- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_year", "conflict": {"value": "Sources disagree: MEST team formed 2014 (Newsweek); founded 2015 (YCDB, Tracxn); TechPoint 2019 cites both 2014 founding and 'four years ago' (~2015); YC page year_founded is null", "source_urls": ["https://www.newsweek.com/hair-app-tress-africa-black-525830", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/tress", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/tress/__p2h6-D9ZW00oBtnfiECcbiD7Pq1RVTQufDCp712Cfak", "https://techpoint.africa/insight/did-mest-portfolio-startup-tress-literally-stop-caring-about-black-womens-hair/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tress"]}}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": {"value": "Accra, Ghana (YC, YCDB) vs Mountain View, United States (Tracxn) vs California-based (TechPoint 2019) vs Silicon Valley going forward (Launch HN 2017)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tress", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/tress", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/tress/__p2h6-D9ZW00oBtnfiECcbiD7Pq1RVTQufDCp712Cfak", "https://techpoint.africa/insight/did-mest-portfolio-startup-tress-literally-stop-caring-about-black-womens-hair/", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14006159"]}}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": {"value": "YC lists team_size 2; Launch HN describes lean team of 3 founders; YCDB lists 15 employees", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tress", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14006159", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/tress"]}}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": {"value": "Tracxn records single $120K YC seed in 2017 only; TechPoint and Moguldom describe additional undisclosed MEST investment plus separate YC Fellowship $20K in 2016, implying total above $120K", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/tress/__p2h6-D9ZW00oBtnfiECcbiD7Pq1RVTQufDCp712Cfak/funding-and-investors", "https://techpoint.africa/insight/did-mest-portfolio-startup-tress-literally-stop-caring-about-black-womens-hair/", "https://moguldom.com/149269/10-startup-success-stories-from-africas-largest-tech-incubator/", "https://techcabal.com/2016/06/28/hairstyle-inspiration-app-tress-has-been-accepted-into-the-yc-fellowship-programme/"]}}, {"field": "shutdown_cause", "gap": {"value": "No official shutdown announcement or confirmed cause; TechPoint speculates sustainability and possible co-founder conflict without confirmation; founders' post-Tress paths only partially documented (Hazel at Nsano confirmed; others from 2018 reporting)", "source_urls": ["https://techpoint.africa/insight/did-mest-portfolio-startup-tress-literally-stop-caring-about-black-womens-hair/", "https://www.citinewsroom.com/2025/01/nsano-welcomes-priscilla-hazel-as-new-ceo/"]}}, {"field": "market_size_cited", "conflict": {"value": "Press cited global Black haircare market as $500B (TechCabal, Disrupt Africa), $9B (Newsweek), or $2.7B US textured natural hair (Essence)", "source_urls": ["https://techcabal.com/2016/02/22/ghanas-tress-wants-a-piece-of-the-500-billion-global-haircare-market/", "https://disruptafrica.com/2016/06/29/ghanaian-social-haircare-startup-makes-y-combinator-programme/", "https://www.newsweek.com/hair-app-tress-africa-black-525830", "https://www.essence.com/beauty/new-app-facebook-black-hair/"]}}, {"field": "ycdb_status", "note": {"value": "YCDB lists company as 'Dead' while YC directory lists 'Inactive'; both indicate non-operating", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/tress", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tress"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://disruptafrica.com/2016/06/29/ghanaian-social-haircare-startup-makes-y-combinator-programme/", "https://face2faceafrica.com/article/tress-hair-app", "https://moguldom.com/149269/10-startup-success-stories-from-africas-largest-tech-incubator/", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14006159", "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tress.tressui", "https://startupintros.com/people/esther-olatunde", "https://techcabal.com/2016/02/22/ghanas-tress-wants-a-piece-of-the-500-billion-global-haircare-market/", "https://techcabal.com/2016/06/28/hairstyle-inspiration-app-tress-has-been-accepted-into-the-yc-fellowship-programme/", "https://techpoint.africa/insight/did-mest-portfolio-startup-tress-literally-stop-caring-about-black-womens-hair/", "https://thebftonline.com/2025/01/09/nsano-appoints-priscilla-hazel-as-ceo/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/tress/__p2h6-D9ZW00oBtnfiECcbiD7Pq1RVTQufDCp712Cfak", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/tress/__p2h6-D9ZW00oBtnfiECcbiD7Pq1RVTQufDCp712Cfak/funding-and-investors", "https://trueafrica.co/article/meet-the-african-all-female-team-behind-the-latest-black-hair-app-tress/", "https://www.citinewsroom.com/2025/01/nsano-welcomes-priscilla-hazel-as-new-ceo/", "https://www.essence.com/beauty/new-app-facebook-black-hair/", "https://www.newsweek.com/hair-app-tress-africa-black-525830", "https://www.nsano.com/team", "https://www.okayafrica.com/theres-a-new-app-changing-the-natural-hair-industry-for-african-women/164315", "https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/ghanaian-tech-women-afro-hair-app", "https://www.tressapp.co", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/tress", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tress"]