- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "identity.founded_year", "issue": "Y Combinator lists Founded 2011; Wikipedia infobox lists 2011 but its Foundation section says 2012; TechCrunch (Mar 2013) says the company was founded last year (2012).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wefunder", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wefunder", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/03/19/wefunder-launch/"]}, {"field": "founders", "issue": "Y Combinator Active Founders section lists only Nick Tommarello and Greg Belote; YC blog, TechCrunch, Wikipedia, and Crowdfund Insider also identify Mike/Michael Norman as co-founder/President.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wefunder", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/wefunder-yc-w13-launches-to-bring-crowdfunding-startups-to-the-masses", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/28/wefunder-raises-500k-to-help-unaccredited-investors-put-money-into-startups/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wefunder", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-9BF85665-D301-4DE4-BE48-785923C10092-Wefunder-04-16-2014"]}, {"field": "funding.total_raised_usd", "issue": "Total capital raised for Wefunder itself is reported inconsistently: TechCrunch (> $9M known, Feb 2023), CB Insights ($30.91M over 21 rounds), Tracxn ($41M over 18 rounds). Individual rounds are better verified than aggregate totals.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/15/wefunders-equity-crowdfunding-platform-has-officially-expanded-to-the-eu/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/wefunder/financials", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/wefunder/__hhUZE9dNUIlJ0T3V2j-gH4vpT-uTrxNT_0wAoq0GA88"]}, {"field": "funding.latest_round", "issue": "Secondary databases disagree on latest round naming and date (e.g., CB Insights Series A-VI Nov 2024; Crowdfund Insider says most recent self-raise ended Oct 2024; Tracxn labels Oct 2024 as Series C). SEC Form D filings show multiple 2024 equity filings but do not map cleanly to press-reported round names.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/wefunder/financials", "https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2024/12/234722-wefunder-vc-funds-report-18-exits-29-irr/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/wefunder/__hhUZE9dNUIlJ0T3V2j-gH4vpT-uTrxNT_0wAoq0GA88/funding-and-investors", "https://formds.com/issuers/wefunder-inc"]}, {"field": "employees.team_size", "issue": "Y Combinator reports team size 35 without as-of date. Other secondary sources (LinkedIn, Tracxn) report materially different headcounts; no primary-source current employee census found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wefunder", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2013/wefunder.json"]}, {"field": "exit_status.status", "issue": "YC and company materials show Wefunder as Active/private. CB Insights lists company Stage as Acquired, which conflicts with current operating status and no documented acquisition of Wefunder itself.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wefunder", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/wefunder/financials"]}, {"field": "exit_status.corporate_investments_and_exits", "issue": "CB Insights describes a May 2021 Arora Project acquisition; Arora Project press page describes a Wefunder stake acquisition, and Arora was later fully acquired by Republic in Nov 2021. Terminology (stake vs acquisition) differs across sources.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/wefunder/financials", "https://www.aroraproject.co/press/", "https://techcrunch.com/podcast/republic-acquires-crowdfunding-media-agency-arora-project-in-multi-million-dollar-deal/"]}, {"field": "funding.yc_investment_amount", "issue": "Y Combinator Winter 2013 participation is confirmed, but no primary-source dollar amount for YC's investment in Wefunder was found on Wefunder or YC company pages.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wefunder", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/03/19/wefunder-launch/"]}, {"field": "identity.headquarters", "issue": "Primary sources consistently cite San Francisco, but Gaebler (2014) lists a Cambridge, MA mailing address; relationship between offices not documented in sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wefunder", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-9BF85665-D301-4DE4-BE48-785923C10092-Wefunder-04-16-2014", "https://formds.com/issuers/wefunder-inc"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wefunder", "https://formds.com/issuers/wefunder-inc", "https://help.wefunder.com/hc/t6vc02j1gl/article/81adcb71-legal-primer", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/28/wefunder-raises-500k-to-help-unaccredited-investors-put-money-into-startups/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/03/19/wefunder-launch/", "https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/15/wefunders-equity-crowdfunding-platform-has-officially-expanded-to-the-eu/", "https://techcrunch.com/podcast/republic-acquires-crowdfunding-media-agency-arora-project-in-multi-million-dollar-deal/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/wefunder/__hhUZE9dNUIlJ0T3V2j-gH4vpT-uTrxNT_0wAoq0GA88", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/wefunder/__hhUZE9dNUIlJ0T3V2j-gH4vpT-uTrxNT_0wAoq0GA88/funding-and-investors", "https://wefunder.com/", "https://wefunder.com/pbc", "https://wefunder.com/press", "https://www.aroraproject.co/press/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/wefunder/financials", "https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/04/36060-wefunder-finds-new-investor-green-visor-capital/", "https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2024/12/234722-wefunder-vc-funds-report-18-exits-29-irr/", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-9BF85665-D301-4DE4-BE48-785923C10092-Wefunder-04-16-2014", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/wefunder-yc-w13-launches-to-bring-crowdfunding-startups-to-the-masses", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wefunder", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2013/wefunder.json"]