- conflicts or gaps
- [{"founder_listing": {"value": "YC company page lists only John Palmer; Launch HN, Medium, unblock.net, and Marcus Molchany LinkedIn confirm two co-founders.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hexel", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16602069", "https://medium.com/@johncpalmer/request-for-feedback-hexel-d5e0b3c17a70", "https://unblock.net/hexel-review/", "https://linkedin.com/in/marcusmolchany"]}, "founded_year": {"value": "2017 (Tracxn, Company Check, Startup Intros deep dive) vs 2018 (Startup Intros quick facts, some directories).", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/hexel/__aZEJcfo6ZCemTZPNvwLb8ffEq7I-3re0oVA8liomhz8", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/hexel"]}, "headquarters": {"value": "YC lists New York City, NY; Tracxn/YCDB/Startup Intros/LinkedIn list San Francisco Bay Area.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hexel", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/hexel", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/hexel/__aZEJcfo6ZCemTZPNvwLb8ffEq7I-3re0oVA8liomhz8", "https://linkedin.com/in/marcusmolchany"]}, "funding_total": {"value": "Most sources agree $120K; Startup Intros quick facts shows $0 raised; Marcus Molchany LinkedIn company snippet shows $245K total funding (likely conflated/stale).", "source_urls": ["https://startupintros.com/orgs/hexel", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/hexel/__aZEJcfo6ZCemTZPNvwLb8ffEq7I-3re0oVA8liomhz8", "https://linkedin.com/in/marcusmolchany"]}, "employee_count": {"value": "YC team size 2 vs YCDB 5 vs Tracxn 12 (2026, likely stale for dead company) vs LinkedIn 1 (2026).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hexel", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/hexel", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/hexel/__aZEJcfo6ZCemTZPNvwLb8ffEq7I-3re0oVA8liomhz8", "https://linkedin.com/in/marcusmolchany"]}, "launch_hn_poster_identity": {"value": "Launch HN submitted by HN user 'streulpita'; neither streulpita nor marcusmolchany HN profiles publicly link to Hexel founders.", "source_urls": ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16602069", "https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=streulpita", "https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=marcusmolchany"]}, "pricing": {"value": "Launch HN described free core product; unblock.net review cited $25 token-creation fee — may reflect later pricing or inaccurate third-party data.", "source_urls": ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16602069", "https://unblock.net/hexel-review/"]}, "name_confusion": {"value": "Unrelated similarly named entities: HEXEL Works (Japanese electrical contractor, ORIX investment 2022) and Hexcel Corporation (NYSE: HXL composites manufacturer).", "source_urls": ["https://www.orix.co.jp/grp/en/newsrelease/220422_ORIXE.html", "https://www.greeleytribune.com/2020/11/13/hexcel-shutters-windsor-plant/"]}, "shutdown_details": {"value": "No primary-source shutdown announcement found; status inferred from YC Inactive, Tracxn deadpooled, YCDB Dead, and co-founder tenure ending Oct 2018.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hexel", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/hexel/__aZEJcfo6ZCemTZPNvwLb8ffEq7I-3re0oVA8liomhz8", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/hexel", "https://linkedin.com/in/marcusmolchany"]}, "crunchbase_unverified": {"value": "Crunchbase profile (Closed, Pre-Seed, founders John C. Palmer & Marcus Molchany) referenced by aggregators but not directly fetched in this research.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/hexel", "https://www.startupwebsolutions.com.au/h-headquarters/hexel-custom-etc-headquarters.html"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://linkedin.com/in/marcusmolchany", "https://medium.com/@johncpalmer/request-for-feedback-hexel-d5e0b3c17a70", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16602069", "https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=marcusmolchany", "https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=streulpita", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/hexel", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/05/hexel-lets-you-create-an-ethereum-token-for-your-community/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/hexel/__aZEJcfo6ZCemTZPNvwLb8ffEq7I-3re0oVA8liomhz8", "https://unblock.net/hexel-review/", "https://www.greeleytribune.com/2020/11/13/hexcel-shutters-windsor-plant/", "https://www.orix.co.jp/grp/en/newsrelease/220422_ORIXE.html", "https://www.startupwebsolutions.com.au/h-headquarters/hexel-custom-etc-headquarters.html", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/hexel/a2e1617e967f4560b", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/hexel", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hexel"]