- conflicts or gaps
- [{"yc_active_vs_insolvency": {"value": "Y Combinator lists Protonet as Active while German operating entity filed insolvency Feb 2017", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/protonet", "https://protonet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Protonet_Pressemitteilung_Insolvenzbekanntmachung.pdf"]}, "seedmatch_funding_total_discrepancy": {"value": "Seedmatch totals reported as €3.0M (2014 round alone) vs €3.2M (combined rounds in insolvency PR)", "source_urls": ["https://protonet.com/de/blog/3-millionen-133-stunden-das-protonet-funding-der-seedmatch-analyse/", "https://protonet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Protonet_Pressemitteilung_Insolvenzbekanntmachung.pdf"]}, "employee_count_discrepancy": {"value": "Headcount reported as ~24 (2014), 18 (Feb 2017 insolvency PR), and 16 (insolvency administrator PR)", "source_urls": ["https://www.firmenpresse.de/pressinfo1075499-drei-millionen-euro-protonet-setzt-neuen-crowdfunding-meilenstein.html", "https://protonet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Protonet_Pressemitteilung_Insolvenzbekanntgang.pdf", "https://drpannen.de/presse/presse-2017/pressemitteilung-protonet-betriebs-gmbh.html"]}, "legal_entity_confusion": {"value": "Multiple entities: Protonet GmbH (HRB125299), Protonet Betriebs GmbH (insolvent 2017), Protonet Inc. (US); asset transfer to US entity disputed by Seedmatch investors", "source_urls": ["https://choice.protonet.info/legal/", "https://protonet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Protonet_Pressemitteilung_Insolvenzbekanntmachung.pdf", "https://www.golem.de/news/startup-protonet-hat-aerger-mit-den-crowdinvestoren-1606-121401.html"]}, "valuation_dilution_yc_vs_crowd": {"value": "YC standard deal implied ~$1.7M valuation, far below prior Seedmatch-implied valuations; provoked crowd-investor backlash", "source_urls": ["https://t3n.de/news/protonet-seedmatch-697960/", "https://www.golem.de/news/startup-protonet-hat-aerger-mit-den-crowdinvestoren-1606-121401.html"]}, "acquisition_unconfirmed": {"value": "May 2017 takeover talks reported but no public record of completed sale or buyer identity", "source_urls": ["https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2017/05/22/rettung-sicht-protonet-steht-vor-einer-uebernahme/", "https://www.connect-professional.de/hardware/protonet-aus-nach-vergeblicher-investorensuche-290782.html"]}, "protonet_info_fetch_gap": {"value": "Root domain protonet.info did not resolve content during research; active content found at choice.protonet.info subdomain", "source_urls": ["https://choice.protonet.info/", "https://choice.protonet.info/legal/"]}, "never_profitable": {"value": "Company never reached profitability despite record crowdfunding and YC participation", "source_urls": ["https://protonet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Protonet_Pressemitteilung_Insolvenzbekanntmachung.pdf", "https://www.connect-professional.de/hardware/protonet-aus-nach-vergeblicher-investorensuche-290782.html"]}, "hardware_sales_underperformance": {"value": "Few thousand servers sold; market described as niche and hard to penetrate", "source_urls": ["https://www.connect-professional.de/hardware/protonet-aus-nach-vergeblicher-investorensuche-290782.html", "https://www.it-zoom.de/mobile-business/e/der-einfachste-server-der-welt-ist-tot-update-15928/"]}}]
- source urls
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