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

Maveron has 11 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Julep, Zulily, Splash.

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

The most frequent failure cause is "acquisition-gone-wrong", recorded in 2 of 11 documented cases.

¿En qué startups del dataset de UnicornBurn aparece Maveron?

Maveron tiene 11 empresas documentadas en UnicornBurn, incluyendo Julep, Zulily, Splash.

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

La causa más frecuente es "acquisition-gone-wrong", registrada en 2 de 11 casos documentados.

Maveron — portfolio autopsies

Maveron has 11 portfolio companies documented in the UnicornBurn autopsy dataset with verified collapse causes and timelines. Most frequent failure cause: "acquisition-gone-wrong".

documented

Venture Capital

type

USA

country

Serie B · Undisclosed · Seed

stages

website ↗

// dominant patterns

Top failure cause

acquisition-gone-wrong

2/11 cases

Collapse pattern

Slow Death

Top sector

beauty

// 11 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%

Zulily

ecommerceUSA2023

Flash-sale moms' site IPO'd at $2.5B, acquired for $2.4B, shut down for $0

Slow Death

⭐ 35%

🔥 42%

Splash

saasUSA2023

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

Acqui-hire

⭐ 42%

🔥 30%

NovoEd

edtechUSA2023

Stanford-born cohort learning platform outpriced itself out of the enterprise market.

Fire Sale

⭐ 20%

🔥 18%

Groupon

marketplaceUSA2022

Daily deals pioneer rejected Google's $6B offer. Stock fell 97%. CEO fired via shareholder letter. From 12,000 employees to under 500.

Slow Death

⭐ 85%

🔥 75%

Virtuix

hardwareUSA2022

Nine years of walking in place—and never actually getting anywhere.

Slow Death

⭐ 32%

🔥 25%

Everlane

beautyUSA2020

The radical transparency fashion brand that was opaque about its own culture — exposed during the racial justice moment of 2020

Sudden Collapse

⭐ 62%

🔥 72%

General Assembly

edtechUSA2019

Acqui-hire

⭐ 8%

🔥 50%

Lively

hardwareUSA2016

Privacy-first senior monitoring bought by Best Buy and quietly euthanized.

Fire Sale

⭐ 18%

🔥 15%

peerTransfer (Flywire)

fintechSpain2015

The Spanish fintech that pivoted from near-death to a Nasdaq IPO.

Regulatory Kill

⭐ 70%

🔥 30%

Drugstore.com

✓ Verified

ecommerceUSA2011

Amazon-backed online pharmacy that got beaten by CVS and acquired by Walgreens for $429M.

Acqui-hire

⭐ 38%

🔥 35%

// faq

Which startups in Maveron's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?: Maveron has 11 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Julep, Zulily, Splash.
What is the most common failure cause in Maveron's documented portfolio?: The most frequent failure cause is "acquisition-gone-wrong", recorded in 2 of 11 documented cases.
What collapse pattern dominates Maveron'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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