- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_date", "conflict": "Sources disagree: March 2010 (company about page), Oct 11 2010 (Crunchbase), generic 2010 (TechCrunch/FinSMEs), and co-founder recount of 2011.", "source_urls": ["https://github.com/balanced/www.balancedpayments.com/blob/master/contents/about.md", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/balanced", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/20/balanced-coinbase-bitcoin/", "https://www.batchprocessing.co/p/brief-history-of-platform-payments"]}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": "Primary contemporaneous press totals $3.4M disclosed seed; Crunchbase lists $3.6M total with last funding Apr 1 2014; CB Insights lists $4.2M; no independent press article found confirming a separate Apr 2014 round or amount above $3.4M.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/02/balanced-andreessen-horowitz-collabfund/", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/balanced", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/balanced"]}, {"field": "exit_characterization", "conflict": "Co-founder Mahmoud Abdelkader's site describes Balanced as having 'exited to Stripe in 2015'; TechCrunch and PYMNTS explicitly state it was NOT an acquisition of technology or talent and had no disclosed financial terms.", "source_urls": ["https://mahmoudimus.com/", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/13/balanced-is-closing-its-marketplace-payment-platform-in-90-days-strikes-transition-deal-with-rival-stripe/", "https://www.pymnts.com/news/2015/balanced-shuts-down-hands-customers-to-stripe/"]}, {"field": "customer_count", "conflict": "Customer counts range from ~320 at shutdown (Mar 2015) to 400+ peak (co-founder recount) vs ~450 reported Jan–Feb 2014, implying net decline before shutdown.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/20/balanced-coinbase-bitcoin/", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/13/balanced-is-closing-its-marketplace-payment-platform-in-90-days-strikes-transition-deal-with-rival-stripe/", "https://www.batchprocessing.co/p/brief-history-of-platform-payments", "https://www.pymnts.com/news/2015/balanced-shuts-down-hands-customers-to-stripe/"]}, {"field": "name_collision", "conflict": "Crunchbase links a Feb 2022 FinSMEs article 'Balanced Raises $6.5M in Seed Funding' that appears to refer to a different, later company named Balance/Balanced in B2B payments—not this defunct YC W11 marketplace payments startup.", "source_urls": ["https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/balanced", "https://www.finsmes.com/tag/balanced"]}, {"field": "series_a", "gap": "No Series A or later priced round reported in primary press; company remained seed-funded through shutdown.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/13/balanced-is-closing-its-marketplace-payment-platform-in-90-days-strikes-transition-deal-with-rival-stripe/", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9200017"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://allthingsd.com/20110322/meet-y-combinators-latest-class/", "https://github.com/balanced/www.balancedpayments.com/blob/master/contents/about.md", "https://linkedin.com/in/mahmoudimus", "https://mahmoudimus.com/", "https://medium.com/wharton-fintech/mahmoud-abdelkader-ceo-co-founder-of-very-good-security-safeguarding-the-worlds-data-19ad35c205fc", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9200017", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/16/balanced-marketplace-payments/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/02/balanced-andreessen-horowitz-collabfund/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/20/balanced-coinbase-bitcoin/", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/13/balanced-is-closing-its-marketplace-payment-platform-in-90-days-strikes-transition-deal-with-rival-stripe/", "https://timelines.issarice.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Y_Combinator", "https://venturebeat.com/business/payments-underdog-balanced-challenges-paypal-and-stripe-with-new-pricing-model-and-momentum/", "https://www.americanbanker.com/payments/news/balanced-gets-new-funding", "https://www.batchprocessing.co/p/brief-history-of-platform-payments", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/balanced", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/balanced", "https://www.finsmes.com/2013/04/balanced-closes-3-4m-seed-funding.html", "https://www.finsmes.com/tag/balanced", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/evankirkpatrick/2013/04/02/how-the-balanced-co-founders-went-from-meeting-on-craigslist-to-raising-millions-from-famous-investors/", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-6038B4E2-A187-4A91-85D1-6CFFAF5497CC-Balanced-11-17-2012", "https://www.pymnts.com/news/2015/balanced-shuts-down-hands-customers-to-stripe/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/balanced"]