- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_year", "conflict": {"value": "BusinessWire cites initial launch in 2014; YC, Wikipedia, PRNewswire, and CB Insights cite 2015 (platform launched January 2015).", "source_urls": ["https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230427005324/en/True-Acquires-First-and-Leading-Diversity-Inclusion-Tech-Company-Jopwell", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/jopwell", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jopwell"]}}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": {"value": "Wikipedia lists only $4.22M (pre-Series A, outdated); CB Insights $11.55M; TechCrunch $11.75M; LinkedIn $11.87M.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jopwell", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/jopwell", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/25/jopwell-series-a/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/jopwell"]}}, {"field": "seed_round_amount", "conflict": {"value": "Most sources report $3.25M (Jan 2016); VentureBeat reported $3.35M.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/20/diversity-recruiting-platform-jopwell-raises-3-25-seed-round-from-magic-johnson-andreessen-horowitz-and-others/", "https://venturebeat.com/entrepreneur/magic-johnson-andreessen-horowitz-lead-3-25m-round-for-diverse-recruitment-platform-jopwell/"]}}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": {"value": "YC lists team size 50; LinkedIn lists 8 employees; Inc (Jan 2016) reported 12-person staff.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/jopwell", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/jopwell", "https://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/magic-johnson-invested-in-jopwell-staffing-firm.html"]}}, {"field": "founder_titles", "conflict": {"value": "YC profile lists Porter Braswell as Founder/CEO and Ryan Williams as Founder/President; BusinessWire (Apr 2023) lists Ryan Williams as CEO and Porter Braswell as Executive Chairman.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/jopwell", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230427005324/en/True-Acquires-First-and-Leading-Diversity-Inclusion-Tech-Company-Jopwell"]}}, {"field": "acquisition_price", "gap": {"value": "True acquisition announced Apr 27, 2023; purchase price not disclosed in press release.", "source_urls": ["https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230427005324/en/True-Acquires-First-and-Leading-Diversity-Inclusion-Tech-Company-Jopwell"]}}, {"field": "legal_settlement", "conflict": {"value": "American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Jopwell Inc. (D. Del. 1:24-cv-01142): filed Oct 15, 2024 alleging race-based exclusion; settled Dec 18, 2024 with Jopwell agreeing to open registration to all races, revise marketing language, and make race/ethnicity voluntary with no impact on access.", "source_urls": ["https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/blum-group-gets-diversity-recruiter-to-alter-candidate-criteria", "https://advancingdei.meltzercenter.org/cases/american-alliance-for-equal-rights-v-jopwell-inc-district/", "https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/55457594/American_Alliance_for_Equal_Rights_v_Jopwell,_Inc"]}}, {"field": "pre_seed_round_breakdown", "gap": {"value": "LinkedIn lists four pre-Series-A rounds ($1.0M Feb 2015, $120K Aug 2015 YC, etc.) but individual pre-2016 round amounts lack independent primary-source confirmation beyond cumulative $4.22M cited at Jan 2016 seed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/jopwell", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/on-a-mission-to-make-the-workplace-more-colorful-jopwell-raises-325-million-in-seed-funding-300207230.html"]}}]]
- source urls
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