Vendease

Vendease is a marketplace that lets restaurants in Africa order directly from farms and food manufacturers.

Commerce and retail Logistics and mobility Manufacturing and industrialY Combinator

Latest funding

$3.2M Seed · October 26, 2021

Led by Global Founders Capital · Source: fundraisingfox.com

Latest round on record: Series A, March 2025, amount undisclosed.

All 3 rounds ↓

Website: vendease.com.

X: @VendeaseAfrica · 2,113 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Categories: Commerce and retail Logistics and mobility Manufacturing and industrial.

Sectors: B2B, Supply Chain and Logistics, Supply Chain, Food & Beverage.

Stage: Series A.

Based in: Lagos, Nigeria.

Last round: Mar 18, 2025 · 604 days ago.

Team: 250 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@VendeaseAfrica · created Mar 23, 2020 (6 years old) · 2,113 followers

Website registeredDec 25, 2017 (8 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Vendease | 582 days from X account to first raise on record

@VendeaseAfrica·Raised $3.2M in 1 sourced round·1 signal before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

March 18, 2025
Series A · amount undisclosed
Source: fundraisingfox.com
October 26, 2021
Seed · $3.2M
GGlobal Founders Capital (lead), EEyitayo Oviosu, HHack VC, HHustle Fund, JJohn Obaro, KKube VC, LLiquid 2 Ventures, MMAGIC Fund, SSoma Capital, YY Combinator
Source: fundraisingfox.com
Winter 2021
YY Combinator · batch
Source: ycombinator.com
March 23, 2020
X account created
December 25, 2017
Website created

Founders and team

GA
Gatumi Aliyu Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
OF
Olumide Fayankin Founder
TK
Tunde Kara Founder

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
WO
Wale Oyepeju Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com

Investors

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Sources and API

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