- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_year", "conflict": {"value": "Sources report 2016 (Forbes, Tracxn), 2017 (CB Insights, Awesome FinTech, LinkedIn), and 'launched last year' (~2018) in Sept 2019 press", "source_urls": ["https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2020/10/06/as-millions-of-americans-face-devastation-from-wildfires-and-hurricanes-kentuckys-weathercheck-helps-them-file-insurance-claims-to-rebuild-faster/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/weathercheck/__Q72jWGDuiBy1nTMrZKdY7bEY0o7R8Ac3tRfakcI9mms", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/weathercheck", "https://www.businessinsurance.com/weather-monitoring-insurtech-firm-wins-resilience-award/"]}}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": {"value": "CB Insights ~$350K vs YCDB ~$200K vs founder LinkedIn self-report $1.9M vs Tracxn undisclosed", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/weathercheck", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/weathercheck", "https://linkedin.com/in/demetriusgray", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/weathercheck/__Q72jWGDuiBy1nTMrZKdY7bEY0o7R8Ac3tRfakcI9mms"]}}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": {"value": "Reports range from 3 (Tracxn 2026) to 12 (Hypepotamus 2018); YC still lists 10", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/weathercheck/__Q72jWGDuiBy1nTMrZKdY7bEY0o7R8Ac3tRfakcI9mms", "https://hypepotamus.com/companies/weathercheck/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/weathercheck"]}}, {"field": "operating_status", "conflict": {"value": "YC and CB Insights list Active/Alive; founders labeled 'Former Founders' on YC; CEO departed 2021; website appears unmaintained; no verified current leadership or revenue disclosed", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/weathercheck", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/weathercheck", "https://linkedin.com/in/demetriusgray", "https://weathercheck.co/"]}}, {"field": "name_collision", "conflict": {"value": "Unrelated NH/VT roofing contractor also named WeatherCheck was acquired by Osceola Capital/Valor Exterior Partners in Sep 2024; frequently conflated with YC insurtech in databases", "source_urls": ["https://osceola.com/osceola-capital-announces-the-formation-of-valor-exterior-partners-completes-two-acquisitions/", "https://www.valorexteriorpartners.com/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/weathercheck"]}}, {"field": "properties_monitored", "conflict": {"value": "2.7M (YC W19 blog, Mar 2019) vs 4M+ (media kit, Fortune 2020) vs 30K (Hypepotamus Oct 2018) vs nearly 4M (Forbes Oct 2020)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/meet-23-companies-from-the-yc-w19-batch-part-5", "https://weathercheck.co/media-kit/", "https://fortune.com/2020/09/16/opportunity-zones-black-community-minorities/", "https://hypepotamus.com/companies/weathercheck/", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2020/10/06/as-millions-of-americans-face-devastation-from-wildfires-and-hurricanes-kentuckys-weathercheck-helps-them-file-insurance-claims-to-rebuild-faster/"]}}, {"field": "exit_event", "gap": {"value": "No primary-source confirmation of acquisition, shutdown, or IPO for the YC Louisville insurtech; PrivCo and some database M&A entries appear unreliable or conflated with the unrelated roofing company", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/13/a-black-yc-alum-explains-how-he-raised-107m/", "https://osceola.com/osceola-capital-announces-the-formation-of-valor-exterior-partners-completes-two-acquisitions/"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://developers.google.com/community/accelerators/black-founders/meet-the-startups", "https://fortune.com/2020/09/16/opportunity-zones-black-community-minorities/", "https://hypepotamus.com/companies/weathercheck/", "https://insuranceindustryblog.iii.org/so-have-you-thought-about-the-future-the-coming-golden-age-of-insurance/", "https://linkedin.com/in/demetriusgray", "https://osceola.com/osceola-capital-announces-the-formation-of-valor-exterior-partners-completes-two-acquisitions/", "https://tanyawlodarczyk.com/portfolio/weathercheck-sas/", "https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/13/a-black-yc-alum-explains-how-he-raised-107m/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/weathercheck/__Q72jWGDuiBy1nTMrZKdY7bEY0o7R8Ac3tRfakcI9mms", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/weathercheck/__Q72jWGDuiBy1nTMrZKdY7bEY0o7R8Ac3tRfakcI9mms/funding-and-investors", "https://weathercheck.co/", "https://weathercheck.co/media-kit/", "https://weathercheck.co/solutions/carriers/", "https://www.awesomefintech.com/company/weathercheck-on596g/", "https://www.businessinsurance.com/weather-monitoring-insurtech-firm-wins-resilience-award/", "https://www.carriermanagement.com/features/2022/06/07/236431.htm", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/weathercheck", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2020/10/06/as-millions-of-americans-face-devastation-from-wildfires-and-hurricanes-kentuckys-weathercheck-helps-them-file-insurance-claims-to-rebuild-faster/", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/weathercheck/mlg5rx8api6s2uodj", "https://www.valorexteriorpartners.com/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/weathercheck", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/meet-23-companies-from-the-yc-w19-batch-part-5", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/weathercheck"]