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About
Maxwell Obi co-founded Amplify, a Nigeria-based fintech acquired by Carbon in 2019, and later served as Global Head of Business at Sendwave, which was acquired by Worldremit. He holds a degree in Computer Science and has experience in software engineering and partnership development across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Founder at WazaYC W23
Intro paths
Maxwell went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Waza's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Maxwell can intro founders to Waza's investors below.
Waza's investors · 12
Co-founders at Waza

Frequently asked questions
- Who is Maxwell Obi?
- Maxwell Obi co-founded Amplify, a Nigeria-based fintech acquired by Carbon in 2019, and later served as Global Head of Business at Sendwave, which was acquired by Worldremit. He holds a degree in Computer Science and has experience in software engineering and partnership development across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- Where does Maxwell Obi work?
- Maxwell Obi is Founder of Waza.
- What companies did Maxwell Obi found?
- Maxwell Obi founded Waza.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Nnamdi Azikiwe University mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sendwave mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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