- conflicts or gaps
- [{"acquisition_year": {"value": "YC lists acquisition in 2022; Forbes (Nov 2023) describes Feather acquired mid-2022 and Fernish in 2023 under single Showroom announcement.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/feather", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanverdon/2023/11/09/luxury-home-staging-firm-vesta-acquires-two-furniture-rental-startups/"]}, "employee_count": {"value": "YC lists 125; post-acquisition third-party sources cite ~46–49 for Feather alone vs 200 combined Showroom entity.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/feather", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/feather/__gji6VwpejUCOlEwFzTfiRWnlREWA8nzm38emr0sRs4o", "https://www.retaildive.com/news/uxury-furniture-rental-vesta-acquires-fernish-feather-dtc/699582/"]}, "total_funding_definition": {"value": "$76M includes equity and debt; $46M is equity-only through Series B; no public equity rounds after Aug 2020 debt line.", "source_urls": ["https://www.finsmes.com/2020/08/feather-secures-30m-credit-line-from-credit-suisse.html", "https://www.finsmes.com/2020/02/feather-closes-30m-series-b-funding.html"]}, "brand_continuity": {"value": "Nov 2023 sources said Feather and Fernish would run as separate consumer brands; livefeather.com now states Feather is Fernish and consumer rentals are discontinued.", "source_urls": ["https://www.furnituretoday.com/financial/filling-the-showroom-new-company-encompasses-3-rental-design-brands/", "https://livefeather.com/"]}, "founder_roster": {"value": "All primary sources name Jay Reno as sole founder; Ilyse Kaplan documented as President/COO but not as co-founder.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/feather", "https://www.furnituretoday.com/e-commerce/feather-partners-with-wework/"]}, "domain_history": {"value": "Launch HN used rentfeather.com; later canonical domain livefeather.com; WeWork subdomain wework.livefeather.com.", "source_urls": ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14664851", "https://www.wework.com/newsroom/wework-partners-with-furniture-rental-company-feather-to-offer-ultimate-flexibility-in-workplace-design"]}, "undisclosed_gaps": {"value": ["Acquisition price not disclosed", "Exact headcount at shutdown not confirmed", "No verified revenue figures published", "Exact date livefeather.com consumer shutdown began not published"], "source_urls": ["https://businessofhome.com/articles/vesta-fernish-feather-subscription-furniture", "https://livefeather.com/"]}}]
- source urls
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