- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "total_funding", "conflict": {"value": "$120K (CB Insights, Tracxn, TheCompanyCheck) vs ~$200K (YCDB) vs $225K pre-YC (Gaebler DigitalTangible) vs $731K total (Gaebler Serica: $611K + $120K) vs 'Unknown' (Reforgers)", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sericapay", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/serica", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-3B0BD299-D477-47C6-ABD7-5696F25D6853-DigitalTangible", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-FEDCA8E1-F53F-4A59-8998-6A8255989CB8-Serica", "https://reforgers.com/startups/serica"]}}, {"field": "investors", "conflict": {"value": "YC-only per CB Insights/TheCompanyCheck vs 3 institutional investors including Orthogonal Thinker (Tracxn) vs 500 Global + multiple angels (Gaebler)", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sericapay", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sericapay/__0M9bYMzot1wpndkAUAOtEX__1EPmORkMbejjM92LtTk", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-FEDCA8E1-F53F-4A59-8998-6A8255989CB8-Serica"]}}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": {"value": "2 at YC (YC, Reforgers) vs 3–5 operational team (Aaron Caswell LinkedIn) vs 5 (YCDB)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/serica", "https://linkedin.com/in/aaroncaswell", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/serica"]}}, {"field": "product_focus", "conflict": {"value": "YC long description still describes commodities trading; YC title/tags emphasize cannabis/healthcare; Tracxn describes generic payment gateway; TrustFinance describes China-payments API", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/serica", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sericapay/__0M9bYMzot1wpndkAUAOtEX__1EPmORkMbejjM92LtTk", "https://www.trustfinance.com/id-ID/companies/sericapay-ycs15"]}}, {"field": "exit_outcome", "conflict": {"value": "Shutdown/deadpooled (YC, CB Insights, Tracxn, YCDB) vs acquisition by FOMO Pay 2017 (TrustFinance only, uncorroborated)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/serica", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sericapay", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sericapay/__0M9bYMzot1wpndkAUAOtEX__1EPmORkMbejjM92LtTk", "https://www.trustfinance.com/id-ID/companies/sericapay-ycs15"]}}, {"field": "founded_year", "conflict": {"value": "2014 (YCDB, Tracxn, CoinAlert) vs 2015 (Reforgers)", "source_urls": ["http://www.ycdb.co/company/serica", "https://reforgers.com/startups/serica", "https://coinalert.eu/2015024169-DigitalTangible+Rebrands+as+Serica+in+Push+Beyond+Precious+Metals.html"]}}, {"field": "shutdown_timing", "conflict": {"value": "Reforgers lists 'Company is closed' event year 2015 (likely conflates product-line shutdown with company dissolution); founder LinkedIn tenures extend to 2016–2017", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/serica", "https://linkedin.com/in/taariq", "https://linkedin.com/in/aaroncaswell"]}}, {"field": "yc_founders_list", "gap": {"value": "Y Combinator company page lists 'Founders' section but does not render individual founder names in public HTML fetch", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/serica"]}}, {"field": "live_website", "gap": {"value": "sericapay.com fetch timed out / inaccessible during research; YCDB archive dated 2015-09-09", "source_urls": ["http://www.ycdb.co/company/serica"]}}, {"field": "thecompanycheck_data_quality", "gap": {"value": "TheCompanyCheck page mixes unrelated Grab/Post-IPO rows and investment tables under SericaPay profile; treat non-YC funding/investment rows as unreliable", "source_urls": ["https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/sericapay/e39143e4106749998"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://www.ycdb.co/company/serica", "https://coinalert.eu/2015024169-DigitalTangible+Rebrands+as+Serica+in+Push+Beyond+Precious+Metals.html", "https://coinjournal.net/news/serica-bowing-out-of-precious-metals-game-moving-towards-healthcare/", "https://linkedin.com/in/aaroncaswell", "https://linkedin.com/in/taariq", "https://reforgers.com/startups/serica", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/08/18/hardware-demo-day/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sericapay/__0M9bYMzot1wpndkAUAOtEX__1EPmORkMbejjM92LtTk", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sericapay/__0M9bYMzot1wpndkAUAOtEX__1EPmORkMbejjM92LtTk/founders-and-board-of-directors", "https://www.businessinsider.com/the-pot-industry-is-being-cannibalized-by-startups-2015-8", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sericapay", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-3B0BD299-D477-47C6-ABD7-5696F25D6853-DigitalTangible", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-FEDCA8E1-F53F-4A59-8998-6A8255989CB8-Serica", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/sericapay/e39143e4106749998", "https://www.trustfinance.com/id-ID/companies/sericapay-ycs15", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/serica"]