List of top Startups That Failed in 2023

Overview

Number of Organizations 715
Closed Year 2023
CB Rank (Hub) 16,444

Number of Founders 1,152
Average Founded Date Aug 15, 2016
Percentage Non-Profit 0%
Number of For-Profit Companies 707
Number of Non-profit Companies 3
Top Investor Types Accelerator, Incubator, Venture Capital
Top Funding Types Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B

This list of startups that ceased operations in 2023 provides data on their funding history, investment activities, and acquisition trends. Insights about top trending companies, startups, investments and M&A activities, notable investors of these companies, their management team, and recent news are also included.

Leaderboard

Trending

Funding Rounds

Acquisitions

Investments

Number of Organizations

715

Average Rank

999,321.63

Popular startups, companies & organizations by highest 30-day trend score:

Organization Name	Total Funding Amount	CB Rank (Organization)	Trend Score (30 Days)
RTCanary	obfuscated obfuscation	470,048	9.1
Respct	obfuscated obfuscation	580,737	8.9
Physalis	obfuscated obfuscation	418,082	8.7
Spring Engage (formerly Spring Metrics)	obfuscated obfuscation	682,217	8.7
Kid Koderz	obfuscated obfuscation	788,770	8.5

Recent Activities

Funding Rounds

Investments

Acquisitions

Acquired Companies

Number of Funding Rounds

1,401

Total Funding Amount

$8.7B

Announced Date	Organization Name	Transaction Name	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Ula	Secondary Market - Ula	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	OncoVerity	Series A - OncoVerity	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Diversify	Pre Seed Round - Diversify	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Anar	Seed Round - Anar	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Respct	Seed Round - Respct	obfuscated obfuscation

Funding

Cumulative

Trend

Funding Types

Industries

Locations

Number of Funding Rounds

1,401

Total Funding Amount

$8.7B

How much aggregate funding have these organizations raised over time?

Announced Date	Transaction Name	Number of Investors	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Seed Round - LifeForce Games	7	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - MilkRun	8	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Series B - BrightVolt	5	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Zeus Living	11	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - BrightVolt	9	obfuscated obfuscation

Investors that Invested in Companies in This Hub

Investors

Investor Type

Investor Stage

Number of Lead Investors

575

Number of Investors

2,119

Which investors participated in the most funding rounds within this hub?

Organization/Person Name	Location	Investor Type
Y Combinator	Mountain View, California, United States	obfuscated obfuscation
Techstars	New City, New York, United States	obfuscated obfuscation
National Science Foundation	Alexandria, Virginia, United States	obfuscated obfuscation
Callaghan Innovation	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand	obfuscated obfuscation
EISMEA	Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium	obfuscated obfuscation

Investments

Trend

Industries

Locations

Number of Investments

1,282

Number of Lead Investments

Median Number of Investments 2
Median Number of Lead Investments 14

What's the investment trend over time for this hub?

Announced Date	Investor Name	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Nishank Jain	Pre Seed Round - Nailinit	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Akshay Kumar	Seed Round - Dmodot	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	tZERO	Corporate Round - Archax	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Newchip Accelerator	Seed Round - Dianomix	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Rico Gujjula	Venture Round - Clear	obfuscated obfuscation

Acquisitions

Funding Types

Industries

Locations

Acquisition Types

Number of Acquisitions

What's the most common final funding type when companies get acquired?

Announced Date	Acquirer Name	Transaction Name	Price
obfuscated obfuscation	Fuzzy	Fetch Labs, Inc. acquired by Fuzzy	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Wisely	Hopeful Inc. acquired by Wisely	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Powa Technologies	MPayMe acquired by Powa Technologies	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Bitwise Industries	Techtonic acquired by Bitwise Industries	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Open Silicon	Zenasis Technologies acquired by Open Silicon	obfuscated obfuscation

People

Number of People

636

Full Name	Primary Organization	Primary Job Title	CB Rank (Person)
Roger Dickey	MADE	CEO and Co Founder	15,630
Karn Saroya	Cover	Co-founder & CEO	16,754
Abraham Shafi	IRL	Founder and CEO	18,064
Zubin Bhettay	Fuzzy	Co-Founder & CEO	18,607
Saad El Yamani	Ambi	Founder & CEO	34,566

Events

Number of Events

175

Event Name	Location	Start Date	CB Rank (Event)
CES 2026 united robotic systems unveil advancement in hardware to wetware infrastructure. physical ai sector cat	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Jan 6, 2026	17
Web Summit 2017	Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal	Nov 6, 2017	54
AWS re:Invent	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Jan 12, 2021	132
Web Summit 2018	Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal	Nov 4, 2018	142
SXSW 2017	Austin, Texas, United States	Mar 10, 2017	170

Subsidiaries & Owned Organizations

Number of Subsidiaries

Number of Parent Organizations

What's the most common types of sub-organization?

Which companies in this hub have the most subsidiaries?

Recent News & Activity

There is no recent news or activity for this profile.