- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": "company_slug_vs_yc_slug", "detail": "Internal/database slug riya_collective (underscore) vs YC public slug riya-collective (hyphen).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/riya-collective", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2020/riya-collective.json"]}, {"topic": "founders_yc_omission", "detail": "YC company profile lists only Sarina Siddhanti; contemporaneous press and both founders' LinkedIn profiles confirm Arian Agrawal as co-founder.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/riya-collective", "https://www.vogue.com/article/riya-collective-investment-rent-the-runway-y-combinator", "https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101875185/first-person-san-francisco-based-riya-collective-co-founders-bring-indian-wedding-clothing-online"]}, {"topic": "funding_total_discrepancy", "detail": "Primary sources (Vogue, CB Insights, LinkedIn) report $150K total; some third-party profiles claim ~$2.2M without primary corroboration.", "source_urls": ["https://www.vogue.com/article/riya-collective-investment-rent-the-runway-y-combinator", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/riyacollectivecom/financials", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/riya-collective"]}, {"topic": "south_park_commons_investor_unconfirmed", "detail": "CB Insights lists South Park Commons as investor alongside YC; SPC team page states Arian started Riya as an SPC member and raised a seed round prior to the pandemic but does not name SPC as a capital provider; no primary investment press release found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/riyacollectivecom/financials", "https://www.southparkcommons.com/team/arian/"]}, {"topic": "cbinsights_profile_corruption", "detail": "CB Insights company description incorrectly classifies Riya Collective as an online gambling/lottery platform; likely domain or entity conflation after shutdown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/riyacollectivecom", "https://www.vogue.com/article/riya-collective-investment-rent-the-runway-y-combinator"]}, {"topic": "employee_count_discrepancy", "detail": "YC reports team_size=6; LinkedIn company page reports 1 employee with status closed.", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2020/riya-collective.json", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/riya-collective"]}, {"topic": "shutdown_date_discrepancy", "detail": "Co-founder Sarina Siddhanti states mid-2022 cessation of day-to-day operations; LinkedIn tenure ends Jun 2022; some tertiary sources cite end year 2023 without primary evidence.", "source_urls": ["https://linkedin.com/in/sarinasiddhanti", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/935-riya-collective"]}, {"topic": "product_pivot_sequence", "detail": "Public record shows evolution from rental (2019–2020) to made-to-order/group buying (Soapbox 2021+) to NFT platform (founder LinkedIn); extent and timing of NFT pivot not independently verified beyond founder profile.", "source_urls": ["https://www.vogue.com/article/riya-collective-investment-rent-the-runway-y-combinator", "https://www.soapboxproject.org/journal/arian-agrawal-riya-collective-holistic-sustainable-fashion", "https://linkedin.com/in/sarinasiddhanti"]}, {"topic": "website_status_unknown", "detail": "YC lists http://riyacollective.com; site was unreachable during research; post-shutdown domain status unverified.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/riya-collective", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/riya-collective"]}, {"topic": "yc_one_liner_truncated", "detail": "YC and YC OSS API one_liner ends with ellipsis; full tagline not publicly available on YC pages.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/riya-collective", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2020/riya-collective.json"]}, {"topic": "unsourced_burn_estimate", "detail": "Tertiary case study claims $1.5M total cash burned; no primary financial filing or founder statement corroborates.", "source_urls": ["https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/935-riya-collective"]}, {"topic": "customer_metrics_stale", "detail": "Only sourced customer count (700) and growth rate (50% MoM) are from Vogue Jan 2020; no later primary metrics found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.vogue.com/article/riya-collective-investment-rent-the-runway-y-combinator"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://linkedin.com/in/arian-agrawal-46639439", "https://linkedin.com/in/sarinasiddhanti", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/riya-collective", "https://theorg.com/org/riya-collective/org-chart/arian-agrawal", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/riyacollectivecom", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/riyacollectivecom/financials", "https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101875185/first-person-san-francisco-based-riya-collective-co-founders-bring-indian-wedding-clothing-online", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/riya-collective", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/935-riya-collective", "https://www.soapboxproject.org/journal/arian-agrawal-riya-collective-holistic-sustainable-fashion", "https://www.southparkcommons.com/team/arian/", "https://www.vogue.com/article/riya-collective-investment-rent-the-runway-y-combinator", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/riya-collective", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2020/riya-collective.json"]