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About
Olumide Fayankin serves as Chief Operations Officer at Vendease.
Founder at VendeaseYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Olumide went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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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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Vendease's investors · 15
ANIM Fund$100K – $1M checks · since 2022Flucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checks · since 2022GFR FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2022Global Founders CapitalBerlin · $1M checks · since 2022Green LogicZürich · since 2022Harvard Management CompanyAllston · since 2022Kairos Angelssince 2022Kube VCsince 2022Liquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks · since 2022Partech VenturesParis · $200K – $50M checks · since 2022Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks · since 2022TLcom CapitalNairobi · $500K – $10M checks · since 2022VentureSouqAbu Dhabi · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022Verod Capital ManagementLagos · $15M – $30M checks · since 2022Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021
Co-founders at Vendease
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Tunde KaraFounder
GA

Gatumi AliyuFounder
WO

Wale OyepejuFounder
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Olatunde KaraExecutive Officer, Director
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Olumide Fayankin 🐜Founder
Experience
- Vendease AfricaChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentLagos State, Nigeria
- Vendease AfricaCo-Founder & COO at Vendeasecurrent2019 — presentLagos, Nigeria
- Inter Lagos FCExecutive Directorcurrent2023 — presentLagos State, Nigeria
- StateCraft Inc.Chief Operating Officer2019Lagos
- N4B GROUP LTDProcurement Specialist2017 — 2018Lagos
- First Marine Engineering SevicesStrategy and Contracts Manager2016 — 2017Lagos, Nigeria
- National Oilwell VarcoOperations Engineer Sub Saharan Africa (Mid Level Manager)2012 — 2016Lagos, Nigeria
- AIM Consultants Ltd.Electrical Engineer Intern2010 — 2011Lagos, Nigeria
Skills & more
Offshore Drilling40Procurement28Petroleum26Business Strategy2Management Consulting1Onshore19Engineering17Project Management10Project Planning10Gas9Oil/Gas10Project Engineering8
+12 more
AnalysisEnergyContract ManagementUpstreamCompletionCommissioningEPCOil & Gas IndustryMicrosoft OfficeAutoCADMS ProjectEclipseLanguages English
- BOSIET — OPITO
- Auto CAD — Trade Fame Engineering
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Olumide Fayankin?
- Olumide Fayankin serves as Chief Operations Officer at Vendease.
- Where does Olumide Fayankin work?
- Olumide Fayankin is Founder of Vendease.
- What companies did Olumide Fayankin found?
- Olumide Fayankin founded Vendease.
- Where did Olumide Fayankin go to school?
- Olumide Fayankin studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Seed Transformation Program); Y Combinator; Rutgers University (Cousera, Supply Chain Operations).
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