- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "leadership.ceo", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industrial-microbes", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/industrial-microbes/people"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC and CB Insights list Derek Greenfield as Founder/CEO; Nov 2024 company press release lists Noah Helman as CEO and Derek Greenfield as President; Sep 2025 blog also cites Noah Helman as CEO.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industrial-microbes", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/bio-acrylic-acid-scale-up", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/industrial-microbes/people"]}}, {"field": {"value": "founders.roster", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industrial-microbes", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/industrial-microbes/__4r6fcEs11kgExG1jRb_9I0x4WM2BQT0iYnBQ8JL3nZA"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC lists three founders (Greenfield, Clarke, Helman); Tracxn and Stephen Powaga LinkedIn list a fourth co-founder, Stephen Powaga, as Co-Founder and Advisor.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industrial-microbes", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/industrial-microbes/__4r6fcEs11kgExG1jRb_9I0x4WM2BQT0iYnBQ8JL3nZA", "https://linkedin.com/in/stephenpowaga"]}}, {"field": {"value": "identity.hq_location", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industrial-microbes", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/industrial-microbes/__4r6fcEs11kgExG1jRb_9I0x4WM2BQT0iYnBQ8JL3nZA"]}, "issue": {"value": "HQ reported as San Francisco (YC), Alameda (company press, DoD, CB Insights), and Emeryville (Tracxn).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industrial-microbes", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2015/industrial-microbes.json", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/industrial-microbes/__4r6fcEs11kgExG1jRb_9I0x4WM2BQT0iYnBQ8JL3nZA"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employees.count", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industrial-microbes", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrial-microbes"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC team_size=12 vs LinkedIn reporting 19 employees (2026 snapshot, -23.8% YoY).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industrial-microbes", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrial-microbes"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.total_raised_usd", "source_urls": ["https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/industrial-microbes", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/industrial-microbes/__4r6fcEs11kgExG1jRb_9I0x4WM2BQT0iYnBQ8JL3nZA", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrial-microbes"]}, "issue": {"value": "Company press says total investment over $10M (Nov 2024); Tracxn reports $10.1M across 8 rounds; LinkedIn reports $12.0M; CB Insights reports only $2.87M (appears stale).", "source_urls": ["https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/industrial-microbes/__4r6fcEs11kgExG1jRb_9I0x4WM2BQT0iYnBQ8JL3nZA", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrial-microbes", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/industrial-microbes"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.rounds[Seed 2024-11-19].amount_usd", "source_urls": ["https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed", "https://www.synbiobeta.com/read/imicrobes-secures-10m-seed-round-to-power-sustainable-biomanufacturing"]}, "issue": {"value": "Nov 2024 seed described as 'first close' with total raised over $10M; individual close amount and post-money valuation not publicly disclosed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed", "https://www.synbiobeta.com/read/imicrobes-secures-10m-seed-round-to-power-sustainable-biomanufacturing"]}}, {"field": {"value": "identity.patent_count", "source_urls": ["https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/bio-acrylic-acid-scale-up"]}, "issue": {"value": "Company press cites 22 patents (Nov 2024) vs 23 patents (Sep 2025).", "source_urls": ["https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/bio-acrylic-acid-scale-up"]}}, {"field": {"value": "products.feedstock_focus", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/16/industrial-microbes/", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed"]}, "issue": {"value": "2015 focus was natural-gas-to-chemicals (malic acid first target); 2024–2025 materials emphasize ethanol and methane pathways for acrylic acid and related products.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/16/industrial-microbes/", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed", "https://www.imicrobes.com/acrylicacid-producers"]}}, {"field": {"value": "products.customers", "source_urls": ["https://www.imicrobes.com/acrylicacid-producers", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/bio-acrylic-acid-scale-up"]}, "issue": {"value": "No named commercial customers found; company cites anonymous 'Top 10 Acrylic Producer' quote, multiple LOIs, and partner sampling but no public customer logos or contracts.", "source_urls": ["https://www.imicrobes.com/acrylicacid-producers", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/bio-acrylic-acid-scale-up"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.intermediate_rounds", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/industrial-microbes/__4r6fcEs11kgExG1jRb_9I0x4WM2BQT0iYnBQ8JL3nZA"]}, "issue": {"value": "Tracxn lists additional grant rounds (2014, 2016, 2018) and 13 institutional investors with undisclosed amounts; no primary-source confirmation of individual round sizes found.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/industrial-microbes/__4r6fcEs11kgExG1jRb_9I0x4WM2BQT0iYnBQ8JL3nZA", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/industrial-microbes"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://imicrobes.com/", "https://linkedin.com/in/stephenpowaga", "https://patents.justia.com/assignee/industrial-microbes-inc", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/16/industrial-microbes/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/industrial-microbes/__4r6fcEs11kgExG1jRb_9I0x4WM2BQT0iYnBQ8JL3nZA", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/industrial-microbes", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/industrial-microbes/people", "https://www.cto.mil/dod-releases-five-awards-for-distributed-bioindustrial-manufacturing-program/", "https://www.imicrobes.com/acrylicacid-producers", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/bio-acrylic-acid-scale-up", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/s86hhx6gxcbe9zsd7rrte39rakz52a", "https://www.imicrobes.com/blog/seed", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrial-microbes", "https://www.synbiobeta.com/read/imicrobes-secures-10m-seed-round-to-power-sustainable-biomanufacturing", "https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3878835/dod-releases-seven-awards-for-distributed-bioindustrial-manufacturing-program/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/industrial-microbes-yc-w15-is-engineering-bacteria-to-produce-chemicals-from-natural-gases", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industrial-microbes", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2015/industrial-microbes.json"]