# Startup Graveyard

URL: https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/

This section is compiled from public sources (Wikidata, news archives and company announcements). Figures are given as they appear in those sources; unknown fields are left blank. If you spot a mistake in an entry, you can send us a correction.

- Startups: 1,744
- Known capital burned: $78.6 billion
- Average lifespan: 10.4 years
- Most common cause: Ran out of cash

## Featured stories

- [15.ai (2020 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/15-ai/): The SI project that voiced fictional characters for free, named after its claim of cloning a voice from 15 seconds of audio
- [80 Acres Farms (2015 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/80-acres-farms/): Ohio's USD 1 billion vertical farming company closed in 2026 when a rescue sale collapsed overnight
- [Ascend Elements (2015 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ascend-elements/): It turned spent batteries into new cathode material until grants, demand and prices all moved against it
- [BioWare (1995 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bioware/): The Canadian studio behind Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect and Dragon Age: founded by three doctors in 1995, sold to EA in 2007
- [Blast (2023 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/blast/): An Ethereum layer-2 network promising automatic yield on ETH and stablecoins: it drew billions in 2024 and is winding down in 2026
- [Character.AI (2021 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/character-ai/): A platform for chatting with characters: a Google licence in 2024, a bankruptcy protection filing in 2026
- [Evil Geniuses (1999 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/evil-geniuses/): The North American esports organisation that won world titles from Dota 2 to Valorant: closing in 2026 under sponsorship and cost pressure
- [Getaround (2009 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/getaround/): A car-sharing pioneer that sank on listing and in 2026 liquidated with nothing left for shareholders
- [Getty Images (1995 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/getty-images/): One of the world's largest visual archives: founded in London in 1995, delisted and in bankruptcy protection in 2026
- [ICRYPEX (2018 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/icrypex/): A crypto exchange that grew through sponsorships and fan tokens, then went into liquidation in 2026
- [IO Interactive Türkiye (2023 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/io-interactive-turkiye/): The Istanbul studio Hitman maker IO Interactive opened to develop AAA games
- [Luminar Technologies (2012 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/luminar-technologies/): Lidar company of a 17-year-old founder: USD 11 billion in 2021, technology sold for USD 33 million in 2026
- [Minimus (2022 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/minimus/): The Twistlock founders' second startup: it sold software images with fewer vulnerabilities and closed three years after a USD 51 million seed round
- [Movement Labs (2022 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/movement-labs/): The company that set out to bring Move to Ethereum entered small-business bankruptcy in 2026
- [Opaque Systems (2021 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/opaque-systems/): A Berkeley start-up running analytics and super intelligence on encrypted data: a Series B in February 2026, its team to Anthropic in October
- [Quandoo Türkiye (2013 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/quandoo-turkiye/): The Turkish operation of the Berlin-based online restaurant booking platform
- [Rec Room (2016 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/rec-room/): Social gaming platform with 150 million players: USD 3.5 billion peak, closed without a profitable model
- [Salad and Go (2013 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/salad-and-go/): Cheap drive-thru salads: the chain grew to nearly 150 restaurants, then closed every one in August 2026
- [Vepara (? – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/vepara/): A payment institution offering virtual POS, a digital wallet and pay-by-link on a single platform
- [Vicarious Surgical (2014 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/vicarious-surgical/): A surgical robot steered through virtual reality: valued at USD 1.1 billion, it never won FDA clearance
- [YoLa Fresh (2023 – 2026)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/yola-fresh/): A fresh-produce platform linking Moroccan smallholder farmers directly to shops: founded in 2023, closed within three years
- [Ample (2014 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ample/): Robot stations that swapped EV batteries for fleets: Chapter 11 after USD 330 million raised
- [Benson Hill (2012 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/benson-hill/): It set out to rewrite soybean genetics with data, bought and sold plants, and left its stock worthless
- [Bitay (2018 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bitay/): A crypto exchange born as an R&D project at Yıldız Teknopark that issued its own token
- [BitTurk (2017 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bitturk/): A Turkish exchange that was first to list some altcoins in Turkey and also built blockchain software
- [BluSmart (2019 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/blusmart/): An Indian ride-hailing service run on an all-electric fleet
- [Builder.ai (2016 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/builder-ai/): The start-up that promised to make commissioning an app with SI as easy as ordering a pizza
- [Canoo (2017 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/canoo/): The start-up building pod-shaped electric vans and delivery vehicles for commercial fleets
- [CloudMinds (2015 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/cloudminds/): Tried to move robot brains to the cloud: raised RMB 5.4 billion, entered liquidation in 2025
- [Danimer Scientific (2004 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/danimer-scientific/): Danimer made biodegradable plastic from bacteria: from a USD 4.9 billion stock boom to a USD 19 million sale
- [Desktop Metal (2015 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/desktop-metal/): It set out to bring metal 3D printing to factories, and fell from USD 5 billion to a USD 7 million asset sale
- [Dunzo (2014 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/dunzo/): The Indian errands and quick-commerce app that grew out of a WhatsApp group
- [eFishery (2013 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/efishery/): The Indonesian fish-feeder start-up that hit USD 1.4 billion and collapsed on fabricated numbers
- [Flip (2019 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/flip-shop/): A video shopping app that paid users to post shut down without warning 16 months after a billion-dollar round
- [Gazete Duvar (2016 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/gazete-duvar/): An independent online newspaper launched after the 15 July coup attempt that lasted nine years
- [Good Glamm Group (2015 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/good-glamm-group/): India's beauty and content group: 11 acquisitions made it a unicorn, and lenders broke it up in 2025
- [Humane (2018 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/humane/): Maker of the AI Pin, a wearable SI device meant to replace the phone
- [ininal (2012 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ininal/): A Turkish prepaid card start-up that let people without credit cards shop online
- [Li-Cycle (2016 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/li-cycle/): Battery recycling's rising star ran out of cash at the Rochester plant it could never finish
- [Lilium (2015 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/lilium/): The German company behind the Lilium Jet, an electric air taxi capable of vertical take-off
- [Nabız (Nabd Türkiye) (2016 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/nabiz/): The Turkish edition of Nabd, the Arab world's news app, aggregating more than 300 Turkish sources
- [Neta Auto (Hozon New Energy) (2014 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/neta/): China's budget EV brand stalled in the price war and now waits in bankruptcy for a new investor
- [Nikola (2014 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/nikola/): The listed company that promised hydrogen and battery-electric heavy lorries
- [Northvolt (2015 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/northvolt/): The Swedish manufacturer that aimed to become Europe's electric-vehicle battery giant
- [Pandion (2020 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/pandion/): The e-commerce parcel delivery network built by the founder of Amazon Air
- [Pocket (2007 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/pocket/): The app for saving articles from around the web to read later
- [Skype (2003 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/skype/): The app that made free voice and video calls over the internet mainstream
- [Sonder (2014 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/sonder/): The hospitality company that leased flats and ran them like hotels through an app
- [Sunnova Energy (2012 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/sunnova/): A Houston company that financed rooftop solar: Chapter 11 with USD 8.9 billion of debt
- [WeMakePrice (2010 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/wemakeprice/): One of Korea's big three deal sites, sent into liquidation when it could not pay its sellers
- [Zingat (2015 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/zingat/): The property platform founded by Doğuş Group and REIDIN that stood out for its valuation data
- [Zongmu Technology (2013 – 2025)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/zongmu/): Zongmu sold driver-assistance systems to Chinese carmakers: three failed listings, then a bankruptcy case
- [Arrival (2015 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/arrival/): A British company that aimed to build electric delivery vans and buses in microfactories
- [Artifact (2022 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/artifact/): The Instagram founders' news app, personalised with super intelligence
- [Bench Accounting (2012 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bench-accounting/): Subscription bookkeeping for small businesses, combining software with human bookkeepers
- [Bowery Farming (2015 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bowery-farming/): A vertical farming start-up that grew greens in warehouses without pesticides
- [Byju's (2011 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/byjus/): It began with one teacher's classes, reached USD 22 billion and has been in Indian insolvency since 2024
- [Cazoo (2018 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/cazoo/): The Zoopla founder's online used-car retailer fell from USD 7 billion to administration in three years
- [Cruise (2013 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/cruise/): General Motors' autonomous vehicle company that tried to build a driverless taxi service
- [Cue Health (2010 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/cue-health/): A home molecular COVID test took it public at USD 2.3 billion; when demand ended it liquidated in 2024
- [Fisker Inc. (2016 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/fisker/): The car start-up behind designer Henrik Fisker's electric SUV, the Ocean
- [Forward (2016 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/forward/): A subscription clinic from an ex-Google executive bet on health pods and closed overnight in November 2024
- [Genesis Global (2013 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/genesis-global/): Crypto's institutional lending desk went bankrupt in the 2022 chain of collapses and was wound down
- [Ghost Autonomy (2017 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ghost-autonomy/): An OpenAI-backed start-up developing autonomous driving software for carmakers
- [Gorillas (2020 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/gorillas/): The start-up delivering groceries ultra-fast by bicycle courier from dark stores
- [Gro Intelligence (2012 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/gro-intelligence/): A New York- and Nairobi-based platform that analysed global agricultural data with super intelligence
- [instela (İTÜ Sözlük) (2004 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/instela/): A collaborative dictionary born as İTÜ Sözlük that turned into a social community called instela
- [InVision (2011 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/invision/): The prototyping tool of design teams: fell behind Figma, from USD 1.9 billion to closure
- [Karhoo (2014 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/karhoo/): The London taxi app that set out to rival Uber and went into administration twice
- [Koinim (2013 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/koinim/): A first-generation Turkish bitcoin wallet and trading platform, launched in 2013
- [Koo (2019 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/koo/): The microblogging app born in India as a home-grown alternative to Twitter
- [Mint (2006 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/mint/): A personal finance app that brought bank, card and investment accounts together on one screen
- [Motif FoodWorks (2019 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/motif-foodworks/): Motif made a heme protein to give plant-based meat its flavour, then closed in 2024 after a patent fight
- [OneSmart International Education (2007 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/onesmart/): China's premium tutoring chain shut its doors almost overnight after the 2021 crackdown
- [Royole Corporation (2012 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/royole/): The Chinese display maker that sold a foldable phone before Samsung was ordered into liquidation in 2024
- [Selina Hospitality (2014 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/selina/): Hostels and co-working for digital nomads: from USD 1.2 billion to a 99% loss
- [Shapeways (2007 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/shapeways/): The marketplace that opened 3D printing to everyone lasted three years on the stock market
- [Silvergate Capital (1988 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/silvergate/): A small California bank turned crypto's banker, then chose voluntary liquidation in 2023 after FTX fell
- [Superpeer (? – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/superpeer/): The platform where experts and influencers held paid one-to-one calls and livestreams
- [Synapse (2014 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/synapse/): Banking-as-a-service infrastructure that sat between fintech companies and banks
- [Tally (2015 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/tally/): The fintech valued at $855 million that managed credit card debt automatically
- [Terraform Labs (2018 – 2024)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/terraform-labs/): The company behind the Terra blockchain, which created the algorithmic stablecoin UST and LUNA
- [54gene (2019 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/54gene/): A Nigerian start-up that set out to open up Africans' genomic data to drug research
- [AppHarvest (2017 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/appharvest/): A company that grew soil-free crops in giant greenhouses in Kentucky's coal country
- [Babylon Health (2013 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/babylon-health/): The health company offering an SI-powered chatbot and video consultations with doctors
- [Boxed (2013 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/boxed/): The online retailer that delivered bulk-size goods to the door without a membership fee
- [Britishvolt (2019 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/britishvolt/): The start-up that set out to build an electric-vehicle battery gigafactory in the north of England
- [BuzzFeed News (2011 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/buzzfeed-news/): BuzzFeed's Pulitzer-winning investigative journalism and news division
- [Convoy (2015 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/convoy/): A digital freight broker that used software to match shippers with truckers
- [Dergilik (Turkcell) (2011 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/dergilik/): Turkcell's digital publishing platform offering hundreds of magazines and newspapers in a single app
- [Ello (2014 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ello/): The social network born as an ad-free alternative to Facebook that became an artists' community
- [Embark Trucks (2016 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/embark-trucks/): A start-up that built self-driving software for long-haul lorries and went public via a SPAC
- [Frank (2016 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/frank/): The student financial aid start-up that JPMorgan bought
- [Hyperloop One (2014 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/hyperloop-one/): The company that promised aircraft-speed travel in magnetic pods running through low-pressure tubes
- [Infarm (2013 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/infarm/): The Berlin company that put farms inside supermarkets never turned a profit, despite USD 500 million
- [IRL (2018 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/irl/): An events and messaging network for young people whose users turned out to be 95 per cent bots
- [JOLED (2014 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/joled/): Born from Sony and Panasonic's OLED units, Japan's printed display hope never made the process pay
- [LINK Türkiye (Superpedestrian) (2021 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/link-turkiye/): US-based Superpedestrian's shared scooter service in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir
- [Lordstown Motors (2018 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/lordstown-motors/): The company that tried to build the Endurance electric pickup in GM's former Ohio plant
- [Mevsimi (2020 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/mevsimi/): The Turkish start-up that brought seasonal fruit and vegetables straight from growers to the door, with no middlemen
- [Modacruz (2014 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/modacruz/): A mobile marketplace where women bought and sold second-hand luxury clothing and accessories
- [Morhipo (2011 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/morhipo/): Boyner Holding's fashion site that brought new-season products and promotions together in one place
- [Multichain (? – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/multichain/): A crypto bridge moving billions stopped in 2023 because one man held the keys
- [Neeva (2019 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/neeva/): A search engine founded by a former Google executive that promised search without ads or tracking
- [Olive AI (2012 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/olive-ai/): Set out to automate the hospital back office: from USD 4 billion to a piecemeal sale
- [Pear Therapeutics (2013 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/pear-therapeutics/): The FDA-authorised digital health pioneer developing prescription software therapies
- [Proterra (2004 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/proterra/): The US company making electric city buses, battery systems and charging infrastructure
- [Singulato (2014 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/singulato/): An early Chinese EV start-up: RMB 17 billion claimed, and not a single car sold
- [SmileDirectClub (2014 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/smiledirectclub/): It posted clear aligners to your door, fell 28 per cent on listing day and shut down four years later
- [Thundra (2018 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/thundra/): A platform for monitoring, debugging and securing serverless applications such as AWS Lambda
- [Trapmine (2017 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/trapmine/): The security software that used machine learning to protect corporate computers from malware
- [VanMoof (2009 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/vanmoof/): The Dutch brand that sold its own smart electric bikes direct to customers
- [Veev (2008 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/veev/): A housing start-up that built walls in a factory: half of its USD 400 million round never arrived
- [Virgin Orbit (2017 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/virgin-orbit/): Launched rockets from under a Boeing 747's wing: from USD 3.7 billion to a USD 36 million auction
- [Zulily (2009 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/zulily/): The e-commerce site offering mothers daily flash sales on children's products
- [Zume (2015 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/zume/): The start-up that went from robot-made pizza baked in the delivery van to packaging
- [Zymergen (2013 – 2023)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/zymergen/): The company that set out to make materials from microorganisms using genomics and machine learning
- [Airlift (2019 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/airlift/): A Pakistani start-up that went from a shuttle bus app to 30-minute grocery delivery
- [Argo AI (2016 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/argo-ai/): A Ford- and Volkswagen-backed company developing software and hardware for driverless cars
- [Barty (2019 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/barty/): A peer-to-peer platform where second-hand goods were swapped for points rather than money
- [BenzinLitre (2018 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/benzinlitre/): The app that mapped petrol stations with their latest prices and facilities
- [BlockFi (2017 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/blockfi/): A $3 billion company offering lending products backed by crypto assets
- [Bobiler.org (2007 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bobiler-org/): The photomontage community that brought "monte" culture to Turkish internet humour
- [Bulb Energy (2013 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bulb-energy/): Britain's fast-growing green energy supplier: rescued by the state after the 2021 gas shock
- [Celsius Network (2017 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/celsius-network/): A crypto lending platform that promised depositors returns of up to 17 per cent
- [Edmodo (2008 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/edmodo/): The social network-style learning platform for teachers and students
- [Electric Last Mile Solutions (2020 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/electric-last-mile-solutions/): Liquidated a year after listing: the USD 1.4 billion electric delivery van start-up
- [Enjoy Technology (2014 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/enjoy-technology/): The architect of the Apple Store took retail to the doorstep; the company lasted under a year as a listed firm
- [Fair (2016 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/fair/): SoftBank's car subscription bet burned through over USD 2 billion of financing and ended in 2022
- [Fast (2019 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/fast/): The Stripe-backed fintech that wanted to bring one-click checkout to every e-commerce site
- [FTX (2019 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ftx/): The crypto exchange that reached a $32 billion valuation and collapsed within days
- [GittiGidiyor (2001 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/gittigidiyor/): The site that started with auctions and grew into one of Turkey's longest-established marketplaces
- [Gönder (2017 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/gonder/): A grocery platform that brought neighbourhood shopkeepers' goods to the door through online ordering and delivery
- [Kite (2014 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/kite/): The pre-Copilot assistant that offered super intelligence autocompletion as you coded
- [Kitty Hawk (2010 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/kitty-hawk/): The electric flying vehicle start-up backed by Larry Page
- [LendUp (2011 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/lendup/): A fintech offering short-term online loans and credit cards to people with poor credit scores
- [Local Motors (2007 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/local-motors/): The 3D-printed vehicle start-up that designed with its community and built in microfactories
- [Made.com (2010 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/made-com/): The British online furniture brand fell from GBP 775 million to a GBP 3.4 million sale in 17 months
- [Nice Tuan (Shihuituan) (2018 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/nice-tuan/): Alibaba-backed Chinese community group buying platform: raised USD 1.3 billion, closed in 2022
- [Nimo TV Türkiye (2020 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/nimo-tv-turkiye/): The live-streaming platform through which China's Huya gathered mobile gaming streamers in Turkey
- [Pharmapacks (Packable) (2010 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/pharmapacks/): One of Amazon's biggest sellers went into wind-down in 2022 after its SPAC merger fell through
- [TutumluAnne (2013 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/tutumluanne/): The Turkish marketplace where mothers bought and sold second-hand children's and women's items
- [Voyager Digital (2018 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/voyager-digital/): The crypto broker offering trading and loyalty rewards that lent out its assets
- [Yaani (2017 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/yaani/): Turkcell's mobile-first search engine, launched with the promise of keeping data in Turkey
- [Yakala.co (2010 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/yakala-co/): The Turkish daily-deals site, backed by Hürriyet, that stood out for its witty voice
- [Zilingo (2015 – 2022)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/zilingo/): A marketplace and B2B platform digitising fashion sellers and the supply chain in Asia
- [Arıkovanı (2016 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/arikovani/): Turkcell's reward-based crowdfunding platform for technology start-ups
- [Byton (2016 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/byton/): The Chinese-German electric car brand that never reached series production
- [Coinzo (2018 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/coinzo/): An İzmir-based platform that ranked among Turkey's five most-used crypto exchanges
- [Element AI (2016 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/element-ai/): The Montreal super intelligence company co-founded by Yoshua Bengio
- [Greensill Capital (2011 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/greensill/): The supply chain finance firm that grew at breakneck speed and collapsed in 2021
- [Houseparty (2016 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/houseparty/): The group video chat app that told you when your friends were online
- [Katerra (2015 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/katerra/): A construction technology company that built walls in a factory and assembled them on site
- [Knotel (2016 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/knotel/): The $1.6 billion WeWork rival that built flexible, dedicated headquarters for companies
- [Periscope (2014 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/periscope/): The app that popularised live streaming from your phone, bought and then closed by Twitter
- [Simple (2009 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/simple-bank/): One of the first branchless, app-first neobanks
- [Thodex (2017 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/thodex/): The Turkish crypto exchange, founded as Koineks, that went dark overnight in 2021
- [Tongcheng Life (2018 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/tongcheng-life/): Neighbourhood group buying for groceries: USD 300 million raised, then bankruptcy owing 1,000 suppliers
- [Vebitcoin (2017 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/vebitcoin/): The Muğla-based crypto platform that halted operations right after Thodex
- [Zomato Türkiye (2013 – 2021)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/zomato-turkiye/): The restaurant discovery platform that grew by buying Mekanist, and came and went twice
- [Alkışlarla Yaşıyorum (2004 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/alkislarla-yasiyorum/): The video site that became Turkey's archive of comedy clips during the years YouTube was blocked
- [Atrium (2017 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/atrium/): A company from Twitch's co-founder that delivered legal services to start-ups through software
- [Blogcu.com (2005 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/blogcu-com/): Turkey's first free blogging service, which helped hundreds of thousands of people start a blog
- [Brandless (2016 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/brandless/): The unbranded everyday-essentials start-up that sold every product for $3
- [Careem Türkiye (2016 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/careem-turkiye/): The Gulf ride-hailing start-up's taxi-hailing service in Istanbul, Bursa and Adana
- [Essential Products (2015 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/essential-products/): The hardware start-up from Android co-founder Andy Rubin that only ever shipped one phone
- [Glovo Türkiye (2018 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/glovo-turkiye/): The Turkish arm of the Spanish app that brought everything from meals to groceries to the door by courier
- [Hemen Kiralık (2012 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/hemen-kiralik/): The Turkish rental site connecting hosts with people renting flats by the night or the day
- [Honestbee (2015 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/honestbee/): The Singaporean platform that delivered groceries through personal shoppers
- [HubHaus (2016 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/hubhaus/): The co-living start-up that leased large houses and opened their rooms to young professionals
- [Jet.com (2014 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/jet-com/): The online retailer that took on Amazon on price, then was bought and shut down by Walmart
- [ofo (2014 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ofo/): The Chinese dockless bike-sharing company whose yellow bikes spread to 20 countries
- [OtoParlat (2018 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/otoparlat/): A mobile car-wash service that cleaned vehicles where they were parked, without using water
- [Proteus Digital Health (2001 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/proteus/): A digital medicine company valued at USD 1.5 billion that put ingestible sensors into pills
- [Quibi (2018 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/quibi/): The streaming service that raised $1.75 billion for short shows made to be watched on a phone
- [ScaleFactor (2014 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/scalefactor/): The start-up that raised $100 million on the promise of automating accounting with super intelligence
- [Smopin (? – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/smopin/): The swipe-based chat app that matched strangers who wanted to talk about the same topic
- [Starsky Robotics (2016 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/starsky-robotics/): The driverless lorry start-up: autonomous on the motorway, remotely driven in town
- [Wirecard (1999 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/wirecard/): The payments company that rose into the DAX, then collapsed over €1.9 billion that had gone missing
- [Wunderlist (2010 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/wunderlist/): The Berlin-born to-do list app that reached 13 million users
- [Xinja (2017 – 2020)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/xinja/): The Australian neobank that gathered deposits at high interest, made no loans and handed back its licence
- [Aiwujiwu (2014 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/aiwujiwu/): It promised to wipe out estate agents, reached a billion dollars in 18 months and faded out quietly in 2019
- [Anki (2010 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/anki/): The robotics start-up that made SI-powered toy robots and racing cars
- [Aria Insights (2008 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/aria-insights/): The final form of CyPhy Works, the tethered-drone maker founded by iRobot's co-founder
- [Arivale (2014 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/arivale/): A start-up offering personal health coaching based on genetic and blood tests
- [Bilemezsin (2016 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bilemezsin/): The Turkish app that turned the news of the day into a fun points-based prediction game
- [Call9 (2015 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/call9/): It set out to cut unnecessary hospital transfers by bringing remote emergency medicine to nursing homes
- [Chariot (2014 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/chariot/): The app-booked commuter shuttle start-up that Ford shut down
- [Coolest Cooler (2014 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/coolest-cooler/): The record-breaking Kickstarter cool box with a built-in blender and speaker
- [DAQRI (2010 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/daqri/): The company building augmented reality helmets and glasses for industrial workers
- [Evtiko Türkiye (2016 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/evtiko-turkiye/): A property start-up that made offers on homes within 48 hours, bought them, renovated them and sold them on
- [Juno (2016 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/juno/): The New York ride-hailing app that promised drivers lower commission and a stake in the company
- [Koinex (2017 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/koinex/): Once one of India's biggest crypto exchanges, shut down by a banking ban
- [Ligatus Türkiye (2013 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ligatus-turkiye/): The ad network serving native ads dressed as content recommendations on news sites
- [MapR Technologies (2009 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/mapr/): The enterprise data platform of the Hadoop era raised USD 280 million and ended in a 2019 asset sale to HPE
- [Markafoni (2008 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/markafoni/): The discount fashion site that popularised invitation-only private shopping in Turkey
- [MoviePass (2011 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/moviepass/): The monthly cinema subscription buried under its own subscriber boom
- [Munchery (2010 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/munchery/): The service delivering chilled, chef-prepared dinners to people's homes
- [QuadrigaCX (2013 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/quadrigacx/): The Canadian crypto exchange whose customer funds went missing after its founder died
- [Scotty Yemek (2018 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/scotty-yemek/): The food delivery service of Scotty, the motorbike ride app, bringing restaurant meals by courier
- [Seven Dreamers Laboratories (2014 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/seven-dreamers-laboratories/): The bankrupt maker of Laundroid, a fridge-sized laundry-folding robot
- [Sinemia (2015 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/sinemia/): The cinema subscription app that let film fans go often for a fixed monthly fee
- [Tink Labs (2012 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/tink-labs/): A start-up that put smartphones in hotel rooms and collapsed within weeks of a billion-dollar valuation
- [uBiome (2012 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ubiome/): The testing start-up that sequenced the human microbiome from samples taken at home
- [Utrip (2011 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/utrip/): A Seattle travel-planning start-up whose acquisition deal collapsed three days before signing
- [Vreal (2015 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/vreal/): The streaming platform that put viewers inside the streamer's virtual world, then closed while waiting for the VR market
- [ŞefGibi (2017 – 2019)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/sefgibi/): The Turkish start-up sending weekly meal kits with recipe cards and pre-portioned ingredients
- [1V1Y (Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş) (2011 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/1v1y/): The private shopping site set up jointly by some of Turkey's best-known retail brands
- [Airware (2011 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/airware/): The start-up building a drone operating system and data platform for enterprises
- [BuldumBuldum.com (2006 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/buldumbuldum/): An e-commerce site selling personalised products and quirky gifts
- [Navdy (2013 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/navdy/): The hardware start-up that generated buzz with a device projecting navigation onto the windscreen, then went into liquidation
- [Path (2010 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/path/): A mobile social network designed for sharing photos and moments with a close circle of friends
- [Pondr (2014 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/pondr/): The Turkish social app that let you put two photos side by side and ask your followers to choose
- [Radar Radio (2014 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/radar-radio/): The online radio station that was a stage for London's underground music until allegations of harassment and exploitation silenced it
- [Rethink Robotics (2008 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/rethink-robotics/): The Boston pioneer of collaborative robots that work side by side with people
- [Setmoda (2017 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/setmoda/): The fashion site that suggested outfits to match the shopper's mood and sold them as sets
- [Shyp (2013 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/shyp/): The on-demand courier app that collected parcels from your door, packed them and shipped them
- [Sobee (2000 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/sobee/): The pioneering games studio behind Turkey's first MMORPG, İstanbul Kıyamet Vakti
- [Theranos (2003 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/theranos/): The USD 9 billion health start-up that promised hundreds of tests from a single drop of blood
- [Webnak (2014 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/webnak/): The freight platform that matched shippers with lorry drivers through a mobile app
- [Wonga (2006 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/wonga/): High-cost, short-term online loans approved in minutes
- [Yogome (2010 – 2018)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/yogome/): The start-up that claimed millions of users for its educational games, then closed amid allegations of misconduct
- [Beepi (2013 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/beepi/): The marketplace that took used-car buying and selling out of the dealership and to the door
- [Beme (2014 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/beme/): An app that promised unfiltered sharing through short videos with no editing and no preview
- [Bukoli (2014 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bukoli/): A Borusan venture that delivered online orders to neighbourhood shops and smart lockers
- [Butikbebe.com (2011 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/butikbebe/): The Turkish private shopping site selling products for mothers, mothers-to-be and babies through campaigns
- [Doppler Labs (2013 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/doppler-labs/): The maker of Here One, the smart wireless earbuds that filtered the sounds around you
- [Fotokritik (? – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/fotokritik/): The Turkish-language photography community where photographers shared their work and critiqued each other
- [GüvenRehberi (2013 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/guvenrehberi/): The Turkish SaaS start-up that rated the trustworthiness of online shops through customer reviews
- [Jawbone (1999 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/jawbone/): The USD 3 billion hardware company behind headsets, speakers and fitness trackers
- [Juicero (2013 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/juicero/): The $699 internet-connected juicer that squeezed fruit packs sold on subscription
- [Kidimami (2016 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/kidimami/): The marketplace where families bought and sold new and lightly used baby and children's products
- [Lily Robotics (2013 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/lily-robotics/): An autonomous camera drone that you threw into the air and that then followed and filmed you on its own
- [Maple (2015 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/maple/): A David Chang-backed service that cooked meals in its own kitchens and delivered them with its own couriers
- [Nuvo (2014 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/nuvo/): Yapı Kredi's branchless, fee-free digital banking brand for young people
- [Papyon (2013 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/papyon/): Yemeksepeti's restaurant discovery and online table booking platform
- [Parse (2011 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/parse/): The mobile back-end service that 600,000 apps relied on, until Facebook bought it and shut it down
- [Quixey (2009 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/quixey/): The search engine that found apps by what they do rather than what they are called
- [Sprig (2013 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/sprig/): The food start-up that brought healthy chef-made meals to your door in 20 minutes
- [Stayzilla (2007 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/stayzilla/): A homestay and budget hotel marketplace that tried to become India's Airbnb
- [TheFork Türkiye (2015 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/thefork-turkiye/): The Turkish version of TripAdvisor's online restaurant booking and discount platform
- [Tilt (2012 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/tilt/): The platform that let groups of friends and communities pool money together
- [Ve Interactive (2009 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ve-interactive/): British tech firm that won back abandoned baskets: from GBP 1.5 billion to administration
- [Vine (2012 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/vine/): The sharing service whose six-second looping videos ushered in the short-video era
- [Yik Yak (2013 – 2017)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/yik-yak/): The campus app that let users post anonymously to everyone within 8 kilometres
- [Annelütfen (2011 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/annelutfen/): A vertical e-commerce site selling mother, baby and children's products, which also tried a subscription model
- [Bilio.com (Ucuzu.com) (2004 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bilio/): A price comparison site born as Ucuzu.com that was renamed Bilio under Naspers
- [BolBol (2014 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bolbol/): The food-ordering platform from the founder of Çiçeksepeti that charged restaurants no commission
- [Brisk (2012 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/brisk/): The Salesforce add-on that reminded sales teams of opportunities slipping through the cracks
- [ChaCha (2006 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/chacha/): A text-message search service where human guides answered the questions
- [CircleBack Lending (2012 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/circleback-lending/): The US online lending platform that opened consumer loans to institutional investors
- [Clinkle (2011 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/clinkle/): The mobile payments start-up that raised a record seed round but never shipped a product
- [Dinner Lab (2011 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/dinner-lab/): A pop-up supper club that opened up-and-coming chefs' tables to members and spread to 31 cities
- [EVT Motor (EVT S1) (2012 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/evt-motor/): The home-grown, 100 per cent electric sports car start-up developed at Hacettepe Teknokent
- [Frankly.me (2014 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/frankly-me/): An Indian social network that connected users with celebrities through short video Q&As
- [Fuhu (2008 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/fuhu/): The hardware start-up whose Nabi tablets for children made it America's fastest-growing company
- [Gawker Media (2003 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/gawker-media/): The blog network behind Gawker, Gizmodo, Kotaku and Lifehacker
- [GoZoomo (2014 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/gozoomo/): The Indian used-car marketplace that shut down with money still in the bank and returned what was left
- [incir.com (2012 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/incir-com/): The platform that let anyone open a virtual shop in a few clicks and sell on commission without holding stock
- [İndirdik.com (2010 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/indirdik/): The Turkish deals site selling quirky products at a discount, first known as Bendeİstiyorum.com
- [Kitchit (2011 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/kitchit/): A San Francisco start-up that sent a chef to your home and brought the restaurant experience to your kitchen
- [Kliksa (2012 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/kliksa/): Sabancı Holding's e-commerce site selling everything from technology to personal care
- [Mailbox (2011 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/mailbox/): The mobile email app that promised inbox zero with a few swipes
- [Move Loot (2013 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/move-loot/): The start-up that handled second-hand furniture sales end to end and wanted to take on Craigslist
- [Pebble (2012 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/pebble/): The e-paper smartwatch start-up that broke Kickstarter records
- [PepperTap (2014 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/peppertap/): The Indian grocery delivery app that raised $50 million in two years and grew on discounts
- [Phorm Türkiye (2012 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/phorm-turkiye/): A company that used internet provider data to target ads based on browsing habits
- [Pixate (2012 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/pixate/): A no-code mobile prototyping tool that Google shut down a year after buying it
- [Powa Technologies (2007 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/powa/): The London company behind PowaTag, which promised one-tap shopping from adverts
- [Rafter (2006 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/rafter/): The edtech start-up that raised $86 million promising to fold textbooks into tuition fees
- [RethinkDB (2009 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/rethinkdb/): The real-time open-source database company that was loved but could not make money
- [Shipbeat (2014 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/shipbeat/): A Danish shipping platform that billed itself as the Klarna of logistics
- [Shuddle (2014 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/shuddle/): The Uber-style service for ferrying children to school and activities that could not find new funding
- [Skully (2013 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/skully/): The hardware start-up that sank before it could deliver its augmented-reality motorcycle helmet
- [Sunrise (2012 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/sunrise/): The calendar app Microsoft bought for more than $100 million and folded into Outlook
- [Take Eat Easy (2013 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/take-eat-easy/): The Belgian food delivery start-up that closed after 114 funds said no and its last offer collapsed
- [Washio (2013 – 2016)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/washio/): An on-demand service that collected dirty laundry from the door and returned it clean within 24 hours
- [37coins (2013 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/37coins/): A start-up that wanted to give the unbanked millions a bitcoin wallet by text message
- [Alikolo (2014 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/alikolo/): The Indonesian e-commerce marketplace founded without knowing Tokopedia existed
- [Arabulvar (2012 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/arabulvar/): A general e-commerce site and marketplace launched in Turkey by Limango, part of Otto Group
- [Bawte (2012 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bawte/): The Iowa start-up that kept the manuals and warranties for everything you buy in one place
- [Dakick (2011 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/dakick/): The social time guide that recommended events based on the artists, teams and venues you followed
- [Dazo (2014 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/dazo/): The Bengaluru mobile start-up delivering food from daily changing menus
- [Evim.net (2010 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/evim-net/): A vertical e-commerce site for home decor that raised $5 million
- [Fab (2010 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/fab/): The daily-deals design shop once valued at more than $1 billion
- [Friendster (2002 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/friendster/): One of the first big social networks, reaching millions before MySpace and Facebook
- [Giggem (2012 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/giggem/): The LinkedIn-style social network connecting musicians with the music industry
- [Grooveshark (2006 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/grooveshark/): The music service that grew on user-uploaded songs and was closed by copyright lawsuits
- [Homejoy (2010 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/homejoy/): An online platform connecting customers with home cleaners and handymen
- [irmik.com (2012 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/irmik-com/): A B2B marketplace where restaurants bought food and operating supplies in bulk
- [LayerVault (2011 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/layervault/): The New York start-up that offered version control for designers and gave birth to Designer News
- [Leap Transit (2013 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/leap-transit/): The San Francisco bus service that tried to turn the commute into luxury with leather seats and Wi-Fi
- [Limango Türkiye (2009 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/limango-turkiye/): The Turkish private shopping site of Limango, part of Germany's Otto Group
- [Lokum.com (2012 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/lokum-com/): Yemeksepeti's online shop for regional and artisan food
- [OnLive (2009 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/onlive/): An early cloud gaming service that ran games on servers and streamed them as video
- [Ouya (2012 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ouya/): The $99 open Android games console born of Kickstarter records
- [QBotix (2010 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/qbotix/): The solar tracking system that turned panels with robots running on rails, and never found its footing
- [Quirky (2009 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/quirky/): A New York invention platform that turned community-submitted ideas into products and sold them
- [Rdio (2010 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/rdio/): The music streaming service known for its social features that spread to 85 countries
- [Secret (2013 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/secret/): The mobile social app for sharing anonymous messages with your circle of friends
- [Sidecar (2011 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/sidecar/): One of the first-generation ride-sharing apps connecting drivers with passengers
- [Zano (2014 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/zano/): The mini drone billed as Europe's biggest Kickstarter that was never delivered
- [Şehir Fırsatı (Groupon Türkiye) (2010 – 2015)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/sehir-firsati/): Groupon's Turkish brand, a daily deals site selling vouchers for restaurants, spas and events
- [99dresses (2010 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/99dresses/): The infinite-wardrobe start-up that gave women a virtual currency for swapping clothes
- [Aereo (2012 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/aereo/): A streaming service that brought local TV channels online through tiny rented aerials
- [Argyle Social (2010 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/argyle-social/): A Durham-based software start-up offering social media management for marketers
- [BERG (2005 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/berg/): The London design studio that created Little Printer and turned to connected products
- [Céidot Oyun Stüdyoları (2004 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ceidot/): The pioneering Ankara game studio behind Hükümran Senfoni and Umaykut
- [Desti (2011 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/desti/): A super intelligence-driven travel planning app spun out of SRI, the birthplace of Siri
- [Metrekare.com (2013 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/metrekare-com/): A mobile-first, next-generation property listings site with neighbourhood-level price analysis
- [Mt. Gox (2010 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/mt-gox/): The Tokyo exchange that once handled most of the world's bitcoin trading
- [OpTier (2002 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/optier/): The transaction monitoring software that fell behind its market despite raising over $100 million
- [Springpad (2008 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/springpad/): The note-taking app that reached 5 million users in Evernote's shadow but never built a revenue model
- [Tablet Seminerler (2013 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/tablet-seminerler/): A short-course platform that sold expert seminars online and delivered them in person
- [Verelo (2012 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/verelo/): The Toronto site-monitoring start-up sold to Dyn a few weeks after announcing it would close
- [Youlike (2012 – 2014)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/youlike/): The dating site and social network that matched people by what they love and loathe
- [Admazely (2011 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/admazely/): The start-up that offered small online shops easy-to-install retargeting ads
- [BenVarım (2010 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/benvarim/): Turkey's first home-grown crowd-giving platform, helping NGOs raise donations through social media
- [Better Place (2007 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/better-place/): The ambitious mobility start-up that built battery-swap stations for electric cars
- [DayBuyDay (2011 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/daybuyday/): A private shopping site founded as a partnership between Hepsiburada and Cem Hakko, which launched with Vakko
- [DesignLocks (2012 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/designlocks/): An online shop offering different, original design products every day
- [Dopplr (2007 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/dopplr/): The network that matched your travel plans with your friends', bought and shut down by Nokia
- [Everpix (2011 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/everpix/): The much-loved photo service that gathered all your photos in the cloud and picked out the best
- [Flowtab (2011 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/flowtab/): The Los Angeles start-up that promised drinks ordered by phone, with no queueing at the bar
- [Flud (2010 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/flud/): A San Diego app that wanted to turn reading the news into a social experience
- [Formspring (2009 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/formspring/): The social network that started the anonymous Q&A craze and reached 30 million users
- [Gamoba (2012 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/gamoba/): A vertical e-commerce site selling PC and console games, gaming accessories and electronics
- [Gaxxi (? – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/gaxxi/): A home-grown Turkish content management system offering paid blog and website hosting
- [Goboti (2012 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/goboti/): The e-commerce site selling one designer T-shirt a day from Turkish designers
- [Gurunzi (2012 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/gurunzi/): The curated shopping site selling, at a discount, products that celebrities had tried and recommended
- [Kno (2009 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/kno/): The start-up that set out to build a dual-screen tablet for students and ended up in digital textbooks
- [Memurfoni (2011 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/memurfoni/): A group-buying site offering discounted deals to members of Memurlar.net
- [Pakette (2011 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/pakette/): The Turkish e-commerce site that sold one discounted product a day, with free shipping on three
- [Posterous (2008 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/posterous/): A Y Combinator-backed blogging platform that made it easy to publish posts by email
- [PostRocket (2011 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/postrocket/): A marketing tool from young founders that promised to boost the reach of Facebook posts
- [Salorix (2009 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/salorix/): The social media analytics start-up whose founder and investors could not agree on an offer from Google
- [Sonar (2011 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/sonar/): The New York social discovery app that showed your connections with people in the same room
- [StilSOS (2012 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/stilsos/): The social fashion showcase that presented products from different brands and designers as outfits
- [Totsy (2009 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/totsy/): The flash-sale site for mothers that went into liquidation a year after raising $23.5 million
- [Turntable.fm (2011 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/turntable-fm/): The social listening site where users took turns playing DJ in virtual rooms
- [Tutorspree (2010 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/tutorspree/): The would-be Airbnb of tutoring that closed after becoming dependent on Google traffic
- [VIPDükkan (2010 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/vipdukkan/): One of Turkey's first flash-sale sites, a branded-goods discount club that grew on TV advertising
- [Wantful (2011 – 2013)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/wantful/): A personalised gift recommendation start-up that shut down abruptly when Nordstrom's investment failed to arrive
- [Bamarang Türkiye (2012 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bamarang-turkiye/): Rocket Internet's Turkish site selling design products through flash sales
- [Color Labs (2010 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/color-labs/): The proximity photo-sharing app that raised $41 million and could not keep its users
- [Evimister (2011 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/evimister/): The vertical e-commerce site selling everything from home decor to home electronics
- [Fyonk (2012 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/fyonk/): A social gifting app that let people send friends gift vouchers on their Facebook birthdays
- [Glitch (2009 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/glitch/): The combat-free, co-operative browser multiplayer game that gave birth to Slack
- [Gowalla (2007 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/gowalla/): The Austin start-up that took on Foursquare in the check-in race and closed after joining Facebook
- [Monster Türkiye (2008 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/monster-turkiye/): The Turkish job listings and CV platform of the global careers site Monster
- [Pabbuc.com (2005 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/pabbuc/): A shoe and bag shop remembered as Turkey's first online shoe retailer
- [Saklışehir (2011 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/saklisehir/): A group-buying site offering traditional experiences to conservative users
- [Sosyomat (2006 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/sosyomat/): A home-grown, tag-based Turkish social network founded before Facebook caught on in Turkey
- [Sporena (2011 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/sporena/): The Turkish vertical e-commerce site selling sports shoes, clothing and accessories
- [Vimjo (2010 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/vimjo/): A Turkish e-commerce site that set out to bring personal care and health products together in one place
- [Zidaya (2012 – 2012)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/zidaya/): The shoe, clothing and accessories site Rocket Internet set up in Turkey
- [İçkisepeti (2008 – 2011)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/ickisepeti/): The Istanbul site that delivered alcohol to your door in about half an hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- [Solyndra (2005 – 2011)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/solyndra/): An energy start-up backed by a federal loan guarantee that made cylindrical thin-film solar panels
- [EventVue (2007 – 2010)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/eventvue/): The Boulder start-up that built private social networks to connect conference attendees
- [Hemalhemsat (2005 – 2010)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/hemalhemsat/): A Doğan Group marketplace connecting individual sellers and shops with buyers
- [Lala (2006 – 2010)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/lala/): The music service that started with CD swapping and moved to 10-cent-a-song cloud streaming
- [LimeWire (2000 – 2010)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/limewire/): The peer-to-peer file-sharing program that became the emblem of music sharing on the Gnutella network
- [Wesabe (2005 – 2010)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/wesabe/): The personal finance site that analysed users' financial data and offered savings tips
- [Bravoo (2007 – 2009)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/bravoo/): The online directory, local search and advertising platform connecting small businesses with consumers
- [Dodgeball (2000 – 2009)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/dodgeball/): The early mobile social network that let you text in your location and find friends nearby
- [GeoCities (1994 – 2009)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/geocities/): The free personal web page host organised into virtual neighbourhoods
- [Koysepete (2003 – 2009)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/koysepete/): An Ankara-based shopping site selling everything from computers to home textiles in instalments
- [Lookery (2007 – 2009)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/lookery/): The start-up born as an ad network for Facebook apps that was undone by platform dependence
- [TeeBeeDee (2007 – 2009)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/teebeedee/): The social network built for the over-40s that closed within two years in Facebook's shadow
- [Teketek (2005 – 2009)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/teketek/): A technology distributor's shopping site, focused on computers and electronics
- [Yeterkiiste (2005 – 2009)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/yeterkiiste/): The technology-focused online shop set up as an affiliate of İş Bankası
- [Estore (1998 – 2008)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/estore/): One of Turkey's first general online shopping sites, an e-store that also sold on television
- [Monitor110 (2005 – 2008)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/monitor110/): A New York start-up that set out to filter the internet's flood of information for investors
- [Tio (2007 – 2008)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/tio/): The shopping guide that compared prices and let you buy from different shops with a single account
- [Weblebi.com (2000 – 2008)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/weblebi/): One of Turkey's first generation of general online shopping sites
- [Kiko (2005 – 2006)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/kiko/): The online calendar that launched just before Google Calendar and ended up sold on eBay
- [ArsDigita (1997 – 2002)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/arsdigita/): How a profitable web software company collapsed after taking venture capital
- [Broadcast.com (1995 – 2002)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/broadcast-com/): A pioneer of internet radio and live streaming, and Yahoo's most expensive acquisition
- [General Magic (1990 – 2002)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/general-magic/): The Apple spin-off that sketched the first drafts of the smartphone in the 1990s
- [Be Inc. (1990 – 2001)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/be-inc/): The former Apple executive's company behind the BeOS operating system and the BeBox computer
- [eToys (1997 – 2001)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/etoys/): The online toy retailer that became an emblem of the dotcom bubble
- [Excite@Home (1996 – 2001)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/excite-at-home/): The cable broadband provider that merged with the Excite web portal
- [Flooz.com (1999 – 2001)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/flooz/): A start-up selling 'flooz', a digital currency that could be spent in online shops
- [Kozmo.com (1998 – 2001)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/kozmo/): The delivery service that brought films, snacks and everyday essentials to your door within an hour, free
- [Napster (1999 – 2001)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/napster/): The peer-to-peer file-sharing app that took MP3 music sharing mainstream
- [Webvan (1996 – 2001)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/webvan/): The dotcom giant that delivered grocery orders to the door within a 30-minute window
- [Boo.com (1998 – 2000)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/boo-com/): A European start-up that tried to sell branded sports and fashion clothing online with a 3D experience
- [Pets.com (1998 – 2000)](https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/startup-graveyard/pets-com/): The dotcom that sold pet supplies online, famous for its sock-puppet mascot