- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "founders", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/worldcover", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/worldcover/"]}, "issue": {"value": "Y Combinator company page lists only Christopher Sheehan; Seedstars, FounderTrace, Tracxn, and LinkedIn also name Shiliang Tang as co-founder.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/worldcover", "https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/learning-resources/alternative-investment-worldcover/", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/worldcover/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/worldcover/__oM0eB4foovz6bxaLr4O89xbv6zaPbiWgCVpi-U-G5K8"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.total_raised_usd", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/worldcover", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/worldcover/__oM0eB4foovz6bxaLr4O89xbv6zaPbiWgCVpi-U-G5K8", "https://reforgers.com/startups/worldcover"]}, "issue": {"value": "CB Insights and Tracxn report $6.12M total across ~5 rounds; only the $6M Series A (May 2019) has a primary-source dollar amount. Earlier seed round amounts are undisclosed; Reforgers lists total as unknown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/worldcover", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/worldcover/__oM0eB4foovz6bxaLr4O89xbv6zaPbiWgCVpi-U-G5K8", "https://reforgers.com/startups/worldcover", "https://globalventuring.com/corporate-venturing-deal-net-20-24-march-2017"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status", "source_urls": ["https://www.buzzsprout.com/1735660/episodes/11335716-162-christopher-sheehan-on-paying-bills-with-crypto-and-spritz-finance", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/worldcover/__oM0eB4foovz6bxaLr4O89xbv6zaPbiWgCVpi-U-G5K8", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/worldcover"]}, "issue": {"value": "Founder podcast (Sep 2022) and NoCap blog state WorldCover IP was acquired in 2021, but no acquirer, price, or press release found. Tracxn still lists Christopher Sheehan as current CEO; CB Insights marks company Alive—both appear stale vs YC Inactive and Catalyst Fund 'No longer operating'.", "source_urls": ["https://www.buzzsprout.com/1735660/episodes/11335716-162-christopher-sheehan-on-paying-bills-with-crypto-and-spritz-finance", "https://nocap.blog/founder/christopher-sheehan/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/worldcover/__oM0eB4foovz6bxaLr4O89xbv6zaPbiWgCVpi-U-G5K8", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/worldcover", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/worldcover", "https://www.thecatalystfund.com/portfolios/worldcover"]}}, {"field": {"value": "products.market_focus", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/03/worldcover-raises-6m-round-for-emerging-markets-climate-insurance/", "https://medium.com/worldcover-insurance/changing-weather-a-challenge-for-california-almond-growers-5d13893ce279"]}, "issue": {"value": "2019 Series A messaging focused on emerging-market smallholder farmers (Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, planned India/Mexico/Brazil/Indonesia); later Medium posts and CB Insights describe US commercial almond insurance (CropAssure)—suggesting a market/segment pivot whose timing is not precisely dated in primary sources.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/03/worldcover-raises-6m-round-for-emerging-markets-climate-insurance/", "https://www.modernghana.com/news/932296/worldcover-raises-6-million-in-series-a-funding-to-provide.html", "https://medium.com/worldcover-insurance/changing-weather-a-challenge-for-california-almond-growers-5d13893ce279", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/worldcover"]}}, {"field": {"value": "identity.legal_name", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/worldcover", "https://www.modernghana.com/news/932296/worldcover-raises-6-million-in-series-a-funding-to-provide.html"]}, "issue": {"value": "No Delaware/incorporation legal entity name found in sources checked; press materials use 'WorldCover' without 'Inc.' suffix.", "source_urls": ["https://www.modernghana.com/news/932296/worldcover-raises-6-million-in-series-a-funding-to-provide.html", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/worldcover"]}}, {"field": {"value": "name_collision", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/worldcover"]}, "issue": {"value": "Unrelated ESA/Copernicus 'WorldCover' global land-cover mapping product shares the name; not the YC W16 insurtech company.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/worldcover"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.investors", "source_urls": ["https://www.buzzsprout.com/1735660/episodes/11335716-162-christopher-sheehan-on-paying-bills-with-crypto-and-spritz-finance", "https://www.modernghana.com/news/932296/worldcover-raises-6-million-in-series-a-funding-to-provide.html"]}, "issue": {"value": "Founder podcast cites Index Ventures and Greylock as investors; Modern Ghana press release lists Index, Greylock, and Venrock as converted prior investments in Series A. No standalone primary announcements found for Greylock or Venrock participation outside the May 2019 release.", "source_urls": ["https://www.buzzsprout.com/1735660/episodes/11335716-162-christopher-sheehan-on-paying-bills-with-crypto-and-spritz-finance", "https://www.modernghana.com/news/932296/worldcover-raises-6-million-in-series-a-funding-to-provide.html"]}}]]
- source urls
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