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1,536 startups as they appeared on Stompstart between 2014 and 2019, each with what we can verify about what happened next.
109 of 1,536 startups match · those with an image and a known outcome first, then by when they were first on Stompstart
Listed 28 February 2014 · Stockholm · Sweden
“A next-generation hosting platform”
Service closedas of 28 Sep 2026
A Stockholm hosting platform that promised websites live in under a second; its old domain now reviews car battery jump starters.
Developer tools
Listed 11 March 2014 · Halifax · Canada
“Swapskis helps women who are skill-rich but cash-poor gain experience and pursue their passions.”
Service closedas of 28 Sep 2026
Swapskis let women in Halifax trade skills instead of cash, then became the cash marketplace Vendeve before its founder folded it in 2017.
Social and communityJobs and HR
Listed 21 March 2014 · Huddersfield · United Kingdom
“A pre and post publishing author services marketplace”
Company closedas of 28 Sep 2026
A Huddersfield membership site from 2014 that tried to match authors with editors, formatters, marketers and book reviewers, and was wound up within a year.
Jobs and HRMedia and entertainment
Listed 27 March 2014 · Edinburgh · United Kingdom
“Discover the easiest way to manage and share work tickets with your team and field workers”
Company closedas of 28 Sep 2026
An Edinburgh work-ticket app for facilities and maintenance crews; a company of the same name was struck off the register in 2019.
Productivity and collaboration
Listed 28 April 2014 · Bristol · United Kingdom
“3D Product Photography as a Service”
Company closedas of 28 Sep 2026
Zoetrope sold 3D product photography to online shops from Bristol, then pivoted into IoT consulting before its founder decided in 2018 to close it.
Media and entertainmentCommerce and marketplaces
Listed 20 May 2014 · Warsaw · Poland
“No more late Friday fixes - make code reviews fun & functional”
Product discontinuedas of 28 Sep 2026
A Warsaw code review tool that tried to make reviews fun, then went free and open source when paying customers proved too few.
Developer tools
Listed 10 June 2014
“Make the world your playground”
Company closedas of 28 Sep 2026
A Ghent do-it-yourself studio for GPS city games, tours and team events built on a phone, from a company whose liquidation closed in 2022.
Media and entertainmentTravel
Listed 30 July 2014 · Sleidinge · Belgium
“Tutorials designed for the Internet”
Product discontinuedas of 28 Sep 2026
An open source tool from Belgium for recording website walkthroughs that replayed live on the page, later left without a maintainer.
EducationDeveloper tools
Listed 9 August 2014 · London · United Kingdom
“Find web security vulnerabilities before the bad guys do”
Product discontinuedas of 28 Sep 2026
Websecurify's browser-based shop of web security tools, renamed SecApps in 2015 and retired as an online suite in 2022.
Security and privacyDeveloper tools
Listed 2 October 2014 · San Francisco · United States
“Quickly Design and Promote Professional Marketing Posters and Flyers”
Product discontinuedas of 29 Sep 2026
A browser-based maker for marketing posters and flyers, listed from San Francisco in 2014, whose site now says it is taking a break.
DesignMarketing and sales
Listed 8 October 2014 · Singapore · Singapore
“Sourceguru - The one place for all your service procurement needs”
Company closedas of 28 Sep 2026
A Singapore web marketplace where businesses and professionals met to buy and sell services, pitched as one place for service procurement.
Jobs and HRCommerce and marketplaces
Listed 29 October 2014 · London · United Kingdom
“Create and Action Successful Marketing Plans”
Company closedas of 29 Sep 2026
A London small-business marketing planner that rebranded as HALR in 2016, before the company behind it was dissolved in 2021.
Marketing and sales
Listed 30 October 2014 · Worcester · Massachusetts · United States
“Verify That Your Computers Are Correctly Configured”
Product discontinuedas of 28 Sep 2026
A Worcester security auditing tool its solo founder spent years building, then stopped in 2015 and publicly called an abysmal failure.
Security and privacy
Listed 30 October 2014 · Hoboken · New Jersey · United States
“Yik Yak's Worst Nightmare”
Service closedas of 28 Sep 2026
A Hoboken app that pitched itself as Yik Yak's worst nightmare, adding verified university accounts and topic chat rooms to anonymous campus posting.
Social and community
Listed 30 October 2014 · Helsinki · Finland
“Search engine for public sector bidding contests”
Company closedas of 28 Sep 2026
A Helsinki search engine for public tenders from over 100 countries that raised $2.3 million in 2015, before its company ceased in 2018.
Marketing and salesData and analytics
Listed 2 November 2014 · San Francisco · California · United States
“Email as easy as instant messaging. iPhone email client for business people with chat-like emails.”
Service closedas of 28 Sep 2026
An iPhone mail app that stripped quoted text so business email read like a chat, until its chief executive announced its closure in 2017.
Productivity and collaboration
Listed 12 November 2014 · Montreal · Canada
“Whisper for Voice”
Company closedas of 28 Sep 2026
A Montreal app for anonymous voice conversations that strangers could drop in on and listen to, from a co-creator of Epic Meal Time.
Social and community
Listed 15 November 2014 · London · United Kingdom
“Build and share charts online”
Product discontinuedas of 28 Sep 2026
A London online chart builder for people who could not code D3, bought by Ceros in 2018 and sunset in November 2025.
Data and analyticsDesign
Listed 21 November 2014 · San Francisco · California · United States
“Create Pages for Everything”
Service closedas of 28 Sep 2026
A tool for making one-off web pages instead of whole websites, aimed at teenagers and classrooms, which closed suddenly in September 2017.
Media and entertainmentDesign
Listed 24 November 2014 · London · United Kingdom
“Online drink vouchers”
Company closedas of 28 Sep 2026
A London site selling discounted drink vouchers and club entry for partner bars, whose company was dissolved within a year.
Commerce and marketplacesEveryday life
Listed 26 November 2014 · San Francisco · California · United States
“No Hosting Fees!”
Service closedas of 29 Sep 2026
Moboom's 2014 website builder that promised small businesses unlimited sites with no monthly fee, and within five years charged $240 a year to publish one.
Design
Listed 27 November 2014 · London · United Kingdom
“Reddit meets Twitter meets Youtube”
Product discontinuedas of 28 Sep 2026
A London social network pitched as Reddit meets Twitter meets YouTube, where people and brands answered followers' questions on video.
Social and communityMedia and entertainment
Listed 8 December 2014 · London · United Kingdom
“Price Tracking on any product, on any website”
Service closedas of 29 Sep 2026
A London price tracker from 2014, built by a husband-and-wife team, whose farewell page later pointed visitors to a pay-per-mile car insurance start-up.
Commerce and marketplaces
Listed 11 December 2014 · London · United Kingdom
“A better way to shop for auto parts”
Company closedas of 28 Sep 2026
A London marketplace for aftermarket car parts and in-car entertainment that doubled as a social network, with points and leaderboards for enthusiasts.
Commerce and marketplacesSocial and community