- conflicts or gaps
- [{"name_collision": {"value": "Unrelated company also named Necto (founded 2023, NYC fintech bank-API aggregator, raised $8M, acquired by Embat Feb 2025) is a different entity from YC W18 ISP Necto", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/necto/__me8ZjkRWuCs5ocjyqeF88jFOURmkWFB97pg4yUbdKms", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/necto", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/necto"]}, "funding_amount_discrepancy": {"value": "Business Insider (Jun 2018) reported $1.5M seed including YC; The Company Check lists only $125K YC seed with no verified post-YC amount; PR/acquisition press confirms post-YC seed but no figure", "source_urls": ["https://www.businessinsider.com/necto-founders-let-users-create-their-own-isps-2018-6", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/necto/fqtxakcfobkcsg328", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/monkeybrains-acquires-y-combinator-backed-isp-startup-necto-300816094.html"]}, "headquarters_discrepancy": {"value": "YC profile lists New York City, NY; operational press, acquisition release, and founder interviews consistently place company in San Francisco/Oakland with contact address 2431 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/necto", "https://www.businessinsider.com/necto-founders-let-users-create-their-own-isps-2018-6", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/monkeybrains-acquires-y-combinator-backed-isp-startup-necto-300816094.html"]}, "database_data_quality": {"value": "Tracxn profile conflates YC ISP Necto with unrelated 2001 Ann Arbor nightlife/events company (wrong founding year, sector, CEO); The Company Check lists only Benjamin Huang as founder and Monkeybrains as investor (likely acquirer misclassified)", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/necto/__YJQJCuL93HmNmlCc6kEuJEpTsKYsOK4GebskBwPLckk", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/necto/fqtxakcfobkcsg328", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/monkeybrains-acquires-y-combinator-backed-isp-startup-necto-300816094.html"]}, "employee_count_variance": {"value": "YC lists team size 4; co-founder stated 2–5 people in June 2018 podcast interview", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/necto", "https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/SED606-Necto.pdf"]}, "gaps": {"value": ["Acquisition price not disclosed", "Post-YC seed round amount and named investors not publicly verified", "No reliable current revenue, valuation, or cap-table data found", "Website joinnecto.com not independently verified as live/archived in primary sources"], "source_urls": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/monkeybrains-acquires-y-combinator-backed-isp-startup-necto-300816094.html", "https://www.businessinsider.com/necto-founders-let-users-create-their-own-isps-2018-6", "https://reforgers.com/startups/necto"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://reforgers.com/startups/necto", "https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/SED606-Necto.pdf", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/10/necto-looks-to-help-individuals-get-their-own-local-isp-businesses-off-the-ground/", "https://techstartups.com/2019/03/22/monkeybrains-acquires-y-combinator-backed-isp-startup-necto-strengthen-commitment-provide-affordable-internet-service/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/necto/__YJQJCuL93HmNmlCc6kEuJEpTsKYsOK4GebskBwPLckk", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/necto/__me8ZjkRWuCs5ocjyqeF88jFOURmkWFB97pg4yUbdKms", "https://www.businessinsider.com/necto-founders-let-users-create-their-own-isps-2018-6", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/necto", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/monkeybrains-acquires-y-combinator-backed-isp-startup-necto-300816094.html", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/necto/fqtxakcfobkcsg328", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/necto", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/necto/jobs"]