- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": "Square 2014 acquisition price", "conflict": "Square SEC 10-K records total consideration of $44.316M; August 2014 press (NYT, TechCrunch) reported ~$90M in stock; UC Berkeley Haas reports $90M; co-founder Shawn Tsao told CNBC valuation exceeded $100M.", "source_urls": ["https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000151267316000002/0001512673-16-000002.txt", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/04/its-official-square-acquires-food-delivery-service-caviar/", "https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/square-said-to-be-in-talks-to-buy-food-delivery-start-up-caviar/", "https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/magazine/spring-2021/caviar/", "https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/10/how-startup-caviar-became-multimillion-dollar-food-delivery-company.html"]}, {"topic": "Founder roster", "conflict": "Y Combinator lists Tony (Shi) Li as founder; UC Berkeley Haas, CNBC, and TechCrunch consistently list five co-founders as Jason Wang, Shawn Tsao, Richard Din, Andy Zhang, and Abel Lin (no Tony/Shi Li).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/caviar", "https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/magazine/spring-2021/caviar/", "https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/10/how-startup-caviar-became-multimillion-dollar-food-delivery-company.html", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/20/former-munchonme-team-launches-caviar-a-curated-seamless/"]}, {"topic": "YC batch attribution", "conflict": "YC attributes Summer 2011 batch to Caviar; contemporaneous sources show Summer 2011 YC participation was for predecessor Munch On Me, with Caviar launched separately in 2012 after Munch On Me sale.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/caviar", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/15/collegebudget-acquires-munch-on-me/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/20/former-munchonme-team-launches-caviar-a-curated-seamless/"]}, {"topic": "Launch date", "conflict": "UC Berkeley Haas timeline cites July 2012 SF launch; TechCrunch public beta announcement dated September 20, 2012 (noting user testing since early July 2012).", "source_urls": ["https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/magazine/spring-2021/caviar/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/20/former-munchonme-team-launches-caviar-a-curated-seamless/"]}, {"topic": "Munch On Me YC funding amount", "conflict": "Jason Wang stated YC invested $18,000 for 7%; CNBC reports $180,000 total associated with earning YC slot.", "source_urls": ["https://haaspodcasts.org/podcast/jason-wang-bs-09-pursuing-different-interests-and-passions-at-different-stages-of-life/", "https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/10/how-startup-caviar-became-multimillion-dollar-food-delivery-company.html"]}, {"topic": "Seed round date", "gap": "Caviar $2M seed round reported as preceding April 2014 Series A; exact seed closing date not found in sourced materials.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/28/caviar-15m-tiger-global/"]}, {"topic": "Ironfire Capital investor role", "gap": "MarketScreener lists Ironfire Capital among Caviar shareholders at Square acquisition; not named in TechCrunch April 2014 funding announcement.", "source_urls": ["https://uk.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/BLOCK-INC-24935553/news/Square-Inc-acquired-Caviar-from-Andreessen-Horowitz-LLC-Ironfire-Capital-LLC-Winklevoss-Capital-38647330/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/28/caviar-15m-tiger-global/"]}, {"topic": "Founder proceeds", "gap": "Co-founders told CNBC they owned >50% at Square sale and received $2M cash sign-on bonus split among founders; individual payout amounts not disclosed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/10/how-startup-caviar-became-multimillion-dollar-food-delivery-company.html"]}, {"topic": "Current standalone app status", "gap": "DoorDash merchant materials confirm Caviar brand continues; third-party secondary sources disagree on extent of standalone Caviar app vs full DoorDash integration; no primary DoorDash statement on app sunset found.", "source_urls": ["https://merchants.doordash.com/en-us/products/caviar", "https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/introducing-nationwide-shipping-through-doordash-and-caviar-a-new-way-to-shop-local-favorites-near-and-far"]}]]
- source urls
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