- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "total_funding", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/sunfoldinginc", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sunfolding/__v-xqHvU2NI1nk2STNfFWi8C5WNaHwNWU5ANEACVa9Xc/funding-and-investors", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sunfolding/financials"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Reported totals range from ~$32M (press/YC/LinkedIn) to $53.9M (Tracxn) to $82.49M (CB Insights).", "source_urls": ["https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/climatetech-finance/5-cleantech-startups-that-didnt-survive-to-see-2024", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sunfolding/__v-xqHvU2NI1nk2STNfFWi8C5WNaHwNWU5ANEACVa9Xc/funding-and-investors", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sunfolding/financials"]}}, {"field": {"value": "series_a_amount", "source_urls": ["https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/a-pandemic-an-earthquake-and-the-end-of-sunfolding/", "https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/green-blueprint-what-really-happened-at-sunfolding/"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Series A confirmed for 2017 in founder interviews but dollar amount not publicly disclosed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/a-pandemic-an-earthquake-and-the-end-of-sunfolding/", "https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/green-blueprint-what-really-happened-at-sunfolding/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "2022_later_round_label", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sunfolding/__v-xqHvU2NI1nk2STNfFWi8C5WNaHwNWU5ANEACVa9Xc/funding-and-investors", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sunfolding/financials"]}, "conflict": {"value": "$21.4M Dec 2022 round labeled Series B by Tracxn and Series C by CB Insights; investors not consistently listed.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sunfolding/__v-xqHvU2NI1nk2STNfFWi8C5WNaHwNWU5ANEACVa9Xc/funding-and-investors", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sunfolding/financials"]}}, {"field": {"value": "founders", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sunfolding", "https://www.altenergymag.com/article/2017/03/tracking-the-sun--a-growing-opportunity/25818/"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC lists only Leila Madrone as founder; multiple contemporaneous sources list Saul Griffith as co-founder and later board member.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sunfolding", "https://www.altenergymag.com/article/2017/03/tracking-the-sun--a-growing-opportunity/25818/", "https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/innovative-solar-tracker-startup-sunfolding-has-folded"]}}, {"field": {"value": "website", "source_urls": ["http://www.sunfolding.com", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sunfolding"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Official domain no longer hosts company information; shows unrelated third-party site.", "source_urls": ["http://www.sunfolding.com"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employee_count", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sunfolding", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/sunfoldinginc"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC peak headcount (44) conflicts with stale LinkedIn profile (4 employees post-shutdown).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sunfolding", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/sunfoldinginc"]}}, {"field": {"value": "shutdown_causes", "source_urls": ["https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/innovative-solar-tracker-startup-sunfolding-has-folded", "https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/a-pandemic-an-earthquake-and-the-end-of-sunfolding/"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Anonymous former employee cited manufacturing gaps and lack of solar-project experience; founder emphasized supply-chain polymer disruption, steel costs, and capital exhaustion.", "source_urls": ["https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/innovative-solar-tracker-startup-sunfolding-has-folded", "https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/a-pandemic-an-earthquake-and-the-end-of-sunfolding/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "government_grants", "source_urls": ["https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/green-blueprint-what-really-happened-at-sunfolding/"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Founder referenced government grants as early non-dilutive funding; specific amounts and agencies not sourced in public reporting reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/green-blueprint-what-really-happened-at-sunfolding/"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://www.sunfolding.com", "https://cleantechnica.com/2018/12/20/sunfoldings-unique-solar-bellows-selected-for-ca-project/", "https://globalventuring.com/blog/2019/10/24/sunfolding-flips-up-32m-in-series-b/", "https://thinkonyx.com/sale/sunfolding-inc/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sunfolding/__v-xqHvU2NI1nk2STNfFWi8C5WNaHwNWU5ANEACVa9Xc/funding-and-investors", "https://www.altenergymag.com/article/2017/03/tracking-the-sun--a-growing-opportunity/25818/", "https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/climatetech-finance/5-cleantech-startups-that-didnt-survive-to-see-2024", "https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/innovative-solar-tracker-startup-sunfolding-has-folded", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sunfolding/financials", "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/10/22/1933463/0/en/Sunfolding-Raises-32-Million-to-Support-Rapidly-Growing-Customer-Orders.html", "https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/a-pandemic-an-earthquake-and-the-end-of-sunfolding/", "https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/green-blueprint-what-really-happened-at-sunfolding/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/sunfoldinginc", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/glen-davis-to-lead-sunfolding-301208018.html", "https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2015/09/solar-speaks-leila-madrone-ceo-of-sunfolding-discusses-new-tracker-technology/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sunfolding"]