- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "funding.total_raised_usd", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/le-tote", "https://news.crunchbase.com/liquidity/upstart-le-tote-to-acquire-nearly-two-century-old-retailer-lord-taylor/", "https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/this-startup-bought-lord-taylor-can-it-change-the-way-we/348239", "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/10/le-tote-puts-designer-fashions-within-reach.html"]}, "issue": {"value": "Total venture funding is reported inconsistently: YC says more than $60M; Crunchbase News (2019) says $62.5M; Entrepreneur (2019) says $75M VC; CNBC (2017) cites $27.5M across three rounds via Crunchbase. Only seed (undisclosed), Series A ($8.8M), and Series B ($15M) are confirmed in primary press; later rounds lack primary-source announcements reviewed here.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/le-tote", "https://news.crunchbase.com/liquidity/upstart-le-tote-to-acquire-nearly-two-century-old-retailer-lord-taylor/", "https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/this-startup-bought-lord-taylor-can-it-change-the-way-we/348239", "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/10/le-tote-puts-designer-fashions-within-reach.html", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/05/clothing-rental-startup-le-tote-lands-8-8m-in-series-a-funding/", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151119006281/en/Le-Tote-Raises-15-Million-Series-Continue"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.founder_claims", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/le-tote"]}, "issue": {"value": "Co-founder Brett Northart's YC bio claims over 500 employees and more than $350M raised from VC and PE firms; these figures conflict with YC team_size (201), Crunchbase/Entrepreneur VC totals (~$62.5M-$75M), and independently verified headcount snapshots.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/le-tote", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2013/le-tote.json", "https://news.crunchbase.com/liquidity/upstart-le-tote-to-acquire-nearly-two-century-old-retailer-lord-taylor/", "https://www.retaildive.com/news/lord-taylor-files-for-bankruptcy/582768/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employees.count", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/le-tote", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/05/clothing-rental-startup-le-tote-lands-8-8m-in-series-a-funding/", "https://www.retaildive.com/news/lord-taylor-files-for-bankruptcy/582768/"]}, "issue": {"value": "Headcount varies widely by date and source: 100 (end 2014), 201 (YC team_size, undated), 651 (Aug 2020 bankruptcy filing including Lord & Taylor), and 500+ (founder self-description on YC).", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/05/clothing-rental-startup-le-tote-lands-8-8m-in-series-a-funding/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/le-tote", "https://www.retaildive.com/news/lord-taylor-files-for-bankruptcy/582768/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.rounds.post_series_b", "source_urls": ["https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/10/le-tote-puts-designer-fashions-within-reach.html", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151119006281/en/Le-Tote-Raises-15-Million-Series-Continue"]}, "issue": {"value": "CNBC (2017) reports $27.5M raised in three rounds, implying at least one additional round after Series B, but no primary press release or SEC filing for that round was found in this research pass.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/10/le-tote-puts-designer-fashions-within-reach.html", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151119006281/en/Le-Tote-Raises-15-Million-Series-Continue"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status.valuation", "source_urls": ["https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/this-startup-bought-lord-taylor-can-it-change-the-way-we/348239"]}, "issue": {"value": "Entrepreneur (2019) estimates Le Tote worth around $180M after raising $75M VC; no primary valuation disclosure or independent confirmation was found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/this-startup-bought-lord-taylor-can-it-change-the-way-we/348239"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status.final_shutdown_date", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Tote"]}, "issue": {"value": "Exact final shutdown date for the Le Tote rental service is unclear; Wikipedia cites WWD (March 2024) on Saadia Group being effectively shut down and website offline by spring 2024, but a precise corporate dissolution date was not found in primary filings reviewed here.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Tote"]}}]]
- source urls
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