- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founding_year", "conflict": "Sources report company founded in 2010 (YC, SumUp garage story), December 2010 (Wikipedia), or 2011 (SumUp press releases, FinSMEs, GetLatka)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/fivestars", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Ho", "https://www.sumup.com/en-us/press/fivestarsacquisition/", "https://www.finsmes.com/2020/10/fivestars-raises-52-5m-in-series-d-equity-and-debt-funding.html"]}, {"field": "series_a_date", "conflict": "Forbes reports Series A in July 2012; TechCrunch/FinSMEs/YC blog report August 2–3, 2012", "source_urls": ["https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/10/09/fivestars-wins-the-prize-for-small-business-loyalty/", "https://www.finsmes.com/2012/08/fivestars-raises-13-9m-series-funding.html", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/fivestars-yc-w11-raises-139m-from-lightspeed"]}, {"field": "series_a_amount", "conflict": "Primary press reports $13.9M; some databases report $14M or $14.5M", "source_urls": ["https://www.finsmes.com/2012/08/fivestars-raises-13-9m-series-funding.html", "https://fundbat.com/company/fivestars", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/10/09/fivestars-wins-the-prize-for-small-business-loyalty/"]}, {"field": "total_venture_funding_pre_acquisition", "conflict": "CNBC reported $115M total at acquisition (Oct 2021); TechCrunch reported $145.5M after Series D (Oct 2020); Series C era total was ~$105M", "source_urls": ["https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/14/payments-firm-sumup-makes-317-million-acquisition-to-expand-in-us.html", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/15/fivestars-series-d/", "https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/22/fivestars-gets-50m-to-help-small-retailers-run-loyalty-programs-like-their-bigger-rivals/"]}, {"field": "start_fund_150k", "gap": "No primary press release found explicitly confirming Fivestars accepted the $150K Start Fund note; amount/investors sourced from jcount.com and inferred from YC W11 batch Start Fund program", "source_urls": ["https://www.jcount.com/fivestars-raises-50m/", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/yuri-milner-sv-angel-offer-every-new-y-combinator-startup-150k/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/fivestars"]}, {"field": "april_2011_seed_amount", "gap": "Forbes confirms April 2011 seed round but not exact dollar amount; $2M figure from secondary databases (jcount, fundbat, seedtable)", "source_urls": ["https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/10/09/fivestars-wins-the-prize-for-small-business-loyalty/", "https://www.jcount.com/fivestars-raises-50m/", "https://fundbat.com/company/fivestars"]}, {"field": "consumer_merchant_counts", "conflict": "Reported merchant base ranges from 10,000–14,000+ and consumer base from 60M–70M+ depending on date and source (2016–2021)", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/22/fivestars-gets-50m-to-help-small-retailers-run-loyalty-programs-like-their-bigger-rivals/", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/15/fivestars-series-d/", "https://www.sumup.com/en-us/press/sumup-acquires-us-payments-and-marketing-platform-fivestars-for-317-million/"]}, {"field": "post_acquisition_leadership_titles", "gap": "SumUp press (Oct 2021) stated Victor Ho and team would remain; subsequent titles (Ho CEO North America, Doka CTO North America) come from LinkedIn and third-party bios without independent corporate press confirmation in this research", "source_urls": ["https://www.sumup.com/en-us/press/sumup-acquires-us-payments-and-marketing-platform-fivestars-for-317-million/", "https://www.bellamaredevelopment.com/matthew"]}, {"field": "current_standalone_fivestars_scale", "gap": "No post-2021 standalone revenue, employee count, or merchant totals published under Fivestars brand; product metrics now reported under SumUp Connect/SumUp umbrella", "source_urls": ["https://fsweb.fivestars.com/sumup-connect/", "https://www.newswire.com/news/sumup-launches-new-loyalty-and-rewards-program-in-the-united-states-22331737"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://blog.fivestars.com/a-tale-of-two-founders/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Ho", "https://fsweb.fivestars.com/legal/", "https://fsweb.fivestars.com/privacy/", "https://fsweb.fivestars.com/sumup-connect/", "https://fundbat.com/company/fivestars", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/yuri-milner-sv-angel-offer-every-new-y-combinator-startup-150k/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/09/25/helping-local-businesses-get-the-five-star-review-fivestars-raises-26-million/", "https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/22/fivestars-gets-50m-to-help-small-retailers-run-loyalty-programs-like-their-bigger-rivals/", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/15/fivestars-series-d/", "https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/13/european-point-of-sale-provider-sumup-acquires-customer-loyalty-startup-fivestars-for-317m/", "https://www.bellamaredevelopment.com/matthew", "https://www.boostly.com/podcast/episode-9-the-importance-of-loyalty-programs-for-restaurants", "https://www.businessinsider.com/fivestars-raises-50-million-2016-1", "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/14/payments-firm-sumup-makes-317-million-acquisition-to-expand-in-us.html", "https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2020/10/168132-integrated-payment-processing-marketing-platform-fivestars-raises-52-5-million-through-combined-series-d-equity-debt-financing/", "https://www.finsmes.com/2012/08/fivestars-raises-13-9m-series-funding.html", "https://www.finsmes.com/2020/10/fivestars-raises-52-5m-in-series-d-equity-and-debt-funding.html", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/10/09/fivestars-wins-the-prize-for-small-business-loyalty/", "https://www.jcount.com/fivestars-raises-50m/", "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-chapter-sumup-acquire-fivestars-victor-ho", "https://www.newswire.com/news/sumup-launches-new-loyalty-and-rewards-program-in-the-united-states-22331737", "https://www.sumup.com/en-us/business-guide/fivestars-joins-sumup/", "https://www.sumup.com/en-us/loyalty-om-marketing/", "https://www.sumup.com/en-us/press/fivestarsacquisition/", "https://www.sumup.com/en-us/press/sumup-acquires-us-payments-and-marketing-platform-fivestars-for-317-million/", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/fivestars/cq6lktzwgv8erjds7", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/fivestars-yc-w11-raises-139m-from-lightspeed", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/fivestars"]