- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founding_date", "conflict": "Crunchbase lists founded 2010; Marin press/FAQ state Perfect Audience founded 2012; YC batch is Summer 2011; Brad Flora LinkedIn lists Perfect Audience Jul 2010–May 2014", "source_urls": ["https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/perfect-audience", "https://www.marinsoftware.com/news/marin-software-acquisition-of-perfect-audience-faq", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/perfect-audience", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradflora"]}, {"field": "founders", "conflict": "Y Combinator lists Kurt Mackey as Founder alongside Brad Flora and Jordi Buller; Marin, TechCrunch, and Crunchbase name only Brad Flora and Jordan Buller as founders", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/perfect-audience", "https://www.marinsoftware.com/news/marin-software-acquisition-of-perfect-audience-faq", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/04/perfect-audience-launch/", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/perfect-audience"]}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": "Reported totals vary: $1.1M (TechCrunch seed), ~$1M (founder Slate post), $1.4M (Crunchbase), $1.28M (Tracxn), $1.56M (CB Insights, partially paywalled), $2.5M (YCDB estimate)", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/04/perfect-audience-launch/", "https://slate.com/technology/2014/06/i-sold-my-startup-for-25-5-million-heres-how-i-did-it.html", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/perfect-audience", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/perfectaudience/__InkYQUpGmJjf67E8HlQFZ10NbsyDXG7DqJfQGOesRmg", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/perfect-audience"]}, {"field": "marin_acquisition_price", "conflict": "Official Marin price is $22.8M purchase consideration; founder/press headlines cite $25.5M, which aligns with $22.8M + $2.7M employee retention grants", "source_urls": ["https://www.marinsoftware.com/news/marin-software-acquisition-of-perfect-audience-faq", "https://slate.com/technology/2014/06/i-sold-my-startup-for-25-5-million-heres-how-i-did-it.html", "https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/06/04/windy-citizen-founder-sells-latest-company-for-255-million/"]}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": "YC page lists 11; Marin FAQ and founder account cite 14 at acquisition; YCDB estimates 30", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/perfect-audience", "https://www.marinsoftware.com/news/marin-software-acquisition-of-perfect-audience-faq", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/perfect-audience"]}, {"field": "current_product_status", "gap": "No primary-source confirmation found in this research of whether perfectaudience.com still operates independently in 2025/2026; post-2019 product continued as SharpSpring Ads and SharpSpring was rebranded to Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM (2021+). Crunchbase lists Perfect Audience operating status as Closed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/perfect-audience", "https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/lead-gen-crm/articles/KnowledgeBase/50677-SharpSpring-Rebrand-to-Lead-Gen-CRM?lang=en_US", "https://landingi.com/help/sharpspring-ads-integration/"]}, {"field": "revenue_and_valuation", "gap": "No verified public revenue figures for Perfect Audience as a standalone company; post-acquisition financial contribution to Marin/SharpSpring not broken out in sources reviewed", "source_urls": ["https://www.marinsoftware.com/news/marin-software-acquires-retargeting-company-perfect-audience"]}]]
- source urls
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