- conflicts or gaps
- [{"items": [{"field": "total_funding", "conflict": "Founders consistently report $700k+ angel funding; Gillian O'Brien LinkedIn profile cites ~$1M raised; LinkedIn company page lists $150K total funding and $1.2M annual revenue (stale/incorrect for a defunct startup).", "source_urls": ["https://medium.com/female-founders-lead-the-way/fundraising-during-covid-cf72ffdab8c5", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillian-obrien", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/startcherry"]}, {"field": "angel_round_breakdown", "conflict": "Fundraising post cites $550K from angels in first post-YC raise while other founder posts cite $700k+ aggregate angel round; relationship to YC check unclear.", "source_urls": ["https://medium.com/female-founders-lead-the-way/fundraising-during-covid-cf72ffdab8c5", "https://medium.com/@emily_24178/silicon-valley-n00bs-1de4a621d1fa"]}, {"field": "customer_count", "conflict": "Shutdown post reports 39 customers; Pilot blog and third-party profiles cite 40+ paying customers.", "source_urls": ["https://gillian-obrien.medium.com/cherry-is-shutting-down-our-story-4f4a67a9b1e9", "https://pilot.com/blog/startup-stories-lessons-learned-from-winding-down-cherry"]}, {"field": "engagement_rate", "conflict": "Founders cite ~90% engagement in shutdown series opener and 88% in V1 product post.", "source_urls": ["https://gillian-obrien.medium.com/cherry-is-shutting-down-our-story-4f4a67a9b1e9", "https://medium.com/@emily_24178/a-new-product-an-upward-graph-6579a6ae1dd2"]}, {"field": "company_status", "conflict": "YC lists Inactive; LinkedIn company page still shows active/private status with outdated revenue/funding estimates.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cherry", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/startcherry"]}, {"field": "name_disambiguation", "conflict": "Multiple unrelated companies named Cherry exist (e.g., pay-over-time fintech); this profile is specifically YC W19 employee-perks startup at startcherry.com.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cherry"]}, {"field": "seed_investors", "gap": "Founders describe VC diligence with unnamed firms; no closed seed round or named lead investor documented.", "source_urls": ["https://medium.com/female-founders-lead-the-way/fundraising-during-covid-cf72ffdab8c5"]}, {"field": "yc_investment_amount", "gap": "YC company page does not state Cherry-specific check size; only third-party LinkedIn scrape cites $150K on 2019-03-18.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cherry", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/startcherry", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/9-companies-from-the-yc-w19-batch-part-3"]}], "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cherry", "https://gillian-obrien.medium.com/cherry-is-shutting-down-our-story-4f4a67a9b1e9", "https://medium.com/female-founders-lead-the-way/fundraising-during-covid-cf72ffdab8c5", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/startcherry"]}]
- source urls
- ["https://gillian-obrien.medium.com/cherry-is-shutting-down-our-story-4f4a67a9b1e9", "https://medium.com/@emily_24178/a-new-product-an-upward-graph-6579a6ae1dd2", "https://medium.com/@emily_24178/silicon-valley-n00bs-1de4a621d1fa", "https://medium.com/female-founders-lead-the-way/fundraising-during-covid-cf72ffdab8c5", "https://pilot.com/blog/startup-stories-lessons-learned-from-winding-down-cherry", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/28/cherry-lets-startup-employees-choose-their-own-office-perks/", "https://www.endvrcentral.com/insights/getting-into-yc-kristen-tyrrell-gillian-obrien", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/startcherry", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillian-obrien", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/9-companies-from-the-yc-w19-batch-part-3", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cherry"]