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RenoRun

The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.

Event year2023
FundingUS$163.7M

01 / WHAT IT BUILT

What the company did

RenoRun sourced and delivered construction materials to contractors and jobsites.

02 / RenoRun FAILURE REASONS

Failure reasons

CEO Eamonn O’Rourke described four unsuccessful bridge-financing attempts, with existing investors unable to agree on terms. Layoffs and proposed transactions did not resolve the financing gap, leading to creditor protection and then bankruptcy.

03 / EVENT HISTORY

Events in the structured record

  1. Restructuring proposal initiated

    A notice of intention to propose a creditor arrangement was filed on 27 March.

  2. Bankruptcy recorded

    The trustee records that RenoRun was deemed to have made an assignment on 27 April; creditors met on 18 May.

04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT

Difficulty of rebuilding this project today

Material for this section is being gathered and checked. It will appear here once ready.

Rebuild difficultyPending assessmentNot completed
Scoring basisNot completed
ScalabilityPending assessmentNot completed
Scoring basisNot completed

Overall assessment: Not completed

05 / CAUSAL CHAIN

How the factors connect

  1. 01

    Bridge-financing attempts failed

  2. 02

    Financing gap remained

  3. 03

    Creditor restructuring sought

  4. 04

    Bankruptcy recorded