April 22, 2026 Weekly insights on Israeli tech, venture capital, and AI

Category Max Marmer

The Startup Genome Compass Tool is Live – Why Do Startups Fail?

Startup Genome Compass - financial metrics

Three months ago, Bjoern Herrmann and 21 year old Max Marmer decided to put some hard data to the test, by benchmarking 3,200 statrups on 25 KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) in their very buzzed Startup Genome Report. They didn't stop at just writing reports, and have put together a startup accelerator in Silicon Valley, called Blackbox.