Startup Couches

Jeff talks about Markup Hero, a useful tool for taking screenshots to communicate ideas, feedback, Q&As sharing, etc

Chatting with Martin as he talks about SkyGarden a 3 sided-marketplace helping small companies sell, connect with customers, sky garden has its own marketplace, distribution network through massive partnerships.

Kamal CEO of RemotePass is on the couch with me today to share about the best platform to onboard, pay, and manage remote teams globally. He talks about how the journey began in 2019 in business travel and expenses and then pivoted all the way to helping companies go global and hire global talent due to the new realities of the Pandemic. He shares plans for the year, new partnerships offering offi...

Sebastian of HiPeople is on the couch today and all about helping businesses to hire well, restructure references, for companies with 500 employees, and above. Enjoy!

Sat on the couch with Dady and he talked about PAL and how it is banking the unbanked through an API to send money through Mobile Money in Africa

I have Oriana on the couch today, she speaks about developing blood tests to be able to solve for cancer, drawing a blood sample, and running a test a lot more. 2019, officially started last 2021. Solving early diagnosis problems as 80% of people that get diagnosed late do not survive

Papa Darfoor is on the couch today to talk about PayUp, a service that facilitates the transfer of funds from Ghana to Paypal in the US, UK, Europe. Parents with kids abroad, African focused vendors abroad, he shares about his motivations and plans for the future

Dante is on the couch today as he talks about secret management for developers and organizations in a more secure and collaborative way, making it seamless to how their workflow does. Product positioned for Engineering leads, system admins, DevOps, and infrastructure engineers. Contract developers, teams that 10+

I had Ifelola on the couch and he talked about Medicbird and how it connects people to psychiatrists and clinical psychologists etc

Nonso sat on the couch with me today and talked about EarniPay, and how it improves the financial wellbeing of income earners in Africa, most salaries are got once a month and so there is no way to match income to expense. They partner with employers to give flexible salary access and on-demand solutions so employees can get paid on demand. Focusing on large companies with a lot of employees, 50+...

Ayo sits on the couch today and talks about Ricive, a chore automation tool: laundry, grocery shopping, meal prep. Started with EkoLaundry and saw massive adoption and experimentation and user research led to focus on grocery too.

Lolu of Quiver Finance was on the couch today to talk about the product, a crypto asset management platform, to manage crypto assets on-chain. He talks about the ambitious plans for the project and what makes it all exciting

On the couch with Uthman, he shares about Aufera, a platform that connects rental businesses to cars for individual car owners. He also shares a personal experience that drove him to build this platform, enjoy!

I had a call with Emmanuel and he spoke about Venrena, an e-commerce marketplace that connects buyers with sellers. The team is building the infrastructure to help SMBs to scale, create an online store and connect them with buyers.

Hanson is on the couch today talking about Reevyse, an online marketplace for African talent, started as a job portal. You find a knowledge expert and book a meeting with them. The product is priced per hour and we take a % of it interestingly Inspired by Jason Njoku masterclass sessions

Stanley talks about this tech platform designed to power the cannabis industry in Africa. Starting with Ghana, SA, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda. A marketplace to vend and buy products. 2019, demand is high. Brain trauma, insomnia, appetite, mood swings, cancer patients.

Sayo, Brimble's PM talks to me about the product, a platform as a service, helping devs and engineers focus on building and not worrying about devops. Serve JAMStack, reduce the stress devs go through. Analytics, data collection, keyboard shortcuts. Deployment, tech startups in Africa. Lack of access to technology. Netlify and vercel, offering more control. Ambitious expansion plans and many more

Tobi sits on the couch to share about BitPowr, a wallet and digital asset infrastructure, helping individuals and businesses build easily on the blockchain. You can build a crypto exchange, build widgets to accept crypto payments, a p2p system, and even a hedge fund. A complete package where you do not need third-party integrations. The big vision is to become AWS for building on-chain.

I and Oghale had a chat about Legal Dokument, a platform for startups to access legal documents in record time.

On the with Gbadebo where he talks about Fidia, the all-in-one monetization tool for creators in Africa, where you create a profile and share with your audience and fans and earn from your creative works. It can be used by anyone who creates any kind of content. Launched July 2021, most customers are podcasters and designers, and writers, and he talks radical expansion, enjoy!

I had a call with Amaka and she shared about Bumpchats, an audio-enabled platform that connects people based on their moods. It started during the pandemic and finding out people want to have conversations and how important mood matching and vibes check can be. she also talks about lessons around building sustainable businesses

Called Manni and we talked about Loocum, a healthcare talent marketplace that connects Healthcare facilities to professionals. Basically an end-to-end HR platform for healthcare by healthcare professionals. He shared a personal experience that led him to build this product that solves real problems involving human lives. Enjoy!

I sat on the couch with Andrew to learn what NFTs are and about Accred, a platform for educational organizations, communities, businesses, and creators to create credentials like certificates, badges, issue them as NFTs. He makes a case for how Accred is the credential issuing platform for the future of the internet.

I had a call with Manny about Multitudes, a platform designed to bring people together in 1-1 instances, like Gather Round but all convos are guided and facilitated and their identities are pseudonymous. Oh, there is a voice bot, a little onboarding before you enter the room, mindfulness, breathing exercise. This product is already prototyped at OnDeck and working with different community builders...

Onyeka shares about TrustBuddie, a community platform where people can leave reviews, comments, and ratings about businesses that have served them. Free for users, businesses pay to claim their business and people who care about their user growth. A lot of businesses grow with just word of mouth and so reviews are basically your product extension.