Bolaji Akande
Co-founder & CEO
Leads product, engineering and AI. Senior Software Engineer at Yelp; previously Technical Lead at Gokada.
VowThread
Plan your wedding and book trusted vendors in one place.
A Nigerian marketplace that connects discovery, planning and booking — so couples and vendors stop juggling Instagram, WhatsApp and spreadsheets.
Founded
2025
Vendors
1,000+
Users
5,000+
Categories
25+
Nigeria · Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan
The problem
Wedding spend is huge. The workflow is still broken.
Nigerian couples still find vendors across Instagram, WhatsApp, referrals and planners — then check prices and availability one chat at a time.
Vendors answer the same questions over and over, and convert demand across DMs and spreadsheets. Trust, coordination and payment fall apart across disconnected tools.
What we build
Four products. One path from plan to booking.
- 01DiscoverSearch real wedding vendors by city, category, price and availability.Open →
- 02Smart BudgetTurn a total wedding budget into a clear plan by category.Open →
- 03JaneBuild a wedding website, collect RSVPs and gifts by chatting with AI.Open →
- 04Vendor OSProfiles, enquiries, an AI Smart Receptionist, bookings and escrow payouts.Open →
Business model
Planning demand becomes bookings and escrow payments.
Couples come early to search and plan. We turn that into enquiries, bookings and payments held in escrow — couples pay in stages, vendors get paid on delivery. Vendors also run profiles, lead qualification and transactions on VowThread.
Team
Product, engineering and go-to-market.
Oyinda Akinfenwa
Co-founder & COO
Leads vendor acquisition, partnerships, operations and brand. Built Janore and co-built TheGoldScarf.
Investors & partners
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