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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

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And then there were some uncommon and more dramatic causes of failure, including: Financial fraud. via Beta Boston. Select VC Investors: VantagePoint Capital Partners, Lend Lease Ventures. In a Boston Globe interview in January, he had indicated that the company’s financial performance was a pressing concern.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources. Note: Less than a month after the closure announcement, Vasupal was arrested for fraud in a bizarre case involving Stayzilla business dealings.

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