Ranking · Winter 2012 · Fintech · Payments

Wave

Mobile money app for Africa

5.7%

odds of being acquired in the next two years

0.8× the average (6.8%)

#2890 of 4,339 active YC companies · top 68%

Team of 1600 · Dakar, Dakar Region, Senegal; Remote

Raises the odds

↑ “mobile” in its one-liner

↑ based in Fully Remote

↑ industry: Fintech

↑ changed its name (pivot)

Lowers the odds

↓ “app” in its one-liner

↓ tag: Fintech

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Signals brief

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