- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"issue": "Founded year conflict: 2012 (YC, Tracxn) vs 2011 (Reforgers).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/givespark", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/givespark/__nngpDDtnBnZGw-uujl3GDZX6fjASfmMoVoleUy-Irfw", "https://reforgers.com/startups/givespark"]}, {"issue": "Founder attribution conflict: VentureBeat names Josef Teplow; Tracxn names only Samuel Rosenblatt; no single authoritative roster reconciles both.", "source_urls": ["https://venturebeat.com/entrepreneur/givespark/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/givespark/__nngpDDtnBnZGw-uujl3GDZX6fjASfmMoVoleUy-Irfw"]}, {"issue": "Reforgers aliases EngageInbox/Chatiry with GiveSpark; EngageInbox is LinkedIn slug for Joe Teplow's later Rebel email company—likely entity conflation.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/givespark", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeteplow"]}, {"issue": "Name collision: unrelated GiveSpark nonprofit/charity-data venture founded ~2024 by Alex Bondarevskyi uses same brand; not the YC W12 company.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexbondarevskiy", "https://www.ibtimes.com/alex-bond-lead-architect-givespark-building-infrastructure-trust-500-billion-market-3800086"]}, {"issue": "Funding totals inconsistent across YCDB ($0.0m), Tracxn (undisclosed seed), and Reforgers (unknown YC-backed).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/givespark", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/givespark/__nngpDDtnBnZGw-uujl3GDZX6fjASfmMoVoleUy-Irfw", "https://reforgers.com/startups/givespark"]}, {"issue": "Exact shutdown date, post-YC pivot timeline, and whether givespark.com still reflects original product are not documented in primary sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/givespark", "https://reforgers.com/startups/givespark"]}, {"issue": "YC W12 class size reported as 64 graduating companies (timeline) vs 66 presenting at Demo Day (TechCrunch)—batch count discrepancy in secondary sources.", "source_urls": ["https://timelines.issarice.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Y_Combinator", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/27/yc-demo-day-session-1/"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4344457", "https://nocap.blog/founder/samuel-rosenblatt/", "https://pulse2.com/salesforce-acquires-rebel/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/givespark", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/27/yc-demo-day-session-1/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/04/priceonomics-seed-round/", "https://thenextweb.com/news/y-combinator-applications-are-now-open-for-winter-2012", "https://timelines.issarice.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Y_Combinator", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/givespark/__nngpDDtnBnZGw-uujl3GDZX6fjASfmMoVoleUy-Irfw", "https://venturebeat.com/entrepreneur/givespark/", "https://www.forbes.com/profile/joe-teplow/", "https://www.ibtimes.com/alex-bond-lead-architect-givespark-building-infrastructure-trust-500-billion-market-3800086", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexbondarevskiy", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeteplow", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/givespark", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/givespark"]