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Wave
Makes running a small business better by providing free accounting, invoicing, affordable credit card processing (payments) and payroll
At a glance
- Founded
- 2009
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Canada
- Sector
- Fintech
- Power Law
- Colt$25–100M revenue
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning Wave.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed1 investor entered at this stage
- OVOMERS Ventures
Series A6 investors entered at this stage
Series B and later6 investors entered at this stage
- NBNAB - National Australia Bank
BDC Capital
Social Capital- RCRoyal Bank of Canada
Portage Ventures
Initialized Capital
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former Wave employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
RFRelay FinancialEst. 2018
Yoseph WestCanada
Satraj BambraCayman Islands
GRGreenhouseEst. 2012
Mamoon HamidUnited States
OPOpenCareEst. 2012
Cameron HowiesonCanada
Sarah StockdaleCanadaGlobal footprint
across markets
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where Wave was the backer or acquirer, 2013–2022. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
9 deals across Wave's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
Wave's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Wave on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
See Wave on the full Dealroom platform
Live deal flow, founder pedigree, hiring signals, revenue trajectory, and the full cap table.