Elenas is Latin America's top social commerce platform. Our platform has empowered tens of thousands of women across Colombia to launch online businesses and earn extra income by selling products on WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media sites. Currently, 11 million women across Latin America sell consumer good products through direct sales catalogs and door-to-door sales. Elenas provides a digital solution for them to start an online store, manage clients, and grow their business from home, without having to worry about product sourcing, delivery, or payment collection.
Elenas has raised over $8.5M USD in funding from Leo Capital, FJ Labs, Alpha4Ventures, Amador Holdings, Meesho, and Polymath Ventures.
Elenas has raised over $8.5M USD in funding from Leo Capital, FJ Labs, Alpha4Ventures, Amador Holdings, Meesho, and Polymath Ventures.
Location: Colombia, RAP (Especial) Central, Bogota
Employees: 201-500
Total raised: $26M
Founded date: 2018
Investors 8
| Date | Name | Website |
| 10.07.2026 | Partners f... | pfgrowth.c... |
| 10.06.2023 | Reflect Ve... | reflectven... |
| - | The Garage... | t16e.com |
| - | Georgetown... | georgetown... |
| - | Broadhaven... | broadhaven... |
| - | Latin Leap | latinleap.... |
| 12.07.2022 | The Garage... | thegarages... |
| 20.09.2022 | VU Venture... | vuventurep... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 11.10.2022 | Series B | $20M | DILA Capit... |
| 04.03.2021 | Series A | $6M | - |
Mentions in press and media 4
| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.10.2022 | Social commerce startup Elenas secures $20M to help more LatAm women sell online | Elenas estimates that 11 million women in Latin America sell consumer items via catalogs and door-to-door sales methods. It is digitizing that process so they can more easily sell from home. Founder and CEO Zach Oschin started the Colombia-... |
| 25.04.2022 | Venture builder Polymath targets Brazil and prepares its first early-stage VC fund | According to Carlos Fernández, CFO at Polymath Ventures, the firm’s inception happened way before the venture building concept, as it is known today, became popular. “Created in late 2012 by Wenyi Cai, Polymath was described as a ‘company b... |
| 04.03.2021 | Social commerce startup Elenas raises $6M and plans for international expansion | Colombian startup Elenas says it’s helping tens of thousands of women make money by selling products online. And today, it announced that it has raised $6 million in Series A funding. That’s on top of the $2 million seed round that Elenas a... |
| - | Elenas | “¡Ganar dinero with Elenas es muy fácil! Sells them products that you want, share on social networks and advisor to your clients. Elenas deals with him the rest.” |