- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "funding.total_raised_usd", "source_urls": ["https://www.geekwire.com/2024/smart-light-switch-startup-deako-raises-3-4m-to-meet-growing-market-demand/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/deako/__NIO9Bq72ZbyHbf_3bvkbRwwEAPExI0PLBMvO_U9gdws", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/deako"]}, "issue": {"value": "Total funding widely disputed: GeekWire Jul 2024 ~$50M; Oct 2022 $49.7M; company Mar 2021 $36M; Tracxn $65.1M across 13 rounds; LinkedIn $35.62M; Startup Intros $25.8M. Likely due to mix of convertible notes, undisclosed amounts, and aggregator overcounting.", "source_urls": ["https://www.geekwire.com/2024/smart-light-switch-startup-deako-raises-3-4m-to-meet-growing-market-demand/", "https://www.geekwire.com/2022/seattle-startup-deako-lands-13-4m-to-sell-more-smart-light-switch-tech/", "https://www.deako.com/series-b-financing-36mm/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/deako/__NIO9Bq72ZbyHbf_3bvkbRwwEAPExI0PLBMvO_U9gdws", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/deako", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/deako"]}}, {"field": {"value": "identity.founded_year", "source_urls": ["https://www.deako.com/about/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/deako"]}, "issue": {"value": "Company about page traces origin to 2014 neighbor conversation; incorporation/founding year consistently reported as 2015 across YC, press, and PR.", "source_urls": ["https://www.deako.com/about/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/deako", "https://seattlebusinessmag.com/technology/bright-idea-switch-doctor-gets-smart-about-home-lighting/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employees.snapshots", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/deako", "https://www.inc.com/profile/deako"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC still lists team_size 11 (stale); Inc. 2025 lists 51-200; Tracxn Feb 2026 lists 62; GeekWire Oct 2022 listed 70.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/deako", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2016/deako.json", "https://www.inc.com/profile/deako", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/deako/__NIO9Bq72ZbyHbf_3bvkbRwwEAPExI0PLBMvO_U9gdws", "https://www.geekwire.com/2022/seattle-startup-deako-lands-13-4m-to-sell-more-smart-light-switch-tech/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "founders", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/deako", "https://www.geekwire.com/2018/smart-lighting-startup-deako-raises-4m-unveils-plug-play-lighting-system-home-builders/"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC lists only Derek Richardson; contemporaneous press and Tracxn document Alexander Strunkin as co-founder/CPO who departed by Oct 2017.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/deako", "https://www.geekwire.com/2018/smart-lighting-startup-deako-raises-4m-unveils-plug-play-lighting-system-home-builders/", "https://linkedin.com/in/alexanderstr", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/deako/__NIO9Bq72ZbyHbf_3bvkbRwwEAPExI0PLBMvO_U9gdws"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.rounds.stage", "source_urls": ["https://www.deako.com/series-b-financing-36mm/", "https://www.geekwire.com/2024/smart-light-switch-startup-deako-raises-3-4m-to-meet-growing-market-demand/"]}, "issue": {"value": "Series B label applied to both Mar 2021 $12.5M round and Oct 2022 $13.4M convertible note; instruments mix equity, venture debt, and convertible notes.", "source_urls": ["https://www.deako.com/series-b-financing-36mm/", "https://www.geekwire.com/2022/seattle-startup-deako-lands-13-4m-to-sell-more-smart-light-switch-tech/", "https://www.geekwire.com/2024/smart-light-switch-startup-deako-raises-3-4m-to-meet-growing-market-demand/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/deako/financials"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status.acquisition", "source_urls": ["https://www.privco.com/company/deako_private_stock_annual_report_financials"]}, "issue": {"value": "PrivCo lists a Mar 2024 M&A/take-private by Founders Group/NorthBridge PE at $120M — contradicts all other sources showing Deako still active and independently operating in 2025-2026. Likely erroneous automated data.", "source_urls": ["https://www.privco.com/company/deako_private_stock_annual_report_financials", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/deako", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/deako-celebrates-11-years-of-innovation-expands-vision-from-smart-lighting-to-intelligent-home-platform-302732156.html"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status.market_penetration", "source_urls": ["https://www.deako.com/series-b-financing-36mm/", "https://linkedin.com/in/alexanderstr"]}, "issue": {"value": "Market share cited as 1 in 8 new single-family homes (company PR 2021, GeekWire 2024) vs 1 in 7 (Alexander Strunkin LinkedIn profile).", "source_urls": ["https://www.deako.com/series-b-financing-36mm/", "https://www.geekwire.com/2024/smart-light-switch-startup-deako-raises-3-4m-to-meet-growing-market-demand/", "https://linkedin.com/in/alexanderstr"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.rounds[8]", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/deako/__NIO9Bq72ZbyHbf_3bvkbRwwEAPExI0PLBMvO_U9gdws/funding-and-investors"]}, "issue": {"value": "Tracxn reports an additional undisclosed Series B round on 2024-06-28 not confirmed in primary press sources retrieved.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/deako/__NIO9Bq72ZbyHbf_3bvkbRwwEAPExI0PLBMvO_U9gdws/funding-and-investors", "https://www.geekwire.com/2024/smart-light-switch-startup-deako-raises-3-4m-to-meet-growing-market-demand/"]}}]]
- source urls
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