- conflicts or gaps
- [{"name_collision": {"value": "Unrelated Toronto-based Wave Accounting/Wave Inc. (accounting software) shares the name; not the YC W12 mobile-money company", "source_urls": ["https://financialpost.com/entrepreneur/toronto-based-wave-accounting-raises-us12m-in-series-b-funding", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wave"]}, "yc_batch_vs_founding_year": {"value": "YC Wave profile lists Winter 2012 batch but founded 2018; batch reflects original Sendwave YC participation, not Wave entity founding date", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wave", "https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/sequoia-heritage-stripe-and-others-invest-200m-in-african-fintech-wave-at-1-7b-valuation/"]}, "wave_founded_year_discrepancy": {"value": "Sources disagree: pilot 2016 and launch 2017 (TechCabal), founded 2017 (CB Insights/LinkedIn), founded 2018 (YC, TechCrunch, Norfund 2025 release)", "source_urls": ["https://techcabal.com/2021/09/07/how-wave-became-francophone-africas-first-unicorn-startup/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/wave-11", "https://sn.linkedin.com/company/wavemm", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wave", "https://www.norfund.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Wave-Raises-EUR-117-Million.pdf"]}, "sendwave_founded_year_discrepancy": {"value": "Sendwave founding reported as 2011 (Lincoln Quirk resume), 2014 (YC, BusinessWire, TechCrunch), and 2011 (Tracxn)", "source_urls": ["https://www.lincolnquirk.com/resume.html", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sendwave", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200825005820/en/WorldRemit-to-Acquire-Sendwave", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sendwave/__nGKnYPCOEDhfyMnxEG8X3vpdrGEmCisuNWfvt9SPgmI"]}, "employee_count_discrepancy": {"value": "Headcount varies: 800 (Sep 2021 TechCrunch), ~2000 pre-layoffs (Jun 2022 TechCrunch), 1600 (YC profile), 2065 (LinkedIn), 3000+ (Norfund Jun 2025)", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/sequoia-heritage-stripe-and-others-invest-200m-in-african-fintech-wave-at-1-7b-valuation/", "https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/wave-a-stripe-backed-african-fintech-valued-at-1-7-billion-cut-15-of-its-staff-in-june/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wave", "https://sn.linkedin.com/company/wavemm", "https://www.norfund.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Wave-Raises-EUR-117-Million.pdf"]}, "total_funding_discrepancy": {"value": "Total capital raised differs by source ($290M+ per TechCrunch Jul 2022 vs $442.24M per CB Insights); pre-Series-A $13.8M figure reported but unconfirmed by CEO", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/wave-a-stripe-backed-african-fintech-valued-at-1-7-billion-cut-15-of-its-staff-in-june/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/wave-11", "https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/sequoia-heritage-stripe-and-others-invest-200m-in-african-fintech-wave-at-1-7b-valuation/"]}, "founder_yc_profile_gap": {"value": "Lincoln Quirk is documented co-founder in press and resume but not shown as Active Founder on YC Wave page", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wave", "https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/sequoia-heritage-stripe-and-others-invest-200m-in-african-fintech-wave-at-1-7b-valuation/", "https://www.lincolnquirk.com/resume.html"]}, "co_founder_departure_gap": {"value": "Lincoln Quirk public resume shows Wave Head of Product ended Feb 2024; YC and company pages do not reflect departure", "source_urls": ["https://www.lincolnquirk.com/resume.html", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wave"]}, "sendwave_sale_timing": {"value": "Deal announced Aug 2020; regulatory completion Feb 2021; some founder narratives describe sale as 2021", "source_urls": ["https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200825005820/en/WorldRemit-to-Acquire-Sendwave", "https://assets.ctfassets.net/sb7j5o4oxtgv/1px52RScz6YPAHXo6S3UkG/dd0813b08308a97ea50b57a7b6880d6c/WR_Group_Limited_Stat_FY21_ISA_accounts.docx.pdf", "https://www.lincolnquirk.com/resume.html"]}, "valuation_update_gap": {"value": "Last widely reported equity valuation remains $1.7B (Sep 2021); subsequent debt rounds do not establish a new public equity valuation", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/sequoia-heritage-stripe-and-others-invest-200m-in-african-fintech-wave-at-1-7b-valuation/", "https://www.norfund.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Wave-Raises-EUR-117-Million.pdf"]}, "dual_yc_listings": {"value": "YC maintains separate profiles for Wave (Active) and Sendwave (Acquired) despite shared founders and W12 batch attribution", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wave", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sendwave"]}}]
- source urls
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