- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "identity.founded_year", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teespring", "https://www.axios.com/2019/04/08/how-teespring-became-profitable-after-riding-the-startup-roller-coaster-1554421794", "https://mergr.com/transaction/amaze-acquires-spring"]}, "issue": {"value": "Wikipedia lists company founded August 2011; Axios reports founded in 2012; Mergr lists Spring formed in 2012.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teespring", "https://www.axios.com/2019/04/08/how-teespring-became-profitable-after-riding-the-startup-roller-coaster-1554421794", "https://mergr.com/transaction/amaze-acquires-spring"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.total_raised_usd", "source_urls": ["https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2014/11/18/teespring-says-it-making-millionaires-raises-millions/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teespring", "https://www.businessinsider.com/creator-merch-startup-spring-formally-teespring-acquired-by-amaze-2022-11"]}, "issue": {"value": "Public totals differ: Forbes/Wikipedia cite $55M through Series B (2014); Business Insider cites PitchBook total of $60M across three rounds between 2014 and 2017; early angel/post-YC rounds are additional.", "source_urls": ["https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2014/11/18/teespring-says-it-making-millionaires-raises-millions/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teespring", "https://www.businessinsider.com/creator-merch-startup-spring-formally-teespring-acquired-by-amaze-2022-11"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.rounds[Series 1 recapitalization].valuation_usd", "source_urls": ["https://www.wsj.com/articles/struggling-teespring-takes-valuation-haircut-in-drastic-recapitalization-1497922483", "https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/heres-math-behind-teesprings-painful-recapitalization/"]}, "issue": {"value": "WSJ reported ~$11M valuation on the 2017 recap; Crunchbase News later cited an alternative estimate closer to $30.8M.", "source_urls": ["https://www.wsj.com/articles/struggling-teespring-takes-valuation-haircut-in-drastic-recapitalization-1497922483", "https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/heres-math-behind-teesprings-painful-recapitalization/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status.transaction_type", "source_urls": ["https://blog.amaze.co/amaze-acquires-spring/", "https://www.businessinsider.com/creator-merch-company-spring-faces-lawsuits-2023-8"]}, "issue": {"value": "Amaze announced acquisition of Spring's merchandising platform; Business Insider later described a late-2022 asset sale with the Spring legal entity effectively defunct afterward. Deal terms were not disclosed.", "source_urls": ["https://blog.amaze.co/amaze-acquires-spring/", "https://www.businessinsider.com/creator-merch-startup-spring-formally-teespring-acquired-by-amaze-2022-11", "https://www.businessinsider.com/creator-merch-company-spring-faces-lawsuits-2023-8"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employees", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2013/teespring.json", "https://www.businessinsider.com/creator-merch-startup-spring-formally-teespring-acquired-by-amaze-2022-11", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teespring"]}, "issue": {"value": "Headcount varies widely by date and source: 70 (Jan 2014), 170 (Nov 2014), ~300 (2015), 201 (undated YC field), 450 (The Information via Business Insider, 2021). No single current employee count verified post-acquisition.", "source_urls": ["https://wwd.com/business-news/financial/teespring-site-gets-more-funding-7385120/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/18/teespring-raises-35-million-series-b-from-khosla-ventures-as-it-prepares-to-expand-beyond-apparel/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teespring", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2013/teespring.json", "https://www.businessinsider.com/creator-merch-startup-spring-formally-teespring-acquired-by-amaze-2022-11"]}}, {"field": {"value": "founders.current_status", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/teespring", "https://www.axios.com/2019/04/08/how-teespring-became-profitable-after-riding-the-startup-roller-coaster-1554421794"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC states original founders are no longer involved; Axios (April 2019) reported Williams and Stites-Clayton remained on the board after ceding executive roles in early 2018.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/teespring", "https://www.axios.com/2019/04/08/how-teespring-became-profitable-after-riding-the-startup-roller-coaster-1554421794", "https://www.businessinsider.com/creator-merch-startup-spring-formally-teespring-acquired-by-amaze-2022-11"]}}]]
- source urls
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