About
Gatumi Aliyu served as Chief Product Officer at Vendease (YC W21) and co-founded 54Gene (YC W19), where he held the role of Chief Product Officer.
Founder at 54GeneYC W19
Intro paths
YC
Gatumi went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Gatumi can intro founders to 54Gene's investors below.
54Gene's investors · 6
Co-founders at 54Gene
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Abasi Ene-ObongFounder
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Ogochukwu Francis OsifoFounder
Founder at VendeaseYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Gatumi went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Vendease's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Gatumi can intro founders to Vendease's investors below.
Vendease's investors · 7
Flucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checks · since 2022GFR FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2022Global Founders CapitalBerlin · $637K – $32M checks · since 2022Kube VCsince 2022Partech VenturesBerlin · $200K – $50M checks · since 2022TLcom CapitalNairobi · $500K – $10M checks · since 2022Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021
Co-founders at Vendease
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Tunde KaraFounder
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Olumide FayankinFounder
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Wale OyepejuFounder
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Olatunde KaraExecutive Officer, Director
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Olumide Fayankin 🐜Founder
Experience
- VendeaseCo-Founder & Chief Product Officercurrent2019 — presentLagos
- EndeavorEntrepreneurcurrent2023 — present
- 54geneCo-Founder2018 — 2019Lagos, Nigeria
- 54geneCo-Founder and Chief Product Officer2018 — 2019Nigeria
- Stack DiagnosticsCo-Founder and Chief Product Officer2018 — 2019Lagos
- DiagnoseMe.AfricaChief Product Officer2018 — 2019Nigeria
- The Zone Tech ParkHead Of Operations2018Lagos
- Zone Tech ParkHead Of Operations2018
- Renaissance CapitalEquity Analyst2017
Skills & more
Team building2Research1Sales and Marketing2Microsoft Office9Microsoft PowerPoint6Teamwork5
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gatumi Aliyu?
- Gatumi Aliyu served as Chief Product Officer at Vendease (YC W21) and co-founded 54Gene (YC W19), where he held the role of Chief Product Officer.
- Where does Gatumi Aliyu work?
- Gatumi Aliyu is Founder of 54Gene and Founder at Vendease.
- What companies did Gatumi Aliyu found?
- Gatumi Aliyu founded 54Gene, Vendease.
- Where did Gatumi Aliyu go to school?
- Gatumi Aliyu studied at Harvard Business School Executive Education (Senior Executive Program Africa, Business Administration and Management); Y Combinator; Y Combinator.
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54Gene mafia2
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Shared employers
Also worked at Vendease5
Also worked at 54gene3
Also worked at Renaissance Capital12
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