- conflicts or gaps
- [{"founding_year_discrepancy": {"value": "Primary sources say founded 2008 (Stanford dorm); secondary databases (loot-drop, reforgers) list 2012, likely conflating YC batch year with incorporation/founding.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/09/reelsurfer-launch/", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1577-reelsurfer", "https://reforgers.com/startups/reelsurfer"]}, "employee_count_discrepancy": {"value": "YC lists team size 2; YCDB lists 5 employees; aVenture lists 6 (likely stale/unverified). No authoritative headcount time series.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/reelsurfer", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/reelsurfer", "https://aventure.vc/companies/reelsurfer-menlo-park-ca-us"]}, "shutdown_date_discrepancy": {"value": "Founder LinkedIn profiles end Jan 2014; loot-drop claims END YEAR 2015; reforgers incorrectly lists closure event year 2012. No press release confirms exact shutdown date.", "source_urls": ["https://linkedin.com/in/neiljoglekar", "https://linkedin.com/in/christian-yang-3173335", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1577-reelsurfer", "https://reforgers.com/startups/reelsurfer"]}, "funding_vs_burn_discrepancy": {"value": "Documented seed raise is $880K (TechCrunch/Tracxn); loot-drop claims $1.3M total cash burned without primary sourcing.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/video-mashup-pro-reelsurfer-lands-880k-from-yc-executive-producer-of-the-hangover/", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1577-reelsurfer"]}, "founder_roster_gap": {"value": "Tracxn lists only Neil Joglekar as founder, omitting co-founder Christian Yang listed on YC and LinkedIn.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/reelsurfer/__a3ExajglbnZzoKwebXSbVusmOqwjdT-YHgVUvnEaoSs", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/reelsurfer"]}, "name_collision": {"value": "Unrelated companies named 'Reel' exist (e.g., SUMA Wealth acquired savings fintech Reel in 2021); not the same entity as ReelSurfer.", "source_urls": ["https://www.builtinla.com/articles/suma-wealth-acquires-reel", "https://fintech-intel.com/wealthtech/suma-acquires-reel-to-further-help-latinos-build-wealth/"]}, "missing_primary_data": {"value": "No verified Crunchbase profile content retrieved; no IPO/M&A; no audited revenue; shutdown reason inferred only in secondary AI summaries (platform-native clipping by YouTube/Facebook).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/reelsurfer", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1577-reelsurfer"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://aventure.vc/companies/reelsurfer-menlo-park-ca-us", "https://fintech-intel.com/wealthtech/suma-acquires-reel-to-further-help-latinos-build-wealth/", "https://linkedin.com/in/christian-yang-3173335", "https://linkedin.com/in/neiljoglekar", "https://reforgers.com/startups/reelsurfer", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/09/reelsurfer-launch/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/video-mashup-pro-reelsurfer-lands-880k-from-yc-executive-producer-of-the-hangover/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/reelsurfer/__a3ExajglbnZzoKwebXSbVusmOqwjdT-YHgVUvnEaoSs", "https://www.builtinla.com/articles/suma-wealth-acquires-reel", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1577-reelsurfer", "https://www.seedtable.com/startups/ReelSurfer-YX9YEA5", "https://www.tritondatacenter.com/blog/reel-surfer-video-a-case-study-within-a-case-study", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/reelsurfer", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/reelsurfer-yc-s12-lets-you-clip-and-share-vid", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/reelsurfer"]