Bootstrapped · E Commerce & Retail · Vienna, Austria · Founded 2022 · 11–50 employees
Vendure is an open-source, code-first headless commerce platform built with TypeScript, NestJS, React, and GraphQL, designed for enterprises and high-growth startups that need flexible, developer-first commerce infrastructure. Founded in 2022 in Vienna as a joint venture between creator Michael Bromley and ALPIN11 New Media GmbH, the company has grown from a solo open-source project to a commercially viable platform with 170+ community contributors. In October 2024, Elevantiq acquired a majority stake, giving Vendure a self-funded, profitable operational model where enterprise deployments directly fund core platform development. The platform is trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises (including IBM) and high-growth startups alike, and offers three tiers: an open-source Core, a commercial Platform edition, and a fully managed Vendure Cloud.