Which startups in Trinity Ventures's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?

Trinity Ventures has 10 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Zulily, Taulia, Whisper.

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

The most frequent failure cause is "acquisition-gone-wrong", recorded in 4 of 10 documented cases.

¿En qué startups del dataset de UnicornBurn aparece Trinity Ventures?

Trinity Ventures tiene 10 empresas documentadas en UnicornBurn, incluyendo Zulily, Taulia, Whisper.

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

La causa más frecuente es "acquisition-gone-wrong", registrada en 4 de 10 casos documentados.

Trinity Ventures — portfolio autopsies

Trinity Ventures has 10 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 A · Seed · Undisclosed

stages

// dominant patterns

Top failure cause

acquisition-gone-wrong

4/10 cases

Collapse pattern

Slow Death

Top sector

social

// 10 documented companies

Zulily

ecommerceUSA2023

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

Slow Death

⭐ 35%

🔥 42%

Taulia

fintechUSA2022

Supply chain finance unicorn hopes dashed by a below-expectation SAP acquisition.

Acqui-hire

⭐ 35%

🔥 28%

Whisper

socialUSA2022

Anonymous confessional social network raised $61M from Sequoia. Peaked at 25M monthly users in 2014. Reddit and TikTok absorbed the use case. Shut September 2022.

Silent Shutdown

⭐ 58%

🔥 62%

Deliv

logisticsUSA2020

The crowdsourced same-day delivery network for retailers that shut down as COVID shifted e-commerce to Amazon-scale logistics.

Slow Death

⭐ 10%

🔥 50%

Boomerang Commerce

aiUSA2019

Priced out of existence by the very marketplace it was built to optimize.

Market Exit

⭐ 28%

🔥 30%

KIXEYE

socialUSA2019

The hardcore Facebook strategy gaming unicorn — peaked with the platform, failed with the platform.

Acqui-hire

⭐ 42%

🔥 55%

Workpop

hrtechUSA2018

Built a prettier job board for hourly workers and forgot to build a business model.

Slow Death

⭐ 16%

🔥 14%

Photobucket

ecommerceUSA2017

The photo host that broke millions of websites overnight by ransoming its own users

Slow Death

⭐ 60%

🔥 72%

Posterous

socialUSA2013

YC co-founder of today's YC President built "post by email" blogging. Twitter acquired it to improve posting UX. Shut it 13 months later.

Silent Shutdown

⭐ 55%

🔥 52%

mSpot

✓ Verified

mediaUSA2012

Brought your music to the cloud before iCloud existed — then Samsung buried it.

Acqui-hire

⭐ 20%

🔥 30%

// faq

Which startups in Trinity Ventures's portfolio are documented in UnicornBurn?: Trinity Ventures has 10 portfolio companies documented in UnicornBurn, including Zulily, Taulia, Whisper.
What is the most common failure cause in Trinity Ventures's documented portfolio?: The most frequent failure cause is "acquisition-gone-wrong", recorded in 4 of 10 documented cases.
What collapse pattern dominates Trinity Ventures'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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