- conflicts or gaps
- [{"founding_year": {"conflict": "2013 (Y Combinator, Tracxn) vs 2014 (LinkedIn, CB Insights, merger press release)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cleanly", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleanly", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cleanly", "https://www.pressrelease.com/news/cleanly-and-nextcleaners-merge-to-create-the-nations-largest-eco-21109828"]}, "total_funding": {"conflict": "Documented VC rounds sum to $7.3M (TC) or $13.8M incl. Series B (LinkedIn) or $8.92M (CB Insights) or >$15M (company press release)", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/11/cleanly-raises-a-5m-series-a-to-bring-profitability-to-the-on-demand-laundry-space/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleanly", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cleanly", "https://www.pressrelease.com/news/cleanly-and-nextcleaners-merge-to-create-the-nations-largest-eco-21109828"]}, "series_b_verification": {"gap": "Series B ($6.5M, Mar 2018) appears in LinkedIn/parsers.vc but lacks TechCrunch or primary press confirmation; Gaebler lists separate ~$1.5M raise Feb 2018", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleanly", "https://parsers.vc/startup/cleanly.com/", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-BD8156FF-1D84-47C1-9DA9-0C0D8CFA0F55-Cleanly-02-09-2018"]}, "employee_count": {"conflict": "YC lists 40; LinkedIn Cleanly entity lists 10; Tracxn lists 46 (Apr 2026); post-merger org likely larger under ByNext", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cleanly", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleanly", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cleanly/__HDxdIXR7fr7RUWwAxHyEmWketuAYIKlxxOhz9-_hQsw"]}, "current_leadership": {"conflict": "Tracxn lists Tom Harari as current CEO; merger sources say Kam Saifi became CEO of ByNext and Harari became Chairman", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cleanly/__HDxdIXR7fr7RUWwAxHyEmWketuAYIKlxxOhz9-_hQsw", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/10/yc-backed-cleanly-merges-with-nextcleaners-to-vertically-integrate/"]}, "yc_active_vs_merged": {"gap": "Y Combinator still marks Cleanly Active despite 2020 merger into ByNext", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cleanly", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/10/yc-backed-cleanly-merges-with-nextcleaners-to-vertically-integrate/"]}, "legal_entity_status": {"gap": "Unclear whether Cleanly, Inc. remains independent legal entity or is fully absorbed into ByNext; LinkedIn shows Cleanly as subsidiary of ByNext", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleanly", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/10/yc-backed-cleanly-merges-with-nextcleaners-to-vertically-integrate/"]}, "reputation_operations": {"gap": "2020 Vice report described operational chaos, staffing shortages, and facility downsizing during COVID; company denied supply shortages", "source_urls": ["https://www.vice.com/en/article/where-is-the-rest-of-my-laundry/"]}, "founder_departures": {"gap": "Chen Atlas and Itay Forer post-Cleanly career paths not documented in primary merger sources; YC lists them as former founders", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cleanly"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://americandrycleaner.com/articles/cleanly-and-next-cleaners-merge", "https://cleanly.com", "https://parsers.vc/startup/cleanly.com/", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/cleanly", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/13/on-demand-laundry-service-cleanly-hangs-up-2-3-million-in-seed-funding/", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/11/cleanly-raises-a-5m-series-a-to-bring-profitability-to-the-on-demand-laundry-space/", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/10/yc-backed-cleanly-merges-with-nextcleaners-to-vertically-integrate/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cleanly/__HDxdIXR7fr7RUWwAxHyEmWketuAYIKlxxOhz9-_hQsw", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cleanly", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-BD8156FF-1D84-47C1-9DA9-0C0D8CFA0F55-Cleanly-02-09-2018", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleanly", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/poweredbynext", "https://www.newswire.com/news/bynext-expands-globally-with-acquisition-of-leading-uk-tech-enabled-22152431", "https://www.pressrelease.com/news/cleanly-and-nextcleaners-merge-to-create-the-nations-largest-eco-21109828", "https://www.vice.com/en/article/where-is-the-rest-of-my-laundry/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/cleanly-yc-w15-offers-on-demand-laundry-delivery-in-ny", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cleanly"]