Which startups in Kevin Colleran's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?

Kevin Colleran has 9 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Splash, Casper, Birchbox.

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

The most frequent failure cause is "competition", recorded in 4 of 9 documented cases.

¿En qué startups del dataset de UnicornBurn aparece Kevin Colleran?

Kevin Colleran tiene 9 empresas documentadas en UnicornBurn, incluyendo Splash, Casper, Birchbox.

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

La causa más frecuente es "competition", registrada en 4 de 9 casos documentados.

Kevin Colleran — portfolio autopsies

Kevin Colleran has 9 portfolio companies documented in the UnicornBurn autopsy dataset with verified collapse causes and timelines. Most frequent failure cause: "competition".

documented

Venture Capital

type

Unknown

country

Undisclosed · Serie B · Seed

stages

// dominant patterns

Top failure cause

competition

4/9 cases

Collapse pattern

Silent Shutdown

Top sector

ecommerce

// 9 documented companies

Splash

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saasUSA2023

A $53M-funded event marketing platform absorbed into a competitor after COVID broke the market.

Acqui-hire

Casper

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ecommerceUSA2022

DTC mattress unicorn IPO'd at $575M in 2020 after raising $339M—then was taken private in 2022 at $6.90/share, down 79% from its IPO price, after years of losses proved the model unworkable.

Slow Death

Birchbox

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ecommerceUSA2021

Pioneered the beauty subscription box at $485M. Sephora copied it. Sold for $1 to Walgreens in 2021.

Slow Death

Niche

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marketplaceUSA2021

Twitter's first creator bet, quietly killed six years after the $30M acquisition.

Silent Shutdown

Plated

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foodtechUSA2019

The meal kit company Albertsons acquired for $200M to fight Amazon in grocery — shut down the subscription service 2 years later when the grocery synergy never materialised

Acqui-hire

Spring

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ecommerceUSA2018

Shopping inside Instagram. Instagram built it themselves.

Silent Shutdown

SocialRadar

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socialUSA2016

Real-time friend radar was creepy enough that users deleted it within days.

Silent Shutdown

Airtime

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socialUSA2016

Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning's video chat startup — launched in 2012 with celebrity fanfare, overrun with pornography within 24 hours, pivoted three times, and quietly shut down

Slow Death

Circa

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mediaUSA2015

The atomic news app that broke stories into digestible facts — shut down when social media made that a feature, not a business

Silent Shutdown

// faq

Which startups in Kevin Colleran's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?: Kevin Colleran has 9 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Splash, Casper, Birchbox.
What is the most common failure cause in Kevin Colleran's documented portfolio?: The most frequent failure cause is "competition", recorded in 4 of 9 documented cases.
What collapse pattern dominates Kevin Colleran's documented failures?: The predominant collapse pattern is "Silent Shutdown". UnicornBurn documents 9 distinct collapse styles based on sequence and speed of failure.

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