- conflicts or gaps
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Africa Angel Investors Network reports $1.13M across two rounds; 2018 Microtraction amount undisclosed; Swell Partners cited in 2023 press but not in 2020 round announcements.", "source_urls": ["https://techcabal.com/2023/10/19/wallet-africa-introduces-spring-a-multi-currency-wallet/", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wallets-africa", "https://www.africaain.com/dealdetails.php?id=257", "https://techpoint.africa/news/wallets-africa-raises-fresh-capital-from-samurai-fund-mozilla-and-michael-seibel/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.rounds[1].amount_usd", "source_urls": ["https://techpoint.africa/news/wallets-africa-raises-fresh-capital-from-samurai-fund-mozilla-and-michael-seibel/", "https://www.africaain.com/dealdetails.php?id=257"]}, "issue": {"value": "Techpoint reports YC invested $150,000 for 7.5% equity; Africa Angel Investors Network lists $0.13M ($130,000) pre-seed from Y Combinator.", "source_urls": ["https://techpoint.africa/news/wallets-africa-raises-fresh-capital-from-samurai-fund-mozilla-and-michael-seibel/", "https://www.africaain.com/dealdetails.php?id=257"]}}, {"field": {"value": "identity.hq_location", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/spring-in-africa", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wallets-africa", "https://dfpi.ca.gov/enforcement_action/wallets-africa-inc/"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC lists San Francisco and Lagos; Crunchbase HQ is Lagos; California DFPI lists Oakland, CA for Wallets Africa, Inc. dba Spring in Africa.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/spring-in-africa", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wallets-africa", "https://dfpi.ca.gov/enforcement_action/wallets-africa-inc/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employees.snapshots", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2019/spring-in-africa.json", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wallets-africa", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/springinafrica"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC team_size is null; Crunchbase lists 1-10 employees; LinkedIn lists 3 employees; no primary company headcount disclosure found.", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2019/spring-in-africa.json", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wallets-africa", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/springinafrica"]}}, {"field": {"value": "identity.one_liner / sector", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/spring-in-africa", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2019/spring-in-africa.json"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC one-liner 'Investing in innovation' and subindustry 'Asset Management' do not match contemporaneous product descriptions (digital wallet / neobank / payments).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/spring-in-africa", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2019/spring-in-africa.json", "https://techpoint.africa/news/wallets-africa-raises-fresh-capital-from-samurai-fund-mozilla-and-michael-seibel/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status.regulatory_action vs current_status", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/spring-in-africa", "https://dfpi.ca.gov/enforcement_action/wallets-africa-inc/"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC and Crunchbase list Active status; California DFPI issued cease-and-desist for unlicensed money transmission in Sep 2024; company website remains live with no public response found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/spring-in-africa", "https://dfpi.ca.gov/enforcement_action/wallets-africa-inc/", "https://www.walletsafrica.com/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "company_slug", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2019/spring-in-africa.json"]}, "issue": {"value": "Internal/database slug spring_in_africa differs from YC public slug spring-in-africa.", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2019/spring-in-africa.json", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/spring-in-africa"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.pending_round", "source_urls": ["https://techcabal.com/2023/10/19/wallet-africa-introduces-spring-a-multi-currency-wallet/"]}, "issue": {"value": "Oct 2023 TechCabal press release states company was preparing for a seed round; no public close or amount announcement found in sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://techcabal.com/2023/10/19/wallet-africa-introduces-spring-a-multi-currency-wallet/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "operational_reputation", "source_urls": ["https://www.notadeepdive.com/p/whats-happening-at-wallets-africa"]}, "issue": {"value": "Oct 2022 Notadeepdive investigation docu...
- source urls
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