- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"issue": "Acquisition structure ambiguous: press releases describe acquisition of 'wearable payment assets' (personnel + IP), not a disclosed full-company buyout; fate of Coin, Inc. legal entity after shutdown not documented in primary sources.", "source_urls": ["https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/fitbit/fitbit-acquires-wearable-payments-assets-coin/", "https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/fitbit-acquires-wearable-payment-assets-from-startup-coin/"]}, {"issue": "Acquisition price and financial terms were not disclosed.", "source_urls": ["https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/fitbit-acquires-wearable-payment-assets-from-startup-coin/", "https://www.cfo.com/news/fitbit-makes-move-toward-finance-technology/661823/"]}, {"issue": "Total funding totals differ across databases: $17.0M from confirmed rounds ($1.5M seed + $15.5M Series A) vs YCDB listing $15.7M.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/coin-demoes-the-tech-that-scored-a-15-5m-round-led-by-red-point/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/28/sources-coin-is-raising-more-cash/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/coin"]}, {"issue": "Series A lead investor naming varies ('Spark Capital' in CEO-confirmed TechCrunch report vs 'Spark Ventures' in some secondary databases); only TechCrunch primary confirmation used here.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/coin-demoes-the-tech-that-scored-a-15-5m-round-led-by-red-point/"]}, {"issue": "Complete investor list beyond seed-round names (K9 Ventures, SoftTech VC, Y Combinator) and Series A leads not verified from primary filings; secondary sources cite additional angels/institutions without primary confirmation.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/28/sources-coin-is-raising-more-cash/"]}, {"issue": "Employee headcount at acquisition/shutdown not published; YC team size (11) may be stale snapshot vs Golden range 11-50.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coin", "https://golden.com/wiki/Coin_(company)-ZXERKPP"]}, {"issue": "Some contemporaneous articles describe Manu Kumar (K9 Ventures) as leading or co-leading the company; YC and other sources list only Parashar and Balakrishnan as founders—Kumar appears to have been investor/board, not founder.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/28/sources-coin-is-raising-more-cash/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/14/coin-the-electronic-credit-card-reaches-its-pre-order-goal-in-40-minutes/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coin"]}, {"issue": "Whether Fitbit ultimately shipped NFC payments directly attributable to Coin IP (e.g., Fitbit Pay) is not confirmed in the May 2016 Fitbit press release; only intent to develop future NFC solutions is stated.", "source_urls": ["https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/fitbit/fitbit-acquires-wearable-payments-assets-coin/"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/fitbit-acquires-wearable-payment-assets-from-startup-coin/", "https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/fitbit/fitbit-acquires-wearable-payments-assets-coin/", "https://golden.com/wiki/Coin_(company)-ZXERKPP", "https://siliconangle.com/2016/05/19/fitbit-has-acquired-coin-so-it-can-integrate-nfc-payments-into-its-wearables/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/14/coin-the-electronic-credit-card-reaches-its-pre-order-goal-in-40-minutes/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/28/sources-coin-is-raising-more-cash/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/coin-demoes-the-tech-that-scored-a-15-5m-round-led-by-red-point/", "https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/san-francisco/profile/online-shopping/coin-inc-1116-457109", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160106005935/en/MasterCard-Coin-Sign-Agreement-Power-Wearable-Payments", "https://www.cfo.com/news/fitbit-makes-move-toward-finance-technology/661823/", "https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/01/coin-shutdown-services-february-28/", "https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/KARTHIK-BALAKRISHNAN-A1P9B7/", "https://www.nfcw.com/2015/08/27/337304/coin-unveils-emv-ready-coin-2-0-with-nfc/", "https://www.nfcw.com/2016/01/06/340945/mastercard-and-coin-take-nfc-payments-to-wearable-devices/", "https://www.nfcw.com/2016/02/22/342531/coin-launches-program-add-payments-wearables/", "https://www.notebookcheck.net/Coin-to-shut-down-mobile-payment-services-in-February.194898.0.html", "https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/18/11700658/fitbit-coin-acquisition-announced", "https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=182774", "https://www.ycdb.co/batch/w13", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/coin", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coin"]