EatOkra the App + Wefunder

Episode 266 of the Tech Bites podcast, hosted by Heritage Radio Network, titled "EatOkra the App + Wefunder" was published on June 21, 2022 and runs 52 minutes.

June 21, 2022 ·52m · Tech Bites

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In 2016, Janique Edwards moved to Brooklyn and wanted to find black-owned restaurants in her new neighborhood. Janique and Anthony (then boyfriend, now husband) had the idea to create the EatOkra app and launched the first version in 2017. Today they have more that 450,000+ downloads, 9,000+ listings, and a market place. On this episode, Tech Bites host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with returning guest Anthony Edwards Jr, Co-Founder, CEO and CTO, and Jason Wallace, Director of Business Solutions, about the just launched 2.5-million dollar investment round on Wefunder, that values EatOkra at 17-million dollars. Photo Courtesy of EatOkra. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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In 2016, Janique Edwards moved to Brooklyn and wanted to find black-owned restaurants in her new neighborhood. Janique and Anthony (then boyfriend, now husband) had the idea to create the EatOkra app and launched the first version in 2017. Today they have more that 450,000+ downloads, 9,000+ listings, and a market place. On this episode, Tech Bites host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with returning guest Anthony Edwards Jr, Co-Founder, CEO and CTO, and Jason Wallace, Director of Business Solutions, about the just launched 2.5-million dollar investment round on Wefunder, that values EatOkra at 17-million dollars.

Photo Courtesy of EatOkra.

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Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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