- conflicts or gaps
- [{"founder_roster_mismatch": {"value": "YC lists Kenth and Krebs as founders; UK Companies House lists Beattie, Kenth, and Roberts as directors; Colin Beattie (CEO/founder per LinkedIn and HN weebro) absent from YC founder list; Joachim Krebs (YC founder, CTO per TheOrg) not a UK company officer", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tuxebo", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07037920/officers", "https://linkedin.com/in/cbeattie", "https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=weebro", "https://theorg.com/org/ltech/org-chart/joachim-krebs"]}, "founded_year_conflict": {"value": "Reforgers reports founded 2012; YC, LinkedIn, and Companies House report 2009", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/tuxebo", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tuxebo", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07037920"]}, "shutdown_date_conflict": {"value": "Reforgers event year 2012; UK entity dissolved 2014-07-08; Colin Beattie lists CEO role until 2015-04", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/tuxebo", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07037920", "https://linkedin.com/in/cbeattie"]}, "hq_location_ambiguity": {"value": "LinkedIn/YC list San Francisco HQ; UK Companies House registered office Oxfordshire; 2011 operations described in Birmingham and London", "source_urls": ["https://uk.linkedin.com/company/tuxebo", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07037920", "https://blog.listia.com/2011/01/16/a-startup-turning-trash-into-treasure/"]}, "funding_amount_gap": {"value": "No authoritative public dollar amount for YC seed round; only round date and investor count (1) disclosed", "source_urls": ["https://uk.linkedin.com/company/tuxebo", "https://reforgers.com/startups/tuxebo"]}, "valuation_unverified": {"value": "$2M valuation after six months appears only on co-founder David Roberts LinkedIn profile; not independently verified", "source_urls": ["https://de.linkedin.com/in/david-roberts-52b11922"]}, "name_collision_risk": {"value": "Unrelated entities share similar names: Oracle Tuxedo middleware; formal-wear/tuxedo rental chains (e.g., Tip Top Tux, Al's Formal Wear) — not affiliated with Tuxebo YC startup", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuxedo_(software)", "https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/als-formal-wear-abruptly-closes-leaving-thousands-of-customers-scrambling/3312607/"]}, "reliability_notes": {"value": "Reforgers alternate-name list (Souper, Alga Mater, etc.) and founded-2012 date appear unreliable; primary sources are YC, Companies House, LinkedIn, and 2011 Listia blog", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/tuxebo"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://blog.listia.com/2011/01/16/a-startup-turning-trash-into into-treasure/", "https://blog.listia.com/2011/01/16/a-startup-turning-trash-into-treasure/", "https://de.linkedin.com/in/david-roberts-52b11922", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuxedo_(software)", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07037920", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07037920/officers", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/xDNot_Qngw7XiWLwQSaTLCCJVp0/appointments", "https://linkedin.com/in/cbeattie", "https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=weebro", "https://phys.org/news/2009-03-economy-startups-retain-optimism.html", "https://reforgers.com/startups/tuxebo", "https://theorg.com/org/ltech/org-chart/joachim-krebs", "https://uk.linkedin.com/company/tuxebo", "https://vator.tv/2009-03-17-y-combinator-set-to-fund-more-startups/", "https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/als-formal-wear-abruptly-closes-leaving-thousands-of-customers-scrambling/3312607/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tuxebo"]