- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "yc_batch", "conflict": "YC lists Summer 2017 (S17); LinkedIn company page labels 'YC W19'", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/releaf-earth", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/releaf-earth"]}, {"field": "founded_year", "conflict": "2017 (YC, Disrupt Africa, Forbes) vs 2019 (LinkedIn, Tracxn)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/releaf-earth", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/releaf-earth", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/releafearth/__Z6qeFg15ZhWV4qvQHOnioSfo5fY9Hj9-piToZZ8ZFCY"]}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": "Lagos, Nigeria (YC) vs New York, United States (LinkedIn, Tracxn)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/releaf-earth", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/releaf-earth", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/releafearth/__Z6qeFg15ZhWV4qvQHOnioSfo5fY9Hj9-piToZZ8ZFCY"]}, {"field": "employees", "conflict": "100 (YC, Agritech Digest) vs 25 (LinkedIn) vs 41 (Tracxn May 2026); likely includes field/community labor vs corporate headcount", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/releaf-earth", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/releaf-earth", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/releafearth/__Z6qeFg15ZhWV4qvQHOnioSfo5fY9Hj9-piToZZ8ZFCY", "https://agritechdigest.com/inside-releafs-mission-to-industrialise-african-agriculture/"]}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": ">$10M (Business Insider) vs $9.7M (LinkedIn) vs ~$7.62M sum of disclosed rounds; Breakthrough Energy Ventures amount undisclosed", "source_urls": ["https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/leaders/meet-the-founders-who-raised-over-dollar10-million-from-palm-processing-and-the-waste/415xvlr", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/releaf-earth", "https://www.forbes.com/profile/releaf/"]}, {"field": "founders", "conflict": "YC lists only Kenna Nzewi and Uzoma Ayogu; Disrupt Africa 2017 and LinkedIn also list Isaiah Udotong and additional Nzewi family co-founders", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/releaf-earth", "https://disruptafrica.com/2017/08/07/nigerias-releaf-selected-for-y-combinator-secures-120k/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/releaf-earth"]}, {"field": "yc_funding_amount", "conflict": "$120,000 (Disrupt Africa 2017) vs $180,000 pre-seed (LinkedIn)", "source_urls": ["https://disruptafrica.com/2017/08/07/nigerias-releaf-selected-for-y-combinator-secures-120k/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/releaf-earth"]}, {"field": "name_collision", "conflict": "LinkedIn news section conflates Releaf Earth with unrelated UK medical cannabis company 'Releaf' (PharmiWeb articles)", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/releaf-earth"]}, {"field": "business_model_evolution", "conflict": "2017 B2B agribusiness marketplace (Disrupt Africa) pivoted to palm processing tech and later biochar/carbon removal (YC, TechCabal 2025)", "source_urls": ["https://disruptafrica.com/2017/08/07/nigerias-releaf-selected-for-y-combinator-secures-120k/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/releaf-earth", "https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/leaders/meet-the-founders-who-raised-over-dollar10-million-from-palm-processing-and-the-waste/415xvlr"]}, {"field": "breakthrough_energy_ventures", "gap": "Listed as investor across multiple sources but round size and date not publicly disclosed", "source_urls": ["https://www.forbes.com/profile/releaf/", "https://businessafricaonline.com/releaf-earth-launches-nigerias-first-industrial-biochar-carbon-removal-facility/", "https://founderlodge.com/round/Releaf-raises-3300000-Pre-Series-A-2023-01-13-Ikenna-Nzewi-NzgzMQ"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/leaders/meet-the-founders-who-raised-over-dollar10-million-from-palm-processing-and-the-waste/415xvlr", "https://agritechdigest.com/inside-releafs-mission-to-industrialise-african-agriculture/", "https://businessafricaonline.com/releaf-earth-launches-nigerias-first-industrial-biochar-carbon-removal-facility/", "https://disruptafrica.com/2017/08/07/nigerias-releaf-selected-for-y-combinator-secures-120k/", "https://founderlodge.com/round/Releaf-raises-3300000-Pre-Series-A-2023-01-13-Ikenna-Nzewi-NzgzMQ", "https://linkedin.com/in/isaiahudotong", "https://techcabal.com/2021/09/15/releaf-secures-4-2m-seed-funding/", "https://techcabal.com/2025/06/11/releaf-earth-biochar-to-repair-soils-for-nigerian-farmers/", "https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/09/nigerian-agritech-releaf-gets-more-capital-as-it-launches-new-tech-for-food-processing/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/releafearth/__Z6qeFg15ZhWV4qvQHOnioSfo5fY9Hj9-piToZZ8ZFCY", "https://www.africaprivateequitynews.com/p/nigeria-releaf-raises-3-3m-to-boost-profitability-for-consumer-goods-makers", "https://www.forbes.com/profile/releaf/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/releaf-earth", "https://www.worldwildlife.org/about/profiles/uzoma-ayogu/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/releaf-earth"]