- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "operating_status", "conflict": {"value": "YC lists Inactive; Reforgers lists shutdown/closed in 2021; LinkedIn lists company as active; California SOS lists Dnovobio Inc. filing status Active; website remains live"}, "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dnovo", "https://reforgers.com/startups/dnovo", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/dnovo-inc", "https://www.bizprofile.net/ca/san-francisco/dnovobio-inc", "https://www.dnovobio.com"]}, {"field": "founded_year", "conflict": {"value": "Reforgers lists founded 2021; YC, company website, CA filing, and press list 2018"}, "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/dnovo", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dnovo", "https://www.dnovobio.com", "https://www.bizprofile.net/ca/san-francisco/dnovobio-inc"]}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": {"value": "YC and Startup Intros report 4 employees; LinkedIn reports 2 employees"}, "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dnovo", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/dnovo-bio", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/dnovo-inc"]}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": {"value": "LinkedIn total $2,825,000 vs Startup Intros $3.0M vs press release headline $2.7M seed (likely excluding YC amount)"}, "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/dnovo-inc", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/dnovo-bio", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220124005286/en/dNovo-Emerges-From-Stealth-With-Its-Potential-Cure-for-Hair-Loss"]}, {"field": "headquarters_location", "conflict": {"value": "Operating HQ cited as San Jose (YC, LinkedIn, LifeScienceHistory); legal/principal address on CA filing is San Francisco"}, "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dnovo", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/dnovo-inc", "https://lifesciencehistory.com/companies/dnovo-inc/", "https://www.bizprofile.net/ca/san-francisco/dnovobio-inc"]}, {"field": "website_freshness", "conflict": {"value": "Website live in 2025 but footer copyright 2021 and last published milestone Q2 2021; no post-2022 product updates on site"}, "source_urls": ["https://www.dnovobio.com"]}, {"field": "shutdown_vs_2022_funding", "conflict": {"value": "Reforgers claims company closed in 2021, contradicting $2.7M seed announcement and press coverage in January 2022"}, "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/dnovo", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220124005286/en/dNovo-Emerges-From-Stealth-With-Its-Potential-Cure-for-Hair-Loss"]}, {"field": "named_founders", "conflict": {"value": "Only Ernesto Lujan publicly listed as founder/CEO; website references broader scientific team but no additional co-founders named"}, "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dnovo", "https://www.dnovobio.com", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/dnovo-bio"]}, {"field": "startup_intros_investor_list", "conflict": {"value": "Startup Intros FAQ lists investors (Addition, Founders Fund, etc.) that conflict with BusinessWire/FinSMEs verified 2022 seed investor list; treated as unreliable"}, "source_urls": ["https://startupintros.com/orgs/dnovo-bio", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220124005286/en/dNovo-Emerges-From-Stealth-With-Its-Potential-Cure-for-Hair-Loss", "https://www.finsmes.com/2022/01/dnovo-raises-2-7m-in-seed-funding.html"]}, {"field": "exit_outcome", "conflict": {"value": "No public acquisition, IPO, or formal dissolution filing identified despite YC Inactive status and third-party shutdown classification"}, "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dnovo", "https://reforgers.com/startups/dnovo", "https://www.bizprofile.net/ca/san-francisco/dnovobio-inc"]}, {"field": "founder_attention", "conflict": {"value": "Founder Ernesto Lujan concurrently listed as CSO & Founder at Kangaroo Biomed since May 2024, suggesting reduced or split focus on dNovo"}, "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernesto-lujan-782469b9"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://lifesciencehistory.com/companies/dnovo-inc/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/dnovo", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/dnovo-bio", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/28/y-combinator-is-changing-up-the-way-it-invests/", "https://www.bizprofile.net/ca/san-francisco/dnovobio-inc", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220124005286/en/dNovo-Emerges-From-Stealth-With-Its-Potential-Cure-for-Hair-Loss", "https://www.dnovobio.com", "https://www.finsmes.com/2022/01/dnovo-raises-2-7m-in-seed-funding.html", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/dnovo-inc", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernesto-lujan-782469b9", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/new-standard-deal", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dnovo"]