Vendoir is an award-winning one-stop-shop occasion planning app on a mission to make occasions sustainable, stress-free & inclusive. They launched publicly in November 2022, enabling straightforward sourcing, reserving & administration of occasion suppliers. Vendoir has 10k+ downloads and 100+ bookings up to now, and has been featured in outstanding platforms comparable to Forbes, Metro, Techround, and UKTN.
Vendoir are at present overfunding on Seedrs with 80+ traders and has formidable plans for the long run. We sat down with the Vendoir group, Oshoma Zekeri (Co-Founder and CEO), Yoma James-Kukor (Co-Founder and COO), and Charles Ofoegbu (Co-Founder at CTO) to seek out out extra.
It’s spectacular that you’re dedicated to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. Are you able to speak us by way of how you might be implementing this goal?
At Vendoir, we’re dedicated to creating occasions extra sustainable. We’ve set a goal to contribute to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
To attain this, we now have partnered with a number one local weather tech firm. Within the subsequent few months, our platform will assist customers calculate, scale back, and offset carbon emissions from any occasion. We need to supply our shoppers a seamless method to make their occasions extra sustainable.
This partnership is a game-changer for the occasion business. For the primary time, occasion organizers could have the instruments and sources they should make their occasions really sustainable. We’re assured that we will contribute massively to the 2040 net-zero carbon emissions goal by guaranteeing anybody/wherever can organise a sustainable occasion.
You simply hit 100% of your crowdfunding goal – congratulations! What has your funding journey been like up to now, and what do you intend to do with the cash you’ve raised?
Thanks for the congratulations! We’re thrilled to have hit our crowdfunding goal. It is very important word that the funding setting has turn into rather more difficult in current occasions, and we had been ready for it. We needed to work as a group, keep centered and proceed to thrive and at this time, we will see that it’s all paid off. We’ll use the funds to speed up progress, develop new product options, increase our gross sales and advertising group, enter new markets, and spend money on sustainability initiatives like our partnership with Kilmahelden which is able to assist speed up our B2B providing. We consider Vendoir has the potential to revolutionize the occasions business. We’re excited to make our imaginative and prescient a actuality and assist occasion organizers create extra sustainable, stress-free, and inclusive occasions.
It’s improbable to see that you’ve lately partnered with Kilmahelden, a number one local weather tech firm. What does this imply for Vendoir, and do you may have every other partnerships within the pipeline?
Thanks! We’re enthusiastic about our partnership with Kilmahelden as a result of it can assist us make occasions extra sustainable. Kilmahelden is a number one local weather tech firm that helps companies calculate, scale back, and offset their carbon emissions. For instance, our shoppers will have the ability to use Kilmahelden’s platform to calculate the carbon footprint of their occasions, determine methods to cut back emissions and offset any remaining emissions by way of high-quality carbon offset tasks.
We consider this partnership is a game-changer for the occasions business. For the primary time, occasion organizers could have the instruments and sources they should make their occasions really sustainable.
Along with our partnership with Kilmahelden, we’re additionally in talks with a lot of different potential companions, and we can not wait to share this with our neighborhood. We’re significantly interested by partnering with corporations that may assist us obtain our mission by making occasion planning seamless, sustainable, and inclusive.
Vendoir is marketed as taking the stress out of occasions – are you able to inform us a bit extra about how the expertise does this?
Vendoir’s expertise takes the stress out of occasions in a lot of methods. Firstly, we now have centralized all occasion planning duties in a single place. We offer a central platform the place occasion organizers can handle all their occasion planning duties, together with discovering and reserving distributors, creating, and managing budgets and communication. This eliminates the necessity to change between totally different instruments and platforms, which might save occasion organizers numerous time and stress.
We’ve simplified the seller reserving course of which makes it straightforward for occasion organizers to seek out and guide distributors with only a few faucets. Occasion organizers can merely seek for distributors by class, location, and availability. As soon as they’ve discovered a vendor that they’re interested by, they will contact the seller immediately by way of Vendoir.
Vendoir additionally affords quite a lot of instruments to assist occasion organizers handle their contracts and funds with distributors. We even have real-time visibility into the occasion planning course of. This enables them to trace their progress and determine any potential issues early on.
Vendoir additionally sends occasion organizers automated notifications about upcoming deadlines and necessary duties. Time is cash and we wish occasion planning to be stress-free and never the present daunting, time-consuming and fewer enjoyable course of.
The place do you see Vendoir in 5 years?
In 5 years, we see Vendoir because the main sustainable international platform for occasion planning and execution. Vendoir might be utilized by occasion organizers of all sizes, from small companies to massive firms, to plan and execute their occasions. Vendoir might be identified for its ease of use, highly effective options, and dedication to sustainability.
Listed below are some particular issues we see Vendoir attaining within the subsequent 5 years:
- Increasing into new markets: Vendoir will increase into new markets, comparable to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. This may permit Vendoir to assist much more occasion organizers world wide create extra sustainable, stress-free, and inclusive occasions.
- Growing new options: Vendoir will proceed to develop new options to make its platform much more helpful and user-friendly. For instance, Vendoir is creating a brand new function that may permit occasion organizers to purchase, promote and rent sustainable merchandise/gear for his or her occasions, making the complete occasion planning course of ever inexperienced.
- Partnering with different companies: Vendoir will companion with different companies within the occasions business to supply its shoppers a wider vary of services and products. For instance, Vendoir is partnering with a number one venue firm to supply its shoppers discounted charges on venues.
- Turning into a frontrunner in sustainable occasions: Vendoir will turn into a frontrunner in sustainable occasions. Vendoir will supply its shoppers quite a lot of instruments and sources to assist them scale back the environmental impression of their occasions.
We consider that Vendoir has the potential to revolutionize the occasions business. Vendoir’s expertise is making occasion planning simpler and fewer anxious for everybody concerned. Vendoir can be dedicated to sustainability, which is a crucial situation for a lot of occasion organizers and their friends.
We’re excited to see what the long run holds for Vendoir. We consider that Vendoir has the potential to turn into the main international platform for occasion planning and execution.
What has been the largest studying in your journey up to now?
The most important studying on our journey up to now has been the significance of listening to our customers. Once we first began Vendoir, we had numerous concepts about what options, and performance can be most respected to occasion organizers. Nevertheless, we rapidly realized that it was necessary to hearken to our customers and perceive their wants.
We’ve realized that the easiest way to construct a profitable product is to concentrate on fixing actual issues for our customers. We’ve additionally realized that it is very important be versatile and adaptable. The occasions business is consistently altering, and we want to have the ability to change our product roadmap accordingly.
You will discover out extra about Vendoir’s group, technique, merchandise and marketing campaign right here.