- conflicts or gaps
- [{"founding_year_discrepancy": {"value": "Sources disagree: 2017 (CB Insights, LinkedIn), 2018 (BusinessWire Series A release), 2019 (YC, PRNewswire, Oregonian).", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/brave-care", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/bravecare", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210422005334/en/Brave-Care-Pediatric-Primary-and-Urgent-Care-Expands-Nationally", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/brave-care", "https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2024/12/portland-pediatrics-startup-brave-care-shutters-permanently.html"]}, "employee_count_discrepancy": {"value": "Reported headcount varies: YC 90, ~120 implied after Sept 2022 layoffs, ~200 at Dec 2024 shutdown, LinkedIn post-shutdown shows 11 (stale).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/brave-care", "https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2022/09/portland-pediatrics-startup-brave-care-lays-off-a-third-of-staff-citing-covid-and-market-turmoil.html", "https://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/tech-company-layoffs-the-covid-tech-bubble-bursts-sep-14", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/bravecare"]}, "early_funding_totals": {"value": "TechCrunch (July 2019) reports $1.45M total; Global Venturing reports $1.3M from specific angels by June 2019; relationship between figures unclear.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/15/brave-care-backed-by-y-combinator-is-an-urgent-care-clinic-just-for-kids/", "https://globalventuring.com/corporate/brave-care-brightens-up-with-25m/"]}, "series_a_cumulative_total": {"value": "GeekWire reported $18M total raised after Series A; official cumulative total after Series B is $43M.", "source_urls": ["https://www.geekwire.com/2021/brave-care-raises-10m-expand-primary-urgent-care-clinics-kids-grow-remote-services/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brave-care-the-leader-in-technology-powered-pediatric-clinics-raises-25m-in-series-b-investment-led-by-mednax-inc-301394615.html"]}, "shutdown_cause_unknown": {"value": "Public reporting states closure cause unclear; founders did not respond to Oregonian inquiries.", "source_urls": ["https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2024/12/portland-pediatrics-startup-brave-care-shutters-permanently.html"]}, "stale_third_party_profiles": {"value": "LinkedIn company page still listed as active with 11 employees after confirmed permanent closure.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/bravecare", "https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2024/12/portland-pediatrics-startup-brave-care-shutters-permanently.html"]}, "name_confusion_risk": {"value": "Unrelated 'Brave Health' mental-health startup also based in Portland; distinct company.", "source_urls": ["https://openminds.com/market-intelligence/bulletins/portland-oregons-brave-health-shutters-permanently/"]}}]
- source urls
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