About Ariveh

Built by people who love commerce

Ariveh is a specialist eCommerce software company founded in 2014. We exist to help ambitious brands build platforms that scale.

120+
Projects Delivered
34
Countries Served
$2.4B
GMV Processed
98%
Client Retention
Our Mission

Every great brand deserves a great platform.

Too many brilliant commerce ideas are held back by slow agencies, generic SaaS tools, or offshore teams that don't care. We built Ariveh to be different — senior talent does the work, and craft is non-negotiable.

We've shipped more than 120 platforms across 34 countries, processing over $2.4 billion in GMV for our clients.

Ariveh Team
What We Stand For

Our values

Client Obsession

Your success is our success. We don't ship until we're proud of the result and you are too.

Craftsmanship

We sweat the details. Clean code, pixel-perfect design, and infrastructure that never breaks.

Global Thinking

We build for scale from day one — multilingual, multi-currency, and multi-market ready.

True Partnership

No hand-offs to juniors. Senior engineers and designers work on your project from kickoff to launch.

The People Behind Ariveh

Meet the team

Carlos Amaro
Carlos Amaro
Founder & CEO

15 years building commerce platforms. Former VP Engineering at Souq/Amazon.

Thandiwe Moyo
Thandiwe Moyo
Chief Design Officer

Ex-AKQA. Led design for commerce experiences across Southern Africa and Europe, with work featured for Nike and LVMH.

Lucy Ranku
Lucy Ranku
CTO

Leads our Gaborone engineering hub, scaling platforms to 10M+ users across Botswana and Southern Africa. Expert in distributed systems and headless commerce.

Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti
VP Growth

Built and scaled acquisition engines for fast-growing DTC brands, driving profitable growth across Africa.

Lucas Ferreira
Lucas Ferreira
Head of Engineering

Full-stack architect with deep expertise in React, Node, and cloud-native infrastructure.

Fidelia Aliu
Fidelia Aliu
Head of Client Success

Leads client success from our Abuja office, managing complex commerce rollouts across Nigeria and West Africa.

Our Journey

10 years of building

2014

Ariveh founded in Lisbon, Portugal with a team of 5.

2016

First enterprise client — built a marketplace for 5,000 vendors.

2018

Expanded to Africa. Launched our headless commerce framework.

2020

Crossed $500M in GMV processed across client platforms.

2022

Opened office in Abuja, Nigeria.

2024

Opened office in Gaborone, Botswana. Surpassed $2B cumulative GMV. 120+ projects. 34 countries.

2026

Opening office in Kigali, Rwanda.

Come build with us

Whether you're a brand with a big idea or an engineer who wants to do the best work of your career — we'd love to hear from you.