- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "yc_batch_vs_product_launch", "conflict": "YC lists Sendwave as W12 (2012), but Sendwave remittance product/company is widely reported founded in 2014; founders entered YC in 2012 with a different social app called Chime.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sendwave", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200825005820/en/WorldRemit-to-Acquire-Sendwave", "https://www.lincolnquirk.com/2023/10/23/entrepreneurship_advice.html"]}, {"field": "founding_year", "conflict": "Most primary sources say 2014; some databases (Tracxn, The Company Check) list 2011, likely conflating when founders began collaborating.", "source_urls": ["https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200825005820/en/WorldRemit-to-Acquire-Sendwave", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sendwave/__nGKnYPCOEDhfyMnxEG8X3vpdrGEmCisuNWfvt9SPgmI", "https://www.lincolnquirk.com/2023/10/23/entrepreneurship_advice.html"]}, {"field": "founders_list_on_yc", "conflict": "YC Sendwave profile lists only Drew Durbin; Business Wire and Wikipedia list both Durbin and Lincoln Quirk as founders.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sendwave", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200825005820/en/WorldRemit-to-Acquire-Sendwave", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendwave"]}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": "Tracxn/The Company Check report $13.8M across 3 rounds; CB Insights reports $150K total (appears to reflect YC standard investment only).", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sendwave/__nGKnYPCOEDhfyMnxEG8X3vpdrGEmCisuNWfvt9SPgmI/funding-and-investors", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sendwave/financials"]}, {"field": "acquisition_price", "conflict": "Media reported >$500M; audited WorldRemit FY2021 accounts show total purchase consideration fair value of $444.8M (gross $486.2M).", "source_urls": ["https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-25/worldremit-agrees-to-buy-sendwave-in-500-million-payments-deal", "https://assets.ctfassets.net/sb7j5o4oxtgv/1px52RScz6YPAHXo6S3UkG/dd0813b08308a97a50b57a7b6880d6c/WR_Group_Limited_Stat_FY21_ISA_accounts.docx.pdf"]}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": "YC profile lists 350 for Sendwave; Zepz group cites 1400–1600+ globally; figures are not Sendwave-only headcount.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sendwave", "https://www.worldremit.com/en/news/worldremit-completes-sendwave-acquisition-and-appoints-two-executives", "https://www.sendwave.com/en/our-story"]}, {"field": "legal_name_confusion", "conflict": "Sendwave legal entity Chime Inc. is unrelated to Chime Financial neobank (founded 2012 by Chris Britt and Ryan King).", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendwave", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chime_(company)", "https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-takes-action-against-operator-of-sendwave-app-for-illegally-cheating-people-on-international-money-transfers/"]}, {"field": "market_share_claims", "gap": "Founder/school profile claims Sendwave became largest remitter to Kenya within six months; acquisition press releases describe Sendwave as leading/fast-growing but do not independently verify Kenya market-share rank.", "source_urls": ["https://www.potomacschool.org/news-social/spotlight/drew-durbin", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200825005820/en/WorldRemit-to-Acquire-Sendwave"]}, {"field": "seed_series_a_amounts", "gap": "Series A amount and seed round size not publicly disclosed in primary sources; only Series B ($9.53M) is consistently reported with a dollar figure.", "source_urls": ["https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/sendwave/ufxh68eo9ffcj3x1r", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sendwave/__nGKnYPCOEDhfyMnxEG8X3vpdrGEmCisuNWfvt9SPgmI/funding-and-investors"]}]]
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