Jiji

company

About

Jiji is an online marketplace that enables buyers and sellers to meet and exchange goods and services.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series D
Industries
Advertising,Classifieds,E-Commerce,Internet,Marketing,Marketplace,Shopping,Transportation
Founded date
Sep 15, 2014
Number Of Employee
501 - 1000
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Jiji.ng Online Marketplace Nigeria Limited.

Jiji is a leading classifieds marketplace in Africa. Starting from Nigeria, the company expanded to four new geographies in 2019. Following an OLX acquisition, Jiji’s monthly audience exceeded 8mn monthly unique users. In 2018, the Jiji app was #1 by downloads in the Shopping category by Nigerian Android users, and it is currently the highest rated app in Nigerian e-commerce.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
6
$21M
Jiji has raised a total of $21M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Oct 1, 2021 from a Series D round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Oct 1, 2021 Series D Detail
Oct 31, 2020 Funding Round 2 Detail
Dec 9, 2019 Series C $3M 2 Knuru Capital Detail
May 8, 2018 Series C $18M 3 Detail
Apr 15, 2018 Series B Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
7
Jiji is funded by 7 investors. Knuru Capital and Alex Turbanov are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Knuru Capital Yes Series C
Alex Turbanov Funding Round
Alexander Nevinskiy Funding Round
Allrise Capital Series C
Digital Spring Ventures Series C
Horizon Capital Series C
TA Ventures Series C

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
2
Jiji has 2 current employee profiles, including Executive Anton Wolyansky
Executive
Executive

Acquisition

Jiji has acquired 3 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was OLX South Africa on Apr 4, 2019. They acquired OLX South Africa for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Apr 4, 2019 OLX South Africa
E-Commerce acquisition Detail
Jun 28, 2021 Cars45
Automotive acquisition Detail
Feb 7, 2022 Tonaton.com
E-Commerce acquisition Detail