JENA Secures £1.2 Million Pre-seed Funding for Solopreneur Platform
London, 2 April 2024 – JENA, a pioneering vertical SaaS platform for solopreneurs, announced today it has secured £1.2 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round. JENA is an Operating System (OS) for solopreneurs: an integrated platform so they can run their business smoothly instead of piecing together disjointed tools. The company provides them a full tech-stack: website, AI-powered booking system, payments, CRM, marketing, and e-commerce in one app.
JENA stands apart by providing a powerful all-in-one ecosystem.
At its core is a professional website with a unique URL seamlessly integrated with an advanced booking system and secure payment processing capabilities. Actively incorporating user feedback, JENA continuously adds new features. Coming soon is an AI-powered booking agent to automate scheduling, seamless Klarna payment integration, and Tap to Pay functionality, replacing the need for a card reader. This empowers solopreneurs to focus on delivering exceptional services, and manage their entire workflow from one app.
The financing was led by top-tier venture capital funds True and Gfund, and saw the participation of a distinguished group of angel investors including Rob Small (Founder of Miniclip), David Pritchard (Founder OpenTable Europe), Misha Gopaul (Founder Fatmap), David Szekely, George Graham (Founder Wolf & Badger), and the angel collective Ventures Together, among others. JENA will use the new capital to accelerate product development and customer growth. JENA was founded by serial entrepreneurs Jean-Michel Chalayer and Nabil Freeman, who built and exited LeSalon.com, a leading on-demand beauty service provider, to a US-listed company.
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