- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": "Co-founder name", "conflict": "Query referenced 'Anthony Von der Nacht'; all primary sources name co-founder as Anthony Nemitz. No sourced evidence found for Von der Nacht.", "source_urls": ["https://close.com/about", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/close", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/28/swipegood-is-now-elastic-sales-as-a-service/"]}, {"topic": "Founding / setup date", "conflict": "SwipeGood traces to 2010; YC batch is W11 (2011); Close CRM company/product commonly dated 2013.", "source_urls": ["https://vator.tv/2010-11-05-swipegood-takes-the-hassle-out-of-donating/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/close", "https://close.com/about"]}, {"topic": "SwipeGood seed funding amount", "conflict": "Contemporary press reports $500K (Feb 2011). Founder later wrote SwipeGood 'secured a $1.2 million seed round' after YC acceptance.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/10/swipegood-raises-500k-from-michael-birch-and-others-to-allow-you-to-donate-with-each-purchase/", "https://close.com/blog/the-case-for-bootstrapping-your-startup"]}, {"topic": "Close seed round dollar amount", "conflict": "Primary April 2013 reporting does not disclose amount. Secondary databases cite conflicting totals ($250K Tracxn; $500K CB Insights; $0 GetLatka).", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/02/close-io-raises-funding-from-sv-angel-spark-capital-to-improve-communication-for-salespeople/", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-7407542C-4C1F-4761-9FC8-830FF7F04DBF-Close-io-04-03-2013", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/close/__QiBHga6KSaD65iV-Fur1la0dGkwF5b82Zc--dZjSXpw", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/closeio/financials", "https://getlatka.com/companies/close.com"]}, {"topic": "Additional funding rounds", "conflict": "Tracxn lists an Aug 22, 2013 angel round; CB Insights lists an Aug 23, 2017 seed round. Neither corroborated by TechCrunch/YC/company primary sources in this research.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/close/__QiBHga6KSaD65iV-Fur1la0dGkwF5b82Zc--dZjSXpw", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/closeio/financials"]}, {"topic": "Employee count", "conflict": "Company about page says 100; YC says 120; founder blog says under 100; 2019 interview said ~40; third-party estimates higher.", "source_urls": ["https://close.com/about", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/close", "https://close.com/blog/the-case-for-bootstrapping-your-startup", "https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/close-steli-efti-2019/"]}, {"topic": "Revenue / ARR", "conflict": "Founder/company cites $30M ARR (Sep 2024) and $40M+ ARR (Mar 2025 podcast). Third-party revenue estimates differ widely and were not used as primary facts.", "source_urls": ["https://close.com/blog/the-case-for-bootstrapping-your-startup", "https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-766-close-coms-amazing-run-to-40m-arr-with-steli-efti", "https://getlatka.com/companies/close.com", "https://growjo.com/company/Close"]}, {"topic": "Headquarters location", "conflict": "Gaebler lists San Francisco mailing address; YC/Close site do not consistently state HQ; some third-party profiles list other cities.", "source_urls": ["https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-46C28504-A6B6-4A6A-92F6-76A1DA26340E-Close-io", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/close", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/close/__QiBHga6KSaD65iV-Fur1la0dGkwF5b82Zc--dZjSXpw"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://close.com/", "https://close.com/about", "https://close.com/blog/close-small-business", "https://close.com/blog/rebrand-new-domain", "https://close.com/blog/the-case-for-bootstrapping-your-startup", "https://close.com/pricing", "https://close.com/startups", "https://getlatka.com/companies/close.com", "https://growjo.com/company/Close", "https://pipeline.zoominfo.com/sales/close-crm-review", "https://podm8.com/podcasts/startups-for-the-rest-of-us", "https://saasclub.io/podcast/steli-efti-close-io/", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/10/swipegood-raises-500k-from-michael-birch-and-others-to-allow-you-to-donate-with-each-purchase/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/28/swipegood-is-now-elastic-sales-as-a-service/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/02/close-io-raises-funding-from-sv-angel-spark-capital-to-improve-communication-for-salespeople/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/close/__QiBHga6KSaD65iV-Fur1la0dGkwF5b82Zc--dZjSXpw", "https://vator.tv/2010-11-05-swipegood-takes-the-hassle-out-of-donating/", "https://vator.tv/2011-02-10-swipegood-rounds-up-500k-round-from-angels/", "https://www.businessinsider.com/20-silicon-valley-startups-to-watch", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/closeio/financials", "https://www.fastcompany.com/1680593/changing-how-we-sell-things-to-make-companies-more-successful", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-46C28504-A6B6-4A6A-92F6-76A1DA26340E-Close-io", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-7407542C-4C1F-4761-9FC8-830FF7F04DBF-Close-io-04-03-2013", "https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/close-steli-efti-2019/", "https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-766-close-coms-amazing-run-to-40m-arr-with-steli-efti", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/close-dot-io-yc-w11-raises-funding-from-sv-angel-spark-capital-to-improve-communication-for-salespeople", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/elastic-yc-w11-launches-closeio-sales-softwar", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/close"]