“Can a 40-year-old field service SaaS become the financial operating system for the SMB service economy?”
Founded in 1984 as a field service software company, WorkWave was acquired by IFS in 2017, then spun out in 2021 as a free-standing PE-backed company under EQT and TA Associates. In 2022 it launched WorkWave Financial Services — a bundle of embedded fintech (payments, cards, lending, EWA) targeted at pest control, lawn care, cleaning, and security service businesses. The 2024 Wisetack and YouLend partnerships and 2025 Wavelytics AI launch mark a clear shift from pure vertical SaaS toward a fintech-and-data platform for the SMB service economy.
WorkWave processes payments through WorkWave Payments (self-operated), Worldpay, Adyen, CyberSource, OpenEdge, Handpoint, BridgePay, InterPayments and 2 others. Disclosed money-movement rails: ACH.
WorkWave's cards run on Visa.
WorkWave uses Experian, GIACT and Microsoft (biometric verification) for KYC and identity verification.
WorkWave's lending and capital products are provided by YouLend and Wisetack.
WorkWave's payroll is powered by ADP.
WorkWave integrates with QuickBooks, Acumatica and Oracle.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 7 layers in WorkWave's stack: Payments / PSP (WorkWave Payments (self-operated), Worldpay, Adyen, CyberSource and 6 others); Money movement (ACH); Card network (Visa); Lending (YouLend, Wisetack, WorkWave Capital (SMB financing powered by YouLend) and Wisetack pay-over-time for home service consumers); Payroll (ADP); KYC (Experian, GIACT and Microsoft (biometric verification)); Accounting (QuickBooks, Acumatica and Oracle).
WorkWave is founded in 1984 and headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey, USA.
WorkWave has raised $8.3M disclosed (PE-backed) in total (latest round: PE ownership (EQT and TA Associates)).
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