Obituary №01R.I.P.
Vagabond
A roaming social app for people who lived out of a backpack. Turns out nomads don't want another app, they want better wifi.
Anti-Portfolio
For a few things that work, many don't. My list of attempts that went to the graveyard. Failure is part of the process.
In Loving Memory of 12 Ventures
Obituary №02R.I.P.
Beep Collective
Audio-first social network. We made noise. The market made silence.
Obituary №03R.I.P.
Grail
A search engine for collectibles. Found a lot of things. Not a business model.
Obituary №04R.I.P.
Culture Tools
SaaS for shaping company culture. Companies preferred to keep shaping it with free Notion pages.
Obituary №05R.I.P.
Nada
An AI platform that analysed a track and then isolated each stem to let you download the same. Worked great. The business model? Not so much.
Obituary №06R.I.P.
Pixel
Home automation built around inexpensive switching systems and a hub called Rally. Beautiful hardware. Wrong decade.
Obituary №07R.I.P.
Augmented Shirts
AR + physical T-shirts that triggered messages, animations, and more when you pointed your phone. Compelling idea. Needed more marketing than tech.
Obituary №08R.I.P.
RCB Cards
9,999 NFT cricket cards with AR effects and utilities. DOA thanks to cricket licensing complications.
Obituary №09R.I.P.
Kooriee
Hyperlocal logistics for long-tail brands. Worked in one city. Unit economics refused to leave it.
Obituary №10R.I.P.
Specto
Cardboard-era VR cases for mobile phones. The industry moved on to standalone before we could.
Obituary №11R.I.P.
User Stories Comics
A comic series about making accessible VR. Fun to make. Webcomic economics ate it alive.
Obituary №12R.I.P.
Micro Dark Wares
Dark stores in Bangalore promising 10-minute delivery. Pandemic gave it life, normalcy took it back.