- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "total_funding_usd", "conflict": "Sources report $920K, $9.56M, $10.26M, $10.3M, $12M, $13M, and >$14M.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shield-bio/__PUxVXPzJaTeMFkKnuKx8XTSe_US1Znz2mxry78w5JTA", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/tl-biolabs/financials", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/shield-bio/34ec725e0aeb4e849", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/shield-bio", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/shield-bio", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/samparlett"]}, {"field": "series_a_amount_usd", "conflict": "Reported as $5.34M (CB Insights, Company Check), $7.49M (Seedtable/TL Biolabs), and $8M (Startup Intros).", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/tl-biolabs/financials", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/shield-bio/34ec725e0aeb4e849", "https://www.seedtable.com/startups/TL_Biolabs-NMGD3RN", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/shield-bio"]}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": "YC lists 28; Sam Parlett LinkedIn cites team of 25; YCDB lists 5; aVenture lists 30 as of 2024.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shield-bio", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/samparlett", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/shield-bio", "https://aventure.vc/companies/shield-bio-san-jose-ca-us"]}, {"field": "founders", "conflict": "YC lists Fred Turner only; Tracxn and Sam Parlett LinkedIn list Sam Parlett as co-founder.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shield-bio", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shield-bio/__PUxVXPzJaTeMFkKnuKx8XTSe_US1Znz2mxry78w5JTA", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/samparlett"]}, {"field": "company_focus", "conflict": "YC S16 pitch emphasized nanopore sequencing for sepsis; later public materials emphasize antibiotic-resistance / Target-NG gonorrhea susceptibility testing.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shield-bio", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shield-diagnostics-receives-college-of-american-pathology-cap-accreditation-300901378.html", "https://medium.com/authority-magazine/fred-turner-of-curative-five-things-you-need-to-create-a-highly-successful-startup-7d17013c05e"]}, {"field": "legal_entity_lineage", "conflict": "Operated under Shield Bio, Shield Diagnostics, and TL Biolabs Corp.; SEC Form D filed as TL Biolabs Corp.; some databases conflate TL Biolabs cattle-genomics history with later diagnostics pivot.", "source_urls": ["https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1697205/000169720518000001/0001697205-18-000001-index.htm", "https://medium.com/authority-magazine/fred-turner-of-curative-five-things-you-need-to-create-a-highly-successful-startup-7d17013c05e", "https://www.seedtable.com/startups/TL_Biolabs-NMGD3RN", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/tl-biolabs"]}, {"field": "cbinsights_status", "conflict": "CB Insights header shows 'Seed VC | Alive' while body states company is out of business.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shield-bio"]}, {"field": "curative_relationship", "conflict": "Sam Parlett LinkedIn claims Shield 'spun out' Curative COVID lab; Wikipedia lists Curative founders as Fred Turner, Isaac Turner, Vlad Slepnev (Sam Parlett not listed).", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/samparlett", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curative_(company)"]}, {"field": "fda_clearance_claim", "conflict": "Tracxn profile claims Target-NG is 'FDA cleared'; PR Newswire and CLP describe CLIA/CAP lab service without explicit FDA clearance language.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shield-bio/__PUxVXPzJaTeMFkKnuKx8XTSe_US1Znz2mxry78w5JTA", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shield-diagnostics-receives-college-of-american-pathology-cap-accreditation-300901378.html", "https://clpmag.com/diagnostic-technologies/molecular-diagnostics/target-ng-test-detects-antibiotic-susceptibility-in-gonorrhea/"]}, {"field": "primary_website", "gap": "shieldbio.com did not load during research; no verified current live site.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shield-bio"]}]]
- source urls
- ["http://shieldbio.com", "https://aventure.vc/companies/shield-bio-san-jose-ca-us", "https://clpmag.com/diagnostic-technologies/molecular-diagnostics/target-ng-test-detects-antibiotic-susceptibility-in-gonorrhea/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curative_(company)", "https://medium.com/authority-magazine/fred-turner-of-curative-five-things-you-need-to-create-a-highly-successful-startup-7d17013c05e", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/shield-bio", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shield-bio/__PUxVXPzJaTeMFkKnuKx8XTSe_US1Znz2mxry78w5JTA", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shield-bio/__PUxVXPzJaTeMFkKnuKx8XTSe_US1Znz2mxry78w5JTA/funding-and-investors", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shieldbio/__PUxVXPzJaTeMFkKnuKx8XTSe_US1Znz2mxry78w5JTA/funding-and-investors", "https://venturevoice.substack.com/p/curative-founder-fred-turners-fast", "https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2023/07/10/fred-turner-curative-entrepreneurship-lessons.html", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shield-bio", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/tl-biolabs", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/tl-biolabs/financials", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/tl-biolabs/people", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-turner", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/samparlett", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shield-diagnostics-receives-college-of-american-pathology-cap-accreditation-300901378.html", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1697205/000169720518000001/0001697205-18-000001-index.htm", "https://www.seedtable.com/startups/TL_Biolabs-NMGD3RN", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/shield-bio/34ec725e0aeb4e849", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/shield-bio", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shield-bio"]