- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "exit_status.acquisition_date", "conflict": "Founder interview (Mar 2024) says buyer purchased 'earlier this year' implying early 2024; some secondary profiles cite April 2023.", "source_urls": ["https://ycfounderstories.substack.com/p/building-a-startup-during-covid-selling"]}, {"field": "exit_status.acquirer", "gap": "Buyer identity not publicly disclosed in any primary source reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://ycfounderstories.substack.com/p/building-a-startup-during-covid-selling"]}, {"field": "exit_status.deal_size", "gap": "Acquisition price and terms not publicly disclosed.", "source_urls": ["https://ycfounderstories.substack.com/p/building-a-startup-during-covid-selling"]}, {"field": "exit_status.yc_status", "conflict": "YC lists Inactive but does not label Acquired; founder confirms acquisition.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/virtually", "https://ycfounderstories.substack.com/p/building-a-startup-during-covid-selling"]}, {"field": "identity.headquarters", "conflict": "YC and EdSurge cite New York, NY; LinkedIn company page cites Seattle, United States.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/virtually", "https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-09-28-a-shopify-for-online-schools-raises-1-75m-led-by-tiger-global", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/tryvirtually"]}, {"field": "funding.total_raised_usd", "conflict": "Founder and Forbes report $2.2M total; LinkedIn aggregator reports $1.875M–$1.9M (may omit pre-seed or use different round classification).", "source_urls": ["https://ycfounderstories.substack.com/p/building-a-startup-during-covid-selling", "https://www.forbes.com/profile/ish-baid/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/tryvirtually"]}, {"field": "funding.valuation_usd", "gap": "$20M valuation cited only by Forbes 30 Under 30 profile; not corroborated by press releases or investor announcements.", "source_urls": ["https://www.forbes.com/profile/ish-baid/"]}, {"field": "employees", "conflict": "YC team size 5; founder describes larger peak team (~6 FTE plus contractors); LinkedIn currently shows 2.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/virtually", "https://ycfounderstories.substack.com/p/building-a-startup-during-covid-selling", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/tryvirtually"]}, {"field": "products", "conflict": "Company pivoted from 'Shopify for online schools' / live course hosting to analytics/SRM for bootcamps; product descriptions vary by era and source.", "source_urls": ["https://ycfounderstories.substack.com/p/building-a-startup-during-covid-selling", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24049421", "https://www.tryvirtually.com/"]}, {"field": "founders", "gap": "YC lists Ish Baid as sole founder; no co-founders identified in primary sources. HN Launch mentions engineer Wesley but as employee not founder.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/virtually", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24049421"]}, {"field": "founders.current_venture", "conflict": "YC profile references Wayside; Mar 2024 founder interview references Reflow AI as latest project.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/virtually", "https://ycfounderstories.substack.com/p/building-a-startup-during-covid-selling"]}, {"field": "identity.also_known_as", "gap": "YC OSS lists former name Peervine; no public explanation of rename found.", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2020/virtually.json"]}, {"field": "funding.rounds.pre_seed_date", "gap": "Pre-seed closed circa November 2019 per founder interview; exact date not in press release or filing.", "source_urls": ["https://nibblebusiness.wordpress.com/2020/09/07/interview-with-virtually-founder-ish-baid/", "https://ycfounderstories.substack.com/p/building-a-startup-during-covid-selling"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24049421", "https://nibblebusiness.wordpress.com/2020/09/07/interview-with-virtually-founder-ish-baid/", "https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-09-28-a-shopify-for-online-schools-raises-1-75m-led-by-tiger-global", "https://www.forbes.com/profile/ish-baid/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/tryvirtually", "https://www.theoffbeatlife.com/episodes/online-learning-platform/", "https://www.tryvirtually.com/", "https://www.tryvirtually.com/blog/virtually-2020-end-of-year-review", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/virtually", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2020/virtually.json", "https://ycfounderstories.substack.com/p/building-a-startup-during-covid-selling"]