GFDIR.org
2026-now · Ventures
FounderNow
2026 - present
About
I build economic engines by day and protect innovations through offensive security by night. The playbook is simple: aggressive go-to-market, retention that sticks and ventures built personally.
Based in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
Introduction
- First venture
- 2019 Started building in public
- Founded
- 2023Kiakia
- First book
- Mar 2026The Inevitable Startup
- Now
- Since 2026Founder, GFDIR.org
I speak
American English 
Yoruba 
French
I am currently building GFDIR.org, the global food data API: nutrition, prices and regional variants for thousands of foods, cleaned up across 19+ countries. Before it I founded Kiakia, a last-mile logistics engine for businesses, and RentWise, transparent rentals powered by anonymous reviews. I don’t chase visibility, I design inevitability.
Philips ADEPOJU is the founder of GFDIR.org, RentWise and Kiakia, based in Lekki, Lagos. He builds ventures with aggressive go-to-market and retention at their core, and works in offensive security, testing products the way attackers do. He also builds myGUY, an AI tweet responder, and BreakingTea, decentralized media for the synthetic AI era.
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Experience
11
Big Torque Limited
2026-now · Businesses
DirectorNow
Oct 2026 - present
Tee Y Farms & Investments Limited
2018-now · Businesses
DirectorNow
Jul 2018 - present
RentWise
2025-now · Ventures
FounderNow
Jan 2025 - present
Kiakia
2023-now · Ventures
FounderNow
Mar 2023 - present
BreakingTea
2026-now · Ventures
FounderNow
Feb 2026 - present
myGUY
2025 · Ventures
Founder and sole builder
Apr 2025 - Dec 2025
Contoso Payments
2024 · Security
Offensive Security Consultant
Feb 2024 - Oct 2024
Northwind Commerce
2022-2023 · Growth
Head of Growth
Jun 2022 - Dec 2023
Growth Lead
Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
Fabrikam Distribution
2021-2022 · Product
Product Lead
Mar 2021 - Jan 2022
Bug bounty programmes
2020-now · Security
Independent Security ResearcherNow
2020 - present
Worked with
8
- Northwind CommerceHead of growth: led go-to-market and retention for the checkout and loyalty launch2022-2023Role in Experience
- Contoso PaymentsOffensive security consultant: red-team engagement on the payments platform2024Role in Experience
- Fabrikam DistributionProduct lead for the offline-first field app2021-2022Role in Experience
- Woodgrove BankSecurity workshop for the engineering team2025
- Tailspin ToysGo-to-market sprint for a consumer launch2024
- Litware LabsAdvisor on pricing and packaging2023
- Adventure WorksRetention workshop for the product team2025
- Wide World ImportersLogistics partnership through Kiakia2024
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Awards
6
Developer programmes
- Founder FellowshipAccelerator programme2025-presentCurrentDetails (opens in a new tab)
- Security Researcher Hall of FameBug bounty programme2022FormerDetails (opens in a new tab)
- Community LeaderDeveloper community2021-2023Former
Earlier prizes
- Startup pitch competition, winnerFounders Summit2024
- Capture the Flag, top 10Security conference2023
- Hackathon, first placeUniversity hackathon2019
Communities
4
Community builder
Hack Night Africa
Co-creator and co-organiser
2021-2024 · 650 members (Dec 2024)
18 online hack nights, 2021-2024
The group is now archived.
Premia Business Network (PBN)
Member
Aug 2023-present
A referral-based community of entrepreneurs, investors and professionals in Lagos, working together to grow their net worth and their communities through business and innovation.
PremiaBN.com for Premia Business Network (PBN) (opens in a new tab)
Growth Operators Guild
Member and mentor
2022-present
OWASP local chapter
Speaker and volunteer
2023-present
Expertise
21
Venture building4
- Go-to-marketsince 2019
- Growth and retentionsince 2020
- Productsince 2019
- Pricing
Offensive security5
- Kali Linuxsince 2018
- Burp Suitesince 2019
- Metasploit
- Wireshark
- Hack The Box
Engineering6
- TypeScriptsince 2019
- Reactsince 2020
- Node.jssince 2019
- Pythonsince 2018
- Go
- PostgreSQL
Cloud and tooling4
- Cloudflaresince 2021
- Docker
- GitHub Actions
- PostHog
AI2
- Claude Codesince 2025
- Claude API
Contact
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Education
2
Miva University
Bachelor’s degree, Cybersecurity
2024 - 2027 · Grade: First Class
- Holding a First Class standing while building GFDIR.org
- Turning coursework in penetration testing, digital forensics and secure software into practice, testing real products the way attackers do
CybersecurityPenetration testingDigital forensics