Seed · $2.5MChowdeck
On-demand food delivery conquering West Africa
Food DeliveryY CombinatorNigeria & Ghana
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West Africa's Delivery Revolution
While food delivery is a solved problem in most of the Western world, sub-Saharan Africa has been largely underserved. Chowdeck is changing that. The YC-backed startup has built a fast, reliable on-demand delivery platform that connects Nigerian and Ghanaian consumers with local restaurants, delivering meals in an average of 30 minutes.
The $2.5M seed round was backed by Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, FounderX Ventures, and angel investors including Rappi and Paystack co-founders. Co-founded by Femi Aluko (CEO), Olumide Ojo (CTO), and Lanre Yusuf (COO), the company has since raised a $9M Series A and expanded to 20,000+ riders across 11 cities.
Scale and Speed
From 500,000 users and 3,000 riders at seed to over 20,000 riders across Nigeria and Ghana, Chowdeck's growth has been explosive. The platform handles everything from restaurant partnerships to last-mile logistics, with a focus on speed and reliability in markets where infrastructure challenges make delivery uniquely difficult. They're proving that emerging market food delivery can scale profitably.
About Femi Aluko
Femi Aluko is the co-founder and CEO of Chowdeck, a Y Combinator-backed food delivery platform conquering West Africa. He co-founded the company alongside Olumide Ojo (CTO) and Lanre Yusuf (COO), building a fast, reliable on-demand delivery service for Nigerian and Ghanaian consumers.
Aluko saw that while food delivery was a solved problem in most of the Western world, sub-Saharan Africa remained largely underserved. He built Chowdeck to connect consumers with local restaurants, delivering meals in an average of 30 minutes in markets where infrastructure challenges make logistics uniquely difficult.
Under Aluko's leadership, Chowdeck grew from 500,000 users and 3,000 riders at seed stage to over 20,000 riders across 11 cities in Nigeria and Ghana. The company raised a $2.5M seed round backed by Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, FounderX Ventures, and angel investors including Rappi and Paystack co-founders, followed by a $9M Series A.
Sources: Public press releases, SEC and state business filings, published interviews, news coverage, and company disclosures.
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