Djungo Launches in Sweden & Raises 15 Million

Social discovery system Djungo is now accessible in Sweden after elevating 15 million SEK in a the latest investment spherical. The platform obtained around 10,000 downloads in the two weeks after start, and is now focusing on enlargement throughout Europe and the United states. 

A very successful beta version of the Djungo system went dwell in São Paulo, Brazil in 2021, with tens of 1000’s of sign ups. It is now launching in Sweden, where authorities have warned about the epidemic of loneliness among the country’s younger grown ups.

Djungo looks to address this challenge with its curated social teams, where by six people today are place with each other based mostly on widespread pursuits and values, and with a special bot-moderated (AI) chat. 

“Our purpose is to generate a social platform wherever people can come across new good friends and probable really like in a additional enjoyable and partaking way than what is provided now,” claims Jakob Lundström, CEO and founder of Djungo.

Djungo seems to be to disrupt the conventional on-line connections house, capturing the change absent from online relationship toward ‘social discovery’. The system highlights that this platonic buddy-locating room is predicted by Match Group to increase considerably.

“After our beta launch, it grew to become crystal clear that Djungo is just as popular with users on the lookout for friendship as it is for enjoy. It is also a big toughness to attain a balanced distribution in between male and feminine customers, as it contributes to a a lot more rewarding person expertise and we are pleased that Swedish end users can now choose section in the application and hope it can contribute to fewer loneliness and additional joy”, shares Linda Murray Wennberg, co-founder of Djungo.

In relationship with the Swedish launch, Djungo has successfully closed a financing round of SEK 15 million. The round was led by Stages Enterprise Studio with guidance from other investors these as Niklas Kylberg, business angel and owner of Rekomo, Michael Wolf, siblings Linda Malmström Grassman and Sune Malmström, co-owners of Villa Dagmar and Resort Diplomat and Alexander Morad from Dazzling Brain Company.

You can obtain out much more about Djungo at its site in this article.