- conflicts or gaps
- [{"founded_year": {"conflict": "Sources cite 2014 (idea seed), 2017 (Leap launch), 2018 (public Leap), and 2019 (company incorporation / YC listing)", "source_urls": ["https://startups.rip/company/elpha", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/04/womens-networking-company-elpha-launches-out-of-y-combinator/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/elpha"]}, "founders": {"conflict": "YC lists Cowansage and Luo only; TechCrunch and Rise list Abadesi Osunsade as co-founder; YC notes Osunsade not on founder page suggesting later departure; timing undocumented", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/elpha", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/04/womens-networking-company-elpha-launches-out-of-y-combinator/", "https://startups.rip/company/elpha"]}, "yc_batch": {"conflict": "Feb 2019 TechCrunch says 'winter batch'; YC and Business Insider say Summer 2019 (S19)", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/04/womens-networking-company-elpha-launches-out-of-y-combinator/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/elpha", "https://www.businessinsider.com/y-combinator-female-led-startup-elpha-summer-2019-batch-2019-10"]}, "headquarters": {"conflict": "YC and CB Insights say Oakland; Tracxn says San Francisco", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/elpha", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/elpha", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/elpha/__utbtcSKFYkCKZXaga4oNCm_pHZLgI6nT8W3dBuXvce4"]}, "employee_count": {"conflict": "YC reports team size 6; Tracxn reports 42 as of Apr 2026; GetLatka/AeroLeads report 50–105 (likely stale or unreliable aggregators post-shutdown)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/elpha", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/elpha/__utbtcSKFYkCKZXaga4oNCm_pHZLgI6nT8W3dBuXvce4", "https://getlatka.com/companies/elpha.com"]}, "total_funding": {"conflict": "Tracxn $1.25M vs startups.rip $1.3M; implied sum of disclosed rounds ($150K + $1.1M) equals $1.25M", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/elpha/__utbtcSKFYkCKZXaga4oNCm_pHZLgI6nT8W3dBuXvce4", "https://startups.rip/company/elpha", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/06/elpha/"]}, "product_gap_2020_2024": {"gap": "Little public documentation of product evolution between seed round and shutdown; mobile app unconfirmed", "source_urls": ["https://startups.rip/company/elpha"]}, "revenue_metrics": {"gap": "No verified post-2019 ARR or revenue disclosed; demo-day implied ~$276K ARR from 23 customers at $12K/yr", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/19/all-84-startups-from-y-combinators-s19-demo-day-1/", "https://startups.rip/company/elpha"]}, "data_staleness": {"gap": "Tracxn and other directories still list company as active with employees and CEO as of 2026 despite YC 'Inactive' and Jan 2025 shutdown", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/elpha/__utbtcSKFYkCKZXaga4oNCm_pHZLgI6nT8W3dBuXvce4", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/elpha"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://aeroleads.com/c/joinelpha", "https://elpha.com/", "https://elpha.com/posts/t20xk0qu/office-hours-i-m-the-ceo-founder-of-elpha-i-m-cadran-cowansage-ama", "https://getlatka.com/companies/elpha.com", "https://joinrise.co/blog/elpha-the-professional-network-and-community-for-women-in-tech-shuts-down/", "https://startups.rip/company/elpha", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/04/womens-networking-company-elpha-launches-out-of-y-combinator/", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/19/all-84-startups-from-y-combinators-s19-demo-day-1/", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/06/elpha/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/elpha/__utbtcSKFYkCKZXaga4oNCm_pHZLgI6nT8W3dBuXvce4", "https://www.businessinsider.com/y-combinator-female-led-startup-elpha-summer-2019-batch-2019-10", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/elpha", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/elpha"]