gofriendly, a Stockholm, Sweden-based provider of a female focused friendship app, raised $1.25M in funding.
The round was led by JNE Invest.
The company intends to use the funds to expand to the UK and enhance its AI capabilities.
Founded in 2015 by Ulrika Lilja (CEO) and Claudia Gård (COO), gofriendly provides an app that helps women find like-minded friends, fellow entrepreneurs, events and groups based on their lifestyles and interests, facilitating friendships and connections between women, using technology, data, and a rapidly expanding community.
gofrendly utilises AI to deliver matches, which includes interests and reasons for joining the app such as moving to a new city, wanting to find fellow female entrepreneurs, becoming a new mother, and finding people to try out hobbies or sports with. The app also has functions that allow users to host and join events and groups, enabling them to further expand their friendship circle with like-minded individuals.
ìSince launching, gofrendly has so far onboarded almost 250,000 Nordic-based female users, including 65% of all 20-35 year old women in Stockholm, who are using the app to forge meaningful friendships and arrange meet-ups. To date, the app has so far generated nearly 11 million direct messages, 4,600 coffee dates, 2,537 friends groups, and 70 trips away.
The company has a team of 15 people.
FinSMEs
22/02/2023