Riyadh - Sharikat Mubasher: Jeel Platform, a promising edutainment startup, recently closed a seed funding round with $1.2 million sponsored by angel investors from Kuwait and Jordan, besides acquiring high-quality animation series, songs, and games to be added to its library.

This came in a press release issued by the company where, Ahmed Sobaih, Jeel Platform’s CEO said: “Jeel Platform is stepping forward steadily with clear vision and strategy and this step pushes it towards our next milestone. We plan to launch more products and services soon, as a part of our expansion strategy”.

Commenting on this, Amr El-Basiony, the platform’s Product Marketing Manager, added: “We will broaden the platform’s marketing activities to include more methods and target a wider range of users, and this fund, including the cash and the bilingual content, will support us to achieve that”.

The platform’s Advisory Board Member, Ahmed Rashed, further highlighted the opportunities of the startup, saying: “We all aim for the sky since we are working with passion on a promising platform that creates a unique, fun environment that gathers parents and children. The platform witnesses a great growth potential, especially with the unpreceded demand for digital entertaining and educational services due to the Covid-19 pandemic”.

Jeel Platform is an edutainment digital platform founded in the US with headquarters in Riyadh and Cairo. The platform provides children with exclusive and safe edutainment series, shows, songs, stories, and games. The team behind the platform consists of more than 60 full-time professionals and experts, besides more than 150 part-time and freelance creatives, and the number is rising as the startup grows.

The company’s main project is Jeel App, a mobile application for children aged between 3 to 9 years old, with access for parents to control tools and rich parenting content. The application is created upon an educational and psychological criterion that highlights values and ethics, under the supervision of parenting specialists.

Worth mentioning that the company plans to use the seed fund to strengthen its technical capabilities, offer more services and content, and expand its team.