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Free financial software for your small business

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  1. Stories Wave's free users were not a payment signal until the exit

Investors: Charles River Ventures

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Free financial software for your small business

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Wave's free users were not a payment signal until the exit

Kirk Simpson says Wave signed up hundreds of small businesses a day for free, came within ten days of bankruptcy in 2015, and sat through a host stating a $400 million U.S. sale to H&R Block without turning those signups

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