- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "acquisition_year", "conflict": "YC company page states acquired in 2018; press and JPMorgan state deal announced Oct 2017 and closed Dec 4, 2017.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wepay", "https://media.chase.com/news/wepay-officially-becomes-a-chase-company", "https://www.jpmorganchase.com/newsroom/press-releases/2017/chase-acquiring-wepay"]}, {"field": "acquisition_price", "conflict": "Official terms undisclosed. Sources report >$220M (Reuters/Wikipedia), just over $300M base (TechCrunch), up to $400M with earn-outs/retention (TechCrunch/Forbes), and Crunchbase listing $400M.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WePay", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/04/chase-closes-wepay-acquisition-a-deal-valued-up-to-400m/", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wepay", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/alejandrocremades/2019/08/13/he-left-his-corporate-job-at-22-to-build-a-business-that-jpmorgan-acquired-for-400-million/"]}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": "Reported as $74.1M (Tracxn), $74.2M (Crunchbase), $74M (FundBat), and $75M (FTV Capital press release, TechCrunch, Forbes).", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/wepay/__J6mUK5k0FF-qbK1pExt8vDvurfBqTISpOmVN9vDnRIE", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wepay", "https://fundbat.com/company/wepay/", "https://ftvcapital.com/2015/wepay-raises-40-million-to-build-on-triple-digit-growth/"]}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": "Most sources cite Redwood City, CA; Tracxn lists Palo Alto; founded in Boston before YC move to Silicon Valley.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WePay", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wepay", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/wepay/__J6mUK5k0FF-qbK1pExt8vDvurfBqTISpOmVN9vDnRIE"]}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": "Headcount snapshots range from 30 (2011) to 180+ (2016), 250–300 (Wikipedia undated), 300+ (2017–2018), and 400 (YC profile); figures reflect different years and may be aspirational vs actual.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WePay", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wepay", "https://moderncto.io/189-rich-aberman-chief-strategy-officer-at-wepay/", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/04/chase-closes-wepay-acquisition-a-deal-valued-up-to-400m/"]}, {"field": "founder_titles", "conflict": "Rich Aberman described as CSO (Wikipedia, Modern CTO), CPO (Happenstance), and product leader; Bill Clerico listed as active founder on YC page despite post-exit activities elsewhere.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WePay", "https://moderncto.io/189-rich-aberman-chief-strategy-officer-at-wepay/", "https://happenstance.ai/u/rich", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wepay"]}, {"field": "current_operating_status", "gap": "No primary JPMorgan source confirms exact current standalone legal entity status; secondary analysis indicates brand persists at go.wepay.com but underlying processing is J.P. Morgan Payments after 2024–2025 integration and some legacy ISV agreements were ended.", "source_urls": ["https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/payments/merchant-services/wepay-integration", "https://isvpaymentintegration.com/compare/stripe-vs-wepay/"]}, {"field": "bill_clerico_departure_date", "gap": "Primary JPMorgan/Chase sources confirm former-CEO status but do not publish exact departure date from JPMorgan; Forbes (2019) implies continued work under JPMorgan Chase banner post-acquisition.", "source_urls": ["https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/payments/merchant-services/wepay-integration", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/alejandrocremades/2019/08/13/he-left-his-corporate-job-at-22-to-build-a-business-that-jpmorgan-acquired-for-400-million/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wepay"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WePay", "https://finovate.com/wepay-closes-40-million-series-d-round-led-by-ftv-capital/", "https://foundersinarms.substack.com/p/title-building-and-selling-in-impossible", "https://ftvcapital.com/2015/wepay-raises-40-million-to-build-on-triple-digit-growth/", "https://fundbat.com/company/wepay/", "https://happenstance.ai/u/rich", "https://isvpaymentintegration.com/compare/stripe-vs-wepay/", "https://media.chase.com/news/wepay-officially-becomes-a-chase-company", "https://moderncto.io/189-rich-aberman-chief-strategy-officer-at-wepay/", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/04/chase-closes-wepay-acquisition-a-deal-valued-up-to-400m/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/wepay/__J6mUK5k0FF-qbK1pExt8vDvurfBqTISpOmVN9vDnRIE", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wepay", "https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/27382/wepay-raises-40m", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/alejandrocremades/2019/08/13/he-left-his-corporate-job-at-22-to-build-a-business-that-jpmorgan-acquired-for-400-million/", "https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/payments/merchant-services/wepay-integration", "https://www.jpmorganchase.com/newsroom/press-releases/2017/chase-acquiring-wepay", "https://www.osler.com/en/about-us/representative-work/jp-morgan-chase-co/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wepay"]