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ICQ shuts down: ICQ is shutting down after 28 years of offering instant messaging service
Nickie Louise June 26, 2024

Ionic Materials, a tech startup set to revolutionize lithium batteries for EVs, shuts down operations
Nickie Louise June 6, 2024

Adam Neumann makes a $500 million bid to buy WeWork out of bankruptcy
Nickie Louise March 26, 2024


Thrasio, an e-commerce startup that buys Amazon businesses, files for bankruptcy after raising $3.4 billion in funding
Nickie Louise February 28, 2024

Spreadsheet.com is shutting down after raising $5.5 million in funding and over 170,000 users
Nickie Louise February 24, 2024

Digital news startup The Messenger shuts down less than a year after burning through $50 million
Nickie Louise February 1, 2024


Uber shuts down Drizly, an alcohol delivery startup it bought 3 years ago for $1.1 billion
Nickie Louise January 17, 2024

InVision, a tech startup once valued at $2 billion, shuts down after burning through $356.2M of investors’ cash
Daniel Levi January 11, 2024

Bird, an electric scooter company once valued at $2.5 billion, filed for bankruptcy
Nickie Louise January 2, 2024


SmileDirectClub, a telehealth startup once valued at $8.9 billion, shuts down after bankruptcy
Daniel Levi December 11, 2023

OpenView abruptly shuts down amid challenging VC climate, despite raising a total of $2.4 billion in funding
Nickie Louise December 6, 2023

Zeus Living, a real estate startup backed by Airbnb, is shutting down after raising $150M in total funding
Daniel Levi November 8, 2023


From unicorn to bankruptcy: WeWork, once most valuable US startup, files for bankruptcy
Nickie Louise November 7, 2023

Intuit is shutting down Mint, a popular personal finance app acquired in 2009 for $170 million; moves users to Credit Karma
Nickie Louise November 6, 2023

WeWork to file for bankruptcy as early as next week after burning through $22 billion of investors’ money
Nickie Louise November 1, 2023


Pebble, the ‘Twitter killer’ social media app, meets an abrupt demise and shuts down after 10 months
Daniel Levi October 24, 2023

Why Online Businesses Fail: Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid
Nickie Louise October 18, 2023

91% of Startups Fail: Here are the top 25 reasons why startups fail in 2022
Nickie Louise September 19, 2023


Startups shutting down in 2023: Tech startups that closed up shops in Q2 as venture market cools
Nickie Louise August 1, 2023

Google shuts down its domain registrar business; sells to Squarespace for $180 million about a decade after launch
Daniel Levi June 15, 2023