions when COVID cancelled every event that justified the subscription

Slow Death

⭐ 60%

🔥 58%

Harry's

beautyUSA2020

The FTC blocked Harry's $1.37B acquisition by Edgewell — forcing the brand to compete alone at a scale it wasn't built for

Zombie Startup

⭐ 60%

🔥 58%

Wooga

gamingGermany2018

Germany's social gaming giant. Facebook platform changes ended it.

Market Exit

⭐ 15%

🔥 85%

OpenSky

ecommerceUSA2018

Silent Shutdown

⭐ 8%

🔥 42%

Rethink Robotics

hardwareUSA2018

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

Silent Shutdown

⭐ 58%

🔥 72%

Privalia

ecommerceSpain2016

Spain's flash-sale pioneer. Acquired and absorbed by Veepee.

Slow Death

⭐ 30%

🔥 70%

Aereo

mediaUSA2014

Supreme Court killed the antenna startup the broadcast networks feared

Sudden Collapse

⭐ 40%

🔥 68%

SCVNGR

socialUSA2013

The teenage founder who gamified check-ins then abandoned them for mobile payments.

Market Exit

⭐ 38%

🔥 35%

Digg

socialUSA2012

Kevin Rose raised $45M for social news and declined a $200M Google offer. Digg v4 redesign in 2010 destroyed the community overnight. Users fled to Reddit. Sold for approximately $500K in 2012.

Sudden Collapse

⭐ 72%

🔥 75%

AMP'd Mobile

✓ Verified

saasUSA2007

Built the first mobile video streaming network — went bankrupt because customers would not pay their bills.

Bankruptcy

⭐ 30%

🔥 45%

// faq

Which startups in Highland Capital Partners's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?: Highland Capital Partners has 11 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Handy, Rent the Runway, Harry's.
What is the most common failure cause in Highland Capital Partners's documented portfolio?: The most frequent failure cause is "unit-economics", recorded in 3 of 11 documented cases.
What collapse pattern dominates Highland Capital Partners's documented failures?: The predominant collapse pattern is "Market Exit". UnicornBurn documents 9 distinct collapse styles based on sequence and speed of failure.

// for funds & analysts

Access the full failure dataset with verified causes, timelines and pattern matching.

See Intelligence plans →

// all investors

Explore the full investor directory with documented portfolio failures.

View all investors →

Are you from this fund?

Claim this page →Request search removal