1) Lingokids Assisting families all around the world in raising beautiful children.
Details of the startup:
Country: Spain City: Madrid Started in: 2014 Founders: Cristobal Viedma, Marieta Viedma Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $62,450,000 Number of funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 22 You can find their website here .
2) Duolingo Duolingo is a language-learning education portal with 98 courses available in approximately 40 languages.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States City: Pittsburgh Started in: 2011 Founders: Luis von Ahn, Severin Hacker Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding amount: $183,300,000 Number of funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 12 You can find their website here .
3) Ringle Ringle is a high-end, one-on-one online English learning platform that links top teachers with international professionals wanting to improve their English skills.
Details of the startup:
Country: South Korea City: Yeoksamdong Started in: 2015 Founders: Hoon Lee, Sungpah Lee Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $35,727,319 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 6 You can find their website here .
4) Babbel Babbel is the most popular language learning app on the market.
Details of the startup:
Country: Germany City: Berlin Started in: 2007 Founders: Lorenz Heine, Markus Witte, Thomas Holl Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding amount: $33,300,000 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 8 You can find their website here .
5) Poliglota Poliglota is a social language education startup that brings together teachers and students in coffee shops all around the world.
Details of the startup:
Country: Chile City: Santiago Started in: 2011 Founders: Carlos Aravena, José Sánchez, Nicolás Fuenzalida Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $2,871,098 Number of funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 14 You can find their website here .
6) Lingoda Lingoda provides live online language classes in English, German, Spanish, and French taught by qualified native speakers.
Details of the startup:
Country: Germany City: Berlin Started in: 2013 Founders: Fabian Wunderlich, Felix Wunderlich Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: € 69,700,000 Number of funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 8 You can find their website here .
7) ITutorGroup ITutorGroup offers students and business professionals personalised and tailored learning experiences.
Details of the startup:
Country: Taiwan City: Taipei Started in: 1998 Founders: Eric Yang, Jerry Huang, Ming Yang Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding amount: $315,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 8 You can find their website here .
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8) Bolo Indya Bolo Indya is a live streaming platform that allows users to broadcast their daily habits, activities, and internet services to their followers.
Details of the startup:
Country: India City: Gurgaon Started in: 2019 Founders: Tanmai Paul, Varun Saxena Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $1,100,000 Number of funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 You can find their website here .
9) italki Italki is an online language learning platform that links users with online language teachers from all around the world.
Details of the startup:
Country: Hong Kong City: Kowloon City Started in: 2007 Founders: Kevin Chen, Yongyue Jiang Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding amount: $3,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 You can find their website here .
10) PalFish PalFish is a startup that teaches English online.
Details of the startup:
Country: China City: Beijing Started in: 2015 Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding amount: $120,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 6 You can find their website here .
11) Uable Uable provides role-based programs that allow youngsters to explore several subjects.
Details of the startup:
Country: India City: Bengaluru Started in: 2020 Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $4,500,000 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 8 You can find their website here .
12) Entri Entri is a platform for teachers and students to learn vernacular languages.
Details of the startup:
Country: India City: Kochi Started in: 2015 Founders: Mohammed Hisamuddin, Rahul Ramesh Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $4,300,000 Number of funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 5 You can find their website here .
13) Kings Learning enguru is an app that allows users to learn English by engaging in interactive games and dialogues.
Details of the startup:
Country: India City: Bengaluru Started in: 2014 Founders: Arshan Vakil, Tahem Verma Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $4,177,591 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 4 You can find their website here .
14) Gengo Gengo is a global, crowdsourced translation tool that allows anybody to read and publish in multiple languages with a single click.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan City: Tokyo Started in: 2008 Founders: Matthew Romaine, Rangu Robāto, Robert Laing, Takeshi Amano Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $25,322,957 Number of funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 24 You can find their website here .
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15) Lingvist Lingvist is a language learning program based on statistical analysis and mathematical optimization.
Details of the startup:
Country: Estonia City: Tallinn Started in: 2012 Founders: Andres Koern, Mait Muntel, Ott Jalakas, Tanel Hiir Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $11,329,784 Number of funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 13 You can find their website here .
16) HelloTalk HelloTalk is the world's first language exchange social networking app.
Details of the startup:
Country: China City: Shenzhen Started in: 2012 Founders: Zackery Ngai Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $3,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 You can find their website here .
17) Yodo1 Yodo1 is a gaming platform that lets developers sell, manage, and monetise their games more effectively.
Details of the startup:
Country: China City: Beijing Started in: 2011 Founders: Henry Fong, James LaLonde Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $18,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 6 You can find their website here .
18) Learnship Learnship is a company that provides online business language training through an unique web conferencing service.
Details of the startup:
Country: Germany City: Köln Started in: 2008 Founders: Sushel Bijganath, Thomas Sonntag Number of employees: 251-500 Funding amount: € 10,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 6 You can find their website here .
19) Whales English Elite Education Whales English Elite Education is a corporation that focuses on education.
Details of the startup:
Country: China City: Beijing Started in: 2013 Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding amount: $60,526,797 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 5 You can find their website here .
20) QKids QKids is a children's English language learning portal.
Details of the startup:
Country: China City: Xiamen Started in: 2015 Number of employees: 251-500 Funding amount: CN¥133,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 7 You can find their website here .
21) Timekettle Timekettle is dedicated to creating a global brand of AI translator that blends seamlessly into the experience.
Details of the startup:
Country: China City: Shenzhen Started in: 2016 Founders: Leal Tian Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: CN¥10,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 2 You can find their website here .