OrderAhead
also invests · investor profileAcquiredYC W11San Francisco, US · Founded 2012 · 50 employees · 2 known investors
OrderAhead operates a mobile app for ordering and paying ahead for pickup from local merchants such as restaurants and shops. It serves consumers seeking to skip lines and the merchants who fulfill their orders.
ConsumerFoodTechMarketplacesCashierless CheckoutMarketplacePaymentsUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W11)
OrderAhead was founded in 2012 by Jeffrey Byun, Henry A. Lee, and Ruddick Lawrence.
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Jeffrey Byunin𝕏CEO & Co-Founder2012–2017Jeffrey Byun is a two-time YC founder and former bond trader who previously scaled OrderAhead (acquired by Square) to millions of users and grew BLADE to over $1.2B in monthly trading volume. He is currently CEO of Akkari.
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Henry A. LeeinCTO, Co-Founder2012–2017Henry A. Lee studied computer science at Stanford and has been through Y Combinator twice. He co-founded OrderAhead, a mobile app for ordering and paying ahead for pickup from local merchants (later acquired by Square), co-founded Akkari, and helped scale BLADE, a crypto derivatives exchange.
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Ruddick LawrenceFounder/CTO
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Frequently asked questions
- What does OrderAhead do?
- OrderAhead operates a mobile app for ordering and paying ahead for pickup from local merchants such as restaurants and shops. It serves consumers seeking to skip lines and the merchants who fulfill their orders.
- Who founded OrderAhead?
- OrderAhead was founded by Jeffrey Byun, Henry A. Lee, Ruddick Lawrence in 2012.
- Who are OrderAhead's investors?
- OrderAhead's investors include August Capital, Y Combinator.
- Where is OrderAhead headquartered?
- OrderAhead is headquartered in San Francisco, US.