Wave

At Wave, our remote teams meet 3-6 times a year for the perfect mix of work and play! Most recently, our employees congregated in Abidjan, Dakar, and Washington DC to shadow our operations, meet our users, plan for the coming cycle, and have fun. These pictures are proof that whenever we get together, wherever it is and whatever the size- it's all positive vibes, adventure and living our fullest lives now!

This summer Wave raised $200 million in a Series A round of funding. The investment is the largest-ever Series A round for the region, and it values Wave at $1.7 billion. This fundraise made us officially francophone Africa's first ever unicorn! More importantly, over half of the adults in Senegal now are using our radically affordable mobile money service. . . .and we are just getting started. Four big-name backers jointly led the round — Sequoia Heritage, an endowment-style fund and a separate entity that operates independently under the Sequoia brand; Founders Fund; payments giant Stripe; and Ribbit Capital. Others in the round include existing investors Partech Africa and Sam Altman, the former CEO of Y Combinator and current CEO of OpenAI.