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🪽Modern Day Icarus!
When $1,5 billion is not enough..
Alex Zafeiris
October 23, 2025
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Hey VentureTaler - It’s Alex!
Since it’s been a while, I wanted to try something different. So today we are not checking out a promising, up and coming startup, but we take a look at the opposite side of the coin. Not everything is sunshine and rainbows in startup life (≈85% of European startups go out of business within five years!). We’ll keep it short and sweet like always!
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In today’s agenda..
The German startup that flew to close to the sun!
Learn what to look for when choosing a tax software!
Photo of the Week: Why do startups fail.?
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Remember when we were kids and everyone promised us flying cars by 2020? Well, a bunch of German engineers actually tried to deliver on that promise. They burned through $1.5 billion, reached a $3.3 billion valuation, and then crashed hard!
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