Cihan Aksakal founded the local deals site kaufDA before Zenjob. He and Frederik Fahning met at the Berlin venture builder Atlantic Labs and came up with the idea of putting short-term jobs on a phone. Fritz Trott, a former Rocket Internet manager, joined them.
Zenjob was founded in Berlin in 2015. The app matches students and other flexible workers with companies that need extra hands for a weekend, a trade fair or a delivery peak, in hours instead of days.
A round of about €3 million in 2016 came from Redalpine and Acton Capital Partners, with 500 Startups and Atlantic Labs. A Series A of about €8 million followed in 2017 and €15 million from AXA Venture Partners in 2018.
Later rounds included a $50 million growth round led by Aragon and a €45 million raise for expansion. Total funding is about €107 million.