- conflicts or gaps
- [{"yc_batch_vs_founding_year": {"value": "YC lists Summer 2020 batch but also Founded 2022; YC OSS launched_at timestamp corresponds to Aug 2022; founder LinkedIn states Y Combinator (S22)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nephrogen", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2020/nephrogen.json", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/demetri-maxim"]}, "total_funding": {"value": "ITKeyMedia/Signalbase report $2M pre-seed; CB Insights reports $700K total over 6 rounds; LinkedIn aggregator shows $20K (likely stale/incorrect)", "source_urls": ["https://itkey.media/zaka-vc-backs-nephrogens-kidney-focused-gene-therapy-platform/", "https://www.trysignalbase.com/news/funding/nephrogen-raises-20m-pre", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/nephrogen/financials", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/nephrogen"]}, "seed_round_status": {"value": "ITKeyMedia reports closed $2M pre-seed; TechCrunch Oct 2025 says company is raising $4M seed round; CB Insights lists Seed VC Oct 7 2025 with undisclosed amount", "source_urls": ["https://itkey.media/zaka-vc-backs-nephrogens-kidney-focused-gene-therapy-platform/", "https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/biotech-nephrogen-combines-ai-and-gene-therapy-to-reverse-kidney-disease-check-it-out-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/nephrogen/financials"]}, "employee_count": {"value": "YC team size 5 vs LinkedIn 6 employees", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nephrogen", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/nephrogen"]}, "founders_yc_omission": {"value": "YC Founders section lists only Demetri Maxim (duplicated); company website and TechCrunch identify Vivek Bhalla, MD as co-founder", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nephrogen", "https://www.nephrogenbiotech.com/", "https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/biotech-nephrogen-combines-ai-and-gene-therapy-to-reverse-kidney-disease-check-it-out-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025/"]}, "pharma_sponsor_list": {"value": "YC mentions Merck KGaA, Novartis, BMS among seven pharma sponsors; website lists six sponsors (EMD/Merck KGaA, Bayer, Otsuka, BMS, Chiesi, Alnylam) with no Novartis", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nephrogen", "https://www.nephrogenbiotech.com/"]}, "headquarters_location": {"value": "YC lists New York; website lists Long Island City lab at Biolabs @ NYU Langone; LinkedIn lists multiple US offices including NYC, Cambridge MA, and Beverly MA", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nephrogen", "https://www.nephrogenbiotech.com/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/nephrogen"]}, "disease_prevalence_stats": {"value": "YC and website cite kidney disease affecting 1 in 7 Americans; LinkedIn company page cites 1 in 5 Americans for kidney and pancreatic diseases", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nephrogen", "https://www.nephrogenbiotech.com/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/nephrogen"]}, "george_church_role": {"value": "George Church, PhD listed as Scientific Advisor on company website, not co-founder; secondary aggregator Altss incorrectly lists him as co-founder", "source_urls": ["https://www.nephrogenbiotech.com/", "https://altss.com/companies/yc/nephrogen"]}, "nystar_grant_amount": {"value": "NYSTAR Innovation Matching Grant confirmed via LinkedIn and ESD award list; grant dollar amount not found in reviewed public sources", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/nephrogen", "https://esd.ny.gov/innovation-matching-grants-program"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://altss.com/companies/yc/nephrogen", "https://esd.ny.gov/innovation-matching-grants-program", "https://itkey.media/zaka-vc-backs-nephrogens-kidney-focused-gene-therapy-platform/", "https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/biotech-nephrogen-combines-ai-and-gene-therapy-to-reverse-kidney-disease-check-it-out-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/nephrogen/financials", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/nephrogen", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/demetri-maxim", "https://www.nephrogenbiotech.com/", "https://www.trysignalbase.com/news/funding/nephrogen-raises-20m-pre", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nephrogen", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nephrogen/jobs", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2020/nephrogen.json"]