Healthcare & Wellness · Failure database
Why Healthcare & Wellness startups fail: 42 real cases
Curated failure case studies from Healthcare & Wellness startups. Each one broken down across the seven pillars of launch readiness - problem clarity, customer precision, demand signals, differentiation, execution, distribution, and monetisation. Learn the patterns before you repeat them.
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Every case here failed on at least one pillar. If you're building in Healthcare & Wellness, run your own idea through Launch Control first - the same thirteen questions, the same rubric.
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| Company | Industry | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Amino | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Arivale | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Blok | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Caelum Health | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Cardiogram | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| CareSync | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Clip Health | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| CoVerified | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| DrKoop.com | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Eargo | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Elvie | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Enflux | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| FitStar | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Forward Health | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Ginger | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Habit Labs | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| HealthSpot | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Intarcia Therapeutics | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Jawbone | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Jianke | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Joost | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Kips Health | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Koo | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Kyruus | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Olive AI | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Outcome Health | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Pear Therapeutics | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Proteus Digital Health | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Quit Genius | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Remy | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Scanadu | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| SmileDirectClub | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Sprig | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| StethoCloud | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Theranos | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Tinnitracks | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Triplet Therapeutics | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| uBiome | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Viggle | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Xiaohe | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |
| Zeo | Healthcare & Wellness | Failure |