Vendease
Where restaurants in Africa buy food supplies
About Vendease
Vendease is a marketplace that lets restaurants in Africa, order directly from farms and food manufacturers.
Now, instead of going through expensive - middlemen - vendors, or wasting productive man hours sending staff to open markets with hiked prices, restaurants can now get on our platform, click to order and get all their food supplies within 24hrs.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$90M
Last stage
Series B
Investors
Founders
Wale Oyepeju
Wale grew up in the busy part of Lagos called Ikeja. An award-winning technology professional with 13 years of experience delivering pioneer technology projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has successfully delivered projects like MTN Nigeria Global Virtual Top-Up, Sony Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Multimedia Studio in Lekki and Facebook/Android mobile app. Wale leads the technical team at Vendease - the Instacart for food businesses in Africa.
Tunde Kara
Co-founder and CEO of Vendease. Previously CEO at RED | For Africa and held roles at Ringier Africa AG. Attended Lagos Business School - Pan-Atlantic University. World Economic Forum Global Innovator (2023).
LinkedIn
Olumide Fayankin
Co-founder and COO of Vendease. Focused on operations of the food procurement platform across Africa.
LinkedInGatumi Aliyu
Co-founder and CPO of Vendease. Previously Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at 54gene (YC W19).
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.