- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founding_year", "conflict": "Sources report 2011 (Tracxn, opengovus, Aggie), 2012 (Reforgers, tablepage.ai), 2013 (YCDB), and 2014 (LinkedIn company metadata for Quad).", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/quad/__YWCVQIQQuIqtO81M-T6VvZMoiakauOsWcWissEL5kMA", "https://reforgers.com/startups/quad", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/quad", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagarshah1", "https://theaggie.org/2011/01/18/new-company-plans-to-help-students-save/"]}, {"field": "founders", "conflict": "YC lists only Sagar Shah. Tracxn/Mark Miyashita LinkedIn list Sagar Shah + Mark Miyashita. HN profile lists Tyrone Carter as co-founder. FounderTrace lists Tarun C., Sagar Shah, Mark Miyashita.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/quad", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/quad/__YWCVQIQQuIqtO81M-T6VvZMoiakauOsWcWissEL5kMA", "https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tyronegcarter", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/quad/", "https://linkedin.com/in/markmiyashita"]}, {"field": "shutdown_date", "conflict": "SF business registration ended 2018-06-30; Sagar Shah LinkedIn shows Quad CEO until Jul 2019; Reforgers lists closure event year 2012 (conflicts with later operations).", "source_urls": ["https://opengovus.com/san-francisco-business/0464209-02-999", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagarshah1", "https://reforgers.com/startups/quad", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-hanoian"]}, {"field": "headquarters_location", "conflict": "YC profile lists New York City; most other sources list San Francisco/Berkeley Bay Area.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/quad", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/quad/__YWCVQIQQuIqtO81M-T6VvZMoiakauOsWcWissEL5kMA", "https://data.tablepage.ai/d/y-combinator-companies-2005-2026"]}, {"field": "funding_amounts", "gap": "No primary-source disclosed round amounts found. Tracxn redacts seed amount. YCDB reports $0.7M total without methodology. Individual rounds for ASU/KKR/SV Angel not documented with dates/amounts.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/quad/__YWCVQIQQuIqtO81M-T6VvZMoiakauOsWcWissEL5kMA/funding-and-investors", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/quad", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagarshah1"]}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": "YC/Reforgers report 12; Tracxn reports 16 as of Apr 2026; YCDB reports 990 (clearly erroneous for this startup).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/quad", "https://reforgers.com/startups/quad", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/quad/__YWCVQIQQuIqtO81M-T6VvZMoiakauOsWcWissEL5kMA", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/quad"]}, {"field": "name_collision", "note": "Unrelated entities share the Quad name: (1) Appsurdity college messaging app covered by TechCrunch Nov 2013; (2) College Tonight's TheQuad.com launched Oct 2008 per SEC filing; (3) Quad Learning edtech company (different founders/product). These are not the YC S11 thequad.com company researched here.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/25/quad-debuts-mobile-messaging-for-college-groups/", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089499/000113740308000086/cgeg8-k10012008.txt", "https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-11-14-struggling-college-pathway-provider-quad-learning-pivots-and-sells"]}, {"field": "traction_metrics", "conflict": "Founder LinkedIn cites high DAU percentages at major campuses; Tracxn cites much smaller class/student counts—likely from different time periods or stale data.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagarshah1", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/quad/__YWCVQIQQuIqtO81M-T6VvZMoiakauOsWcWissEL5kMA"]}, {"field": "third_investor_identity", "gap": "Tracxn states 3 institutional investors including Y Combinator and 2 others; only Base Ventures independently confirmed beyond YC. Third investor name not publicly identified in accessible sources.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/quad/__YWCVQIQQuIqtO81M-T6VvZMoiakauOsWcWissEL5kMA/funding-and-investors", "https://www.base.ventures/portfolio"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://data.tablepage.ai/d/y-combinator-companies-2005-2026", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/quad/", "https://hrnxt.com/news/investment/construction-tech-startup-made-renovation-raises-9-mn-seed-funding-led-by-base-10-partners/15260/2020/02/28/", "https://linkedin.com/in/markmiyashita", "https://me.sh/profile/sagar-shah-8b407258", "https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tyronegcarter", "https://opengovus.com/san-francisco-business/0464209-02-999", "https://reforgers.com/startups/quad", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/25/quad-debuts-mobile-messaging-for-college-groups/", "https://theaggie.org/2011/01/18/new-company-plans-to-help-students-save/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/quad/__YWCVQIQQuIqtO81M-T6VvZMoiakauOsWcWissEL5kMA", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/quad/__YWCVQIQQuIqtO81M-T6VvZMoiakauOsWcWissEL5kMA/funding-and-investors", "https://www.base.ventures/portfolio", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/campuscred", "https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-11-14-struggling-college-pathway-provider-quad-learning-pivots-and-sells", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-hanoian", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagarshah1", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089499/000113740308000086/cgeg8-k10012008.txt", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/quad", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/quad"]