Failed 2024

    MainStreaming (Insolvency)

    Milan video-streaming infrastructure startup MainStreaming filed liquidation in 2024 after over a decade trying to compete with hyperscale CDNs.

    Founded → Closed

    2014 → 2024

    Funding Raised

    $30M

    Industry

    Video Streaming/CDN

    Country

    Italy

    Full Analysis

    Milan-based MainStreaming built CDN/video-streaming infrastructure for European broadcasters. After raising over €25M, the company struggled to compete with global CDN giants (Akamai, Cloudflare, AWS CloudFront) on price. After several years of declining revenue, MainStreaming filed for liquidation in 2024 with assets sold to a strategic acquirer. A representative Italian deep-tech infrastructure failure.

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