- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": "Founder list", "details": "YC says the company was founded by Michael Waxman and Tom Brown and that the founding team also included Challen Hodson and Kristen Badal. TNW's launch article says Michael Waxman and Jerry Guo founded Grouper. Observer says Jerry Guo resigned before Grouper went to YC and Waxman looked for a new partner at YC. Tracxn lists Tom Brown, Ariel Galili, and Michael Waxman as founders. These sources conflict, so founder status beyond Waxman and Brown is not fully settled.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grouper", "https://thenextweb.com/news/just-launched-grouper-arranges-blind-group-meetups-over-drinks-in-new-york-city", "https://observer.com/2011/12/take-two-grouper-headed-to-y-combinator/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/grouper/__OXHRUEjLfbqZg30jSdDlup8CJbd_b1IKIzyhdnLSqtA"]}, {"topic": "Funding amounts", "details": "Tracxn reports undisclosed funding over two rounds with dates May 30, 2012 and Nov 25, 2013. CB Insights reports total raised of $20K and latest round Series A. The $20K figure may correspond to YC-era financing but CB Insights does not provide round-level dates in the fetched page. No public SEC Form D source was found in this research.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/grouper/__OXHRUEjLfbqZg30jSdDlup8CJbd_b1IKIzyhdnLSqtA/funding-and-investors", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/grouper"]}, {"topic": "Status", "details": "YC marks Grouper inactive; Wikipedia-derived/search results report shutdown on 2016-10-01; Companies House shows the UK entity dissolved via compulsory strike-off on 2016-04-26. CB Insights still shows 'Series A | Alive', which appears stale or conflicting.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grouper", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouper_social_club", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08305503/filing-history", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/grouper"]}, {"topic": "Employees/team size", "details": "YC lists team size 11; VentureBeat reported at least 30 people before 2014 layoffs; Wikipedia-derived source says 25 employees. These may refer to different dates or definitions.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grouper", "https://venturebeat.com/business/group-dating-startup-grouper-shutters-international-operations-fires-staff/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouper_social_club"]}, {"topic": "Customers", "details": "No named enterprise customers were found; Grouper was a consumer service with venue partners. Only example venues and aggregate consumer traction were sourced.", "source_urls": ["https://thenextweb.com/news/just-launched-grouper-arranges-blind-group-meetups-over-drinks-in-new-york-city", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/grouper-yc-w12-launches-iphone-app-now-in-20-cities-400-partner-bars-served-hundreds-of-thousands-of-drinks"]}, {"topic": "Grouper identity disambiguation", "details": "This JSON refers to Grouper Social Club / joingrouper.com / YC W12, not the earlier video startup Grouper acquired by Sony or other companies named Grouper.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grouper"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouper_social_club", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08305503/filing-history", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08305503/officers", "https://linkedin.com/in/challenhodson", "https://linkedin.com/in/nottombrown", "https://nextomoro.com/tom-brown/", "https://observer.com/2011/12/take-two-grouper-headed-to-y-combinator/", "https://slate.com/technology/2012/11/challen-from-grouper-how-the-online-dating-site-mixes-character-with-technology.html", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/20/yc-alum-grouper-launches-in-10-cities-to-bring-you-a-better-way-to-meet-new-people/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/30/now-in-20-cities-grouper-brings-on-demand-group-dates-to-the-iphone/", "https://thenextweb.com/news/just-launched-grouper-arranges-blind-group-meetups-over-drinks-in-new-york-city", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/grouper/__OXHRUEjLfbqZg30jSdDlup8CJbd_b1IKIzyhdnLSqtA", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/grouper/__OXHRUEjLfbqZg30jSdDlup8CJbd_b1IKIzyhdnLSqtA/funding-and-investors", "https://venturebeat.com/business/group-dating-startup-grouper-shutters-international-operations-fires-staff/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/grouper", "https://www.cnbc.com/2013/10/04/start-up-grouper-offers-group-blind-dates.html", "https://www.forbes.com/profile/tom-brown/", "https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/dating-site-founder-hoping-threes-not-a-crowd", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelewaxman", "https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/sex-and-relationships/group-dating-the-new-way-to-find-love-92991", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/grouper-yc-w12-launches-iphone-app-now-in-20-cities-400-partner-bars-served-hundreds-of-thousands-of-drinks", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grouper"]