Vendease

Where restaurants in Africa buy food supplies

Y CombinatorWinter 2021ActiveB2BSupply Chain and LogisticsSupply ChainFood & Beverage

What they do

Problem

Restaurants in Africa face high costs and inefficiency sourcing food supplies through middlemen or time-consuming market trips.

Solution

Vendease provides an online marketplace for restaurants to order food supplies directly from farms and manufacturers with delivery within 24 hours.

Who it's for

Restaurants and food service businesses in Africa use the platform to procure ingredients and supplies.

Founders

Tunde Kara

Founder

Tunde grew up on a farm. He has extensive experience, building brands and leveraging technology to solve problems for businesses in Africa. He has worked with and run projects for global brands present in the African market - Samsung, Coca-Cola, Google & General Electric. His current focus: Africa's restaurants and other retailers. Tunde leads the team at Vendease - Africa's online marketplace, connecting restaurants and other retailers, directly to supplies from farms.

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Gatumi Aliyu

Founder

Chief Product officer Vendease (YC W21), Co Founder/Ex Chief Product Officer 54gene (YC W19)

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Olumide Fayankin

Founder

Chief Operations Officer at Vendease

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Wale Oyepeju

Founder

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.

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