Chowdeck has acquired Mira, a one-year-old restaurant point-of-sale and management system, as part of the food startup’s expansion efforts. While the acquisition price was not disclosed, Chowdeck CEO Femi Aluko said the deal would help the company solve its challenges with inventory management.
“For a long time, we’ve focused more on the customer side than on the restaurant, supermarket, and pharmacy side,” Aluko told Techpoint Africa. “But as we begin to expand, we’re paying deeper attention to the vendor side.”
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Launched in 2021, Chowdeck has grown into a major player in Nigeria’s delivery sector with over a million users and more than 3,000 riders. It currently operates in eight Nigerian cities and Accra, Ghana.
Speaking on the acquisition, Chowdeck CEO Femi Aluko said, “We are thrilled to welcome Mira to the Chowdeck family. I’ve admired their work for a long time, and I’m excited about what we can build together.”
About Mira
Founded by Ted Oladele, a former VP of Design at Flutterwave, Mira offers a full suite of tools for restaurants. Customers can scan a QR code to browse menus, place orders, and make payments. On the back end, Mira provides inventory tracking, sales monitoring, and customer engagement tools. It also sells hardware point-of-sale systems priced at ₦360,000.
Following the acquisition, Oladele will become Head of Product at Chowdeck, and select Mira employees will join the company to develop tools tailored for food and hospitality businesses. Mira raised $200,000 in a family and friends round and was reportedly raising a seed round before finding a new home in Chowdeck.
