1) Lingokids Assisting families all around the world in raising beautiful children.
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Country: Spain State: Madrid City: Madrid Started in: 2014 Founders: Cristobal Viedma, Marieta Viedma Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $62,450,000 Funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 22 (Reach Capital, FundersClub, 500 Startups, Bessemer Venture Partners, HV Capital) You can find their website here .
2) 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.
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Country: South Korea State: Seoul-t'ukpyolsi City: Yeoksamdong Started in: 2015 Founders: Hoon Lee, Sungpah Lee Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $35,727,319 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 6 (Xolon, Must Asset Management, MOCA Ventures, Must Asset Management, Xoloninvest) You can find their website here .
3) Babbel Babbel is the most popular language learning app on the market.
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Country: Germany State: Berlin City: Berlin Started in: 2007 Founders: Lorenz Heine, Markus Witte, Thomas Holl Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $33,300,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 8 (IBB Ventures, NGP Capital, Scottish Equity Partners, European regional development fund (ERDF), REV) You can find their website here .
4) Poliglota Poliglota is a social language education startup that brings together teachers and students in coffee shops all around the world.
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Country: Chile State: Region Metropolitana City: Santiago Started in: 2011 Founders: Carlos Aravena, José Sánchez, Nicolás Fuenzalida Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $2,871,098 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 14 (Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Wayra, Mountain Partners, Harvard Management Company) You can find their website here .
5) Lingoda Lingoda provides live online language classes in English, German, Spanish, and French taught by qualified native speakers.
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Country: Germany State: Berlin City: Berlin Started in: 2013 Founders: Fabian Wunderlich, Felix Wunderlich Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: € 69,700,000 Funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 8 (Mountain Partners, Global Founders Capital, Summit Partners, Dr. Cornelius Boersch, Conny & Co) You can find their website here .
6) ITutorGroup ITutorGroup offers students and business professionals personalised and tailored learning experiences.
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Country: Taiwan State: T'ai-pei City: Taipei Started in: 1998 Founders: Eric Yang, Jerry Huang, Ming Yang Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: $315,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 8 (Goldman Sachs, Temasek Holdings, GIC, Qiming Venture Partners, CyberAgent Capital) You can find their website here .
7) italki Italki is an online language learning platform that links users with online language teachers from all around the world.
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Country: Hong Kong State: Kowloon City: Kowloon City Started in: 2007 Founders: Kevin Chen, Yongyue Jiang Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: $3,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (Hujiang Education Technologies) You can find their website here .
8) Gengo Gengo is a global, crowdsourced translation tool that allows anybody to read and publish in multiple languages with a single click.
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Country: Japan State: Tokyo City: Tokyo Started in: 2008 Founders: Matthew Romaine, Rangu Robāto, Robert Laing, Takeshi Amano Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $25,322,957 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 24 (Intel Capital, 500 Startups, Kapor Capital, SBI Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital) You can find their website here .
9) Lingvist Lingvist is a language learning program based on statistical analysis and mathematical optimization.
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Country: Estonia State: Harjumaa City: Tallinn Started in: 2012 Founders: Andres Koern, Mait Muntel, Ott Jalakas, Tanel Hiir Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $11,329,784 Funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 13 (Rakuten, Techstars, Jaan Tallinn, Inventure, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs) You can find their website here .
10) Learnship Learnship is a company that provides online business language training through an unique web conferencing service.
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Country: Germany State: Nordrhein-Westfalen City: Köln Started in: 2008 Founders: Sushel Bijganath, Thomas Sonntag Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: € 10,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 6 (Capnamic Ventures, Bertelsmann, BDMI, Klaus Wecken, Dumont Venture) You can find their website here .
11) Bolo Indya Bolo Indya is a live streaming platform that allows users to broadcast their daily habits, activities, and internet services to their followers.
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Country: India State: Haryana City: Gurgaon Started in: 2019 Founders: Tanmai Paul, Varun Saxena Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $1,100,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 (Inflection Point Ventures, ah! Ventures, India Accelerator, Eagle10 Ventures, Sunil Kamath) You can find their website here .
12) Uable Uable provides role-based programs that allow youngsters to explore several subjects.
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Country: India State: Karnataka City: Bengaluru Started in: 2020 Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $4,500,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 8 (AngelList, Inflection Point Ventures, Global Founders Capital, 3one4 Capital, JAFCO Asia) You can find their website here .
13) Entri Entri is a platform for teachers and students to learn vernacular languages.
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Country: India State: Kerala City: Kochi Started in: 2015 Founders: Mohammed Hisamuddin, Rahul Ramesh Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $4,300,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 5 (LearnLaunch Accelerator, Innospark Ventures, Good Capital, Kashyap Deorah, Hari T.N) You can find their website here .
14) Kings Learning enguru is an app that allows users to learn English by engaging in interactive games and dialogues.
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Country: India State: Karnataka City: Bengaluru Started in: 2014 Founders: Arshan Vakil, Tahem Verma Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $4,177,591 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 4 (Village Capital, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, VilCap Investments, Wei Yan) You can find their website here .
15) PalFish PalFish is a startup that teaches English online.
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2015 Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $120,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 6 (GGV Capital, SIG China (SIG Asia Investments), Bertelsmann Asia Investments, Tao Zhang, FutureX Capital) You can find their website here .
16) HelloTalk HelloTalk is the world's first language exchange social networking app.
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Country: China State: Guangdong City: Shenzhen Started in: 2012 Founders: Zackery Ngai Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $3,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (Seven Seas Partners) You can find their website here .
17) Yodo1 Yodo1 is a gaming platform that lets developers sell, manage, and monetise their games more effectively.
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2011 Founders: Henry Fong, James LaLonde Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $18,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 6 (GGV Capital, Singtel Innov8, Iris Capital, Pavillion Capital, Changyou Fund) You can find their website here .
18) Whales English Elite Education Whales English Elite Education is a corporation that focuses on education.
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2013 Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $60,526,797 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 5 (New Oriental Education & Technology, Hike Capital, Fresh Capital, Sino-Ocean Capital, Shanhang Capital Investment) You can find their website here .
19) QKids QKids is a children's English language learning portal.
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Country: China State: Fujian City: Xiamen Started in: 2015 Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: CN¥133,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 7 (Baidu, IDG Capital, Shenzhen Capital Group, Qianhai Fund of Funds, G-bits) You can find their website here .
20) Timekettle Timekettle is dedicated to creating a global brand of AI translator that blends seamlessly into the experience.
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Country: China State: Guangdong City: Shenzhen Started in: 2016 Founders: Leal Tian Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: CN¥10,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 2 (Huaruixin, Jinxi Venture Capital Management) You can find their website here .
21) Duolingo Duolingo is a language-learning education portal with 98 courses available in approximately 40 languages.
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Country: United States State: Pennsylvania City: Pittsburgh Started in: 2011 Founders: Luis von Ahn, Severin Hacker Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $183,300,000 Funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 12 (General Atlantic, New Enterprise Associates, Union Square Ventures, Ashton Kutcher, Drive Capital) You can find their website here .