Acquired and shut down
Acquired and shut down: 45 startups that closed for this reason, with their stories and lessons.
45 startups
The app for saving articles from around the web to read later
Closed2003 – 2025Skype
The app that made free voice and video calls over the internet mainstream
Closed2015 – 2025Zingat
The property platform founded by Doğuş Group and REIDIN that stood out for its valuation data
Closed2013 – 2024Cruise
General Motors' autonomous vehicle company that tried to build a driverless taxi service
Closed2020 – 2024Gorillas
The start-up delivering groceries ultra-fast by bicycle courier from dark stores
Closed2006 – 2024Mint
A personal finance app that brought bank, card and investment accounts together on one screen
Closed? – 2024Superpeer
The platform where experts and influencers held paid one-to-one calls and livestreams
Closed2014 – 2023Modacruz
A mobile marketplace where women bought and sold second-hand luxury clothing and accessories
Closed2018 – 2023Thundra
A platform for monitoring, debugging and securing serverless applications such as AWS Lambda
Closed2017 – 2023Trapmine
The security software that used machine learning to protect corporate computers from malware
Closed2009 – 2023Zulily
The e-commerce site offering mothers daily flash sales on children's products
Closed2008 – 2022Edmodo
The social network-style learning platform for teachers and students
Closed2001 – 2022GittiGidiyor
The site that started with auctions and grew into one of Turkey's longest-established marketplaces
Closed2016 – 2021Houseparty
The group video chat app that told you when your friends were online
Closed2014 – 2021Periscope
The app that popularised live streaming from your phone, bought and then closed by Twitter
Closed2009 – 2021Simple
One of the first branchless, app-first neobanks
Closed2014 – 2020Jet.com
The online retailer that took on Amazon on price, then was bought and shut down by Walmart
Closed2010 – 2020Wunderlist
The Berlin-born to-do list app that reached 13 million users
Closed2014 – 2019Chariot
The app-booked commuter shuttle start-up that Ford shut down
Closed2016 – 2019Juno
The New York ride-hailing app that promised drivers lower commission and a stake in the company
Closed2010 – 2018Path
A mobile social network designed for sharing photos and moments with a close circle of friends
Closed2000 – 2018Sobee
The pioneering games studio behind Turkey's first MMORPG, İstanbul Kıyamet Vakti
Closed2014 – 2017Beme
An app that promised unfiltered sharing through short videos with no editing and no preview
Closed2015 – 2017Maple
A David Chang-backed service that cooked meals in its own kitchens and delivered them with its own couriers
Closed2013 – 2017Papyon
Yemeksepeti's restaurant discovery and online table booking platform
Closed2011 – 2017Parse
The mobile back-end service that 600,000 apps relied on, until Facebook bought it and shut it down
Closed2012 – 2017Tilt
The platform that let groups of friends and communities pool money together
Closed2012 – 2017Vine
The sharing service whose six-second looping videos ushered in the short-video era
Closed2011 – 2016Mailbox
The mobile email app that promised inbox zero with a few swipes
Closed2012 – 2016Pixate
A no-code mobile prototyping tool that Google shut down a year after buying it
Closed2012 – 2016Sunrise
The calendar app Microsoft bought for more than $100 million and folded into Outlook
Closed2011 – 2015Dakick
The social time guide that recommended events based on the artists, teams and venues you followed
Closed2012 – 2015irmik.com
A B2B marketplace where restaurants bought food and operating supplies in bulk
Closed2011 – 2014Desti
A super intelligence-driven travel planning app spun out of SRI, the birthplace of Siri
Closed2012 – 2014Verelo
The Toronto site-monitoring start-up sold to Dyn a few weeks after announcing it would close
Closed2011 – 2013DayBuyDay
A private shopping site founded as a partnership between Hepsiburada and Cem Hakko, which launched with Vakko
Closed2007 – 2013Dopplr
The network that matched your travel plans with your friends', bought and shut down by Nokia
Closed? – 2013Gaxxi
A home-grown Turkish content management system offering paid blog and website hosting
Closed2009 – 2013Kno
The start-up that set out to build a dual-screen tablet for students and ended up in digital textbooks
Closed2008 – 2013Posterous
A Y Combinator-backed blogging platform that made it easy to publish posts by email
Closed2007 – 2012Gowalla
The Austin start-up that took on Foursquare in the check-in race and closed after joining Facebook
Closed2006 – 2010Lala
The music service that started with CD swapping and moved to 10-cent-a-song cloud streaming
Closed2000 – 2009Dodgeball
The early mobile social network that let you text in your location and find friends nearby
Closed1994 – 2009GeoCities
The free personal web page host organised into virtual neighbourhoods
Closed1995 – 2002Broadcast.com
A pioneer of internet radio and live streaming, and Yahoo's most expensive acquisition
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