- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"issue": "Name collision with unrelated Nigerian PetaSales marketing agency", "detail": "YC confirms the company it funded in 2009 is not the Nigerian entity; first YC-backed Nigeria company was Paystack (W16), first Africa company was Wave (2012).", "source_urls": ["https://thecondia.com/paystack-first-y-combinator-startup-nigeria/"]}, {"issue": "YCDB location incorrectly lists Ibadan, Nigeria", "detail": "Conflicts with YC official profile (San Francisco) and YC communications distinguishing entities.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/petasales", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/petasales", "https://thecondia.com/paystack-first-y-combinator-startup-nigeria/"]}, {"issue": "Tracxn/Crunchbase-style data conflates Nigerian agency with YC funding", "detail": "Tracxn attributes $120K YC seed, Abuja HQ, and founder Akinduro Rotimi—likely merged with unrelated Nigerian PetaSales; $120K matches post-2014 YC deal size, not W09 terms.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/petasales/__xDXCpRBK7JSyBXpJYeVsoH6GZKn9J3ZE4rlbuAW8BTY", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/petasales/__xDXCpRBK7JSyBXpJYeVsoH6GZKn9J3ZE4rlbuAW8BTY/funding-and-investors", "https://thecondia.com/paystack-first-y-combinator-startup-nigeria/", "https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/y-combinator-biggest-startups-gone-public-airbnb-doordash/"]}, {"issue": "Founding year conflict", "detail": "Reforgers lists founded 2012 and closure in 2012; YC batch was Winter 2009.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/petasales", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/petasales"]}, {"issue": "Second founder unidentified", "detail": "YC team size is 2 but only Nick Alexander is named (duplicated on YC page).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/petasales"]}, {"issue": "No primary product specification or live archive found", "detail": "Available sources describe category only; no detailed product, pricing, or demo-day materials located in reviewed sources.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/petasales", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/petasales"]}, {"issue": "Shutdown timing unknown", "detail": "Status is inactive/dead across YC and YCDB but exact shutdown date not documented in primary sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/petasales", "https://www.ycdb.co/batch/w09"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://altss.com/companies/yc/petasales", "https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/y-combinator-biggest-startups-gone-public-airbnb-doordash/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/petasales", "https://thecondia.com/paystack-first-y-combinator-startup-nigeria/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/petasales/__xDXCpRBK7JSyBXpJYeVsoH6GZKn9J3ZE4rlbuAW8BTY", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/petasales/__xDXCpRBK7JSyBXpJYeVsoH6GZKn9J3ZE4rlbuAW8BTY/funding-and-investors", "https://vator.tv/2009-03-17-y-combinator-set-to-fund-more-startups/", "https://web.archive.org/web/20070225164455/ycombinator.com/faq.html", "https://www.ycdb.co/batch/w09", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/petasales", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/petasales"]