Nigerian Chowdeck Secures $2.5M Investment for its On-Demand Delivery Platform
Chowdeck, a Nigerian on-demand delivery service, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding, which it will use to strengthen its position in the Nigerian market.
Investors such as FounderX Ventures, True Culture Funds, Hoaq Fund, Levare Ventures, Haleakala Ventures, YCombinator, Goodwater Capital, and True Culture Funds alongside angel investors like Ayo Arikawe, Co-founder and CTO of Thrive Agric; Shola Akinlade, Co-founder and CEO of Paystack; Ezra Olubi, Co-founder and CTO of Paystack; Sudeep Ramani, Founder of Sportybet; Karthik Ramakrishnan (Amazon); Simon Borrero and Juan Pablo Ortega, co-founders of Rappi.
Co-founder and CEO Femi Aluko, a former principal engineer at Paystack, got inspiration for the startup in 2021 after witnessing the speed of food delivery services during a visit to Dubai. That speed of delivery and execution has helped the two-year-old startup quickly grow to 500,000 users in eight Nigerian cities. It has added 200,000 users in the last six months alone.
Last year, it signed exclusive deals with Nigeria’s largest QSR brand, Chicken Republic, and followed that up with the addition of Shoprite. Those deals have helped the startup gain more users and strengthen its position in the Nigerian market.
With fresh funding, it plans to scale its services to more Nigerian cities before the end of 2024.
“We know that Nigerians love good food, and we just want to make it as easy as possible for them to access the food they desire. Chowdeck was birthed to fulfil this purpose, and we are committed to delivering truly excellent experiences for our customers, vendors, and riders,” Aluko said in a statement.
Nigeria’s on-demand delivery landscape has witnessed significant growth thanks to rising urbanisation rates, increased Internet and smartphone penetration, and changing customer habits. Statista projects revenues in the online food delivery market to hit $2.83 billion in 2024, with the market growing at 15.03% between 2024 and 2029.
Still, Nigeria’s food delivery market poses major challenges to industry players, with incessant fuel scarcity, bad roads, and heavy traffic in major cities hindering service delivery. A struggling economy also means that potential customers are strapped for cash.
As an example, both Jumia Food and Bolt Food elected to leave the Nigerian market in 2023, citing a need to streamline resources and focus on profitability. Still, Chowdeck, which launched the same year as Bolt Food, has been on an upward trajectory.
Source: techpoint.africa
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