- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "Series A amount", "conflict": "FinSMEs and company blog report $3M (May 2013); Wikipedia reports $4M.", "source_urls": ["https://www.finsmes.com/2013/05/science-exchange-raises-3m-series-financing.html", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Exchange_(company)"]}, {"field": "Total venture funding", "conflict": "Company said >$58M (Jun 2017), >$70M (Oct 2019); secondary databases report $77.6M (Tracxn) and $98.2M (CB Insights). Summing Wikipedia-listed rounds (~$78.7M excluding Jun 2011 angel components) also does not reconcile cleanly with database totals.", "source_urls": ["https://www.synbiobeta.com/read/science-exchange-raises-28m-in-series-c-funding", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191016005521/en/Science-Exchange-Raises-Capital-Advance-Innovative-Outsourced", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/science-exchange/__yTZm6Ob60aNwhIljfcH9OyUB4XIkqKu8R6G9TkWCDkI", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/science-exchange/financials", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Exchange_(company)"]}, {"field": "Headquarters location", "conflict": "YC lists Palo Alto; legal terms and LinkedIn list San Francisco (2261 Market Street) as principal place of business/HQ.", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2011/science-exchange.json", "https://22245301.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na2.net/hubfs/22245301/Legal%20Agreements/Terms%20Update%20Feb%202025/Requester%20T%26Cs%20v8.3%20(Effective%2028%20February%202025).docx.pdf", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/science-exchange"]}, {"field": "Employee count", "conflict": "Public estimates range from ~50 (YC) to 61–111 depending on source and date; no single authoritative current headcount found.", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2011/science-exchange.json", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Exchange_(company)", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/science-exchange", "https://growjo.com/company/Science_Exchange"]}, {"field": "Waud acquisition price", "gap": "Deal value not disclosed in company or acquirer press releases.", "source_urls": ["https://www.scienceexchange.com/press/waud-capital-partners-acquires-science-exchange-to-fuel", "https://www.waudcapital.com/en/media/waud-capital-partners-acquires-science-exchange-to-fuel-innovation-in-life-sciences-supplier-orchestration-technology/"]}, {"field": "2011-06 angel/Start Fund investments", "gap": "Specific June 2011 amounts ($100K Milner, $50K Conway, $20K YC) appear in Wikipedia but primary press release for those exact figures was not independently verified in this research pass.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Exchange_(company)"]}, {"field": "2020-04-15 funding entry", "gap": "CB Insights lists ~$0.68M dated 2020-04-15; no matching company press release or primary announcement found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/science-exchange/financials"]}, {"field": "Co-founder Ryan Abbott current involvement", "gap": "Listed as co-founder historically but absent from current leadership pages; personal site states CTO tenure ended ~2013; departure terms/date not publicly documented.", "source_urls": ["https://ryanabbott.dev/", "https://www.scienceexchange.com/press/waud-capital-partners-acquires-science-exchange-to-fuel", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/science-exchange"]}, {"field": "Name disambiguation", "gap": "Distinct from Assay Depot / Scientist.com (separate Delaware entity and marketplace competitor).", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Exchange_(company)", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/assay-depot/alternatives-competitors"]}, {"field": "Internal slug vs YC slug", "note": "Project/database uses `science_exchange`; YC uses `science-exchange`.", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2011/science-exchange.json"]}]]
- source urls
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