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29.10.2024 | GlassFlow: A New Dawn for Python Developers in Data Processing | In the bustling tech landscape of Berlin, a startup named GlassFlow is making waves. With a fresh infusion of €4.43 million in seed funding, the company is poised to revolutionize how Python developers create event-driven data pipelines. Th... |
29.10.2024 | GlassFlow raises $4.8M to empower Python developers in data processing | GlassFlow, a Berlin-based startup enabling data teams to build event-driven data pipelines in Python within minutes, has raised $4.8 million in seed funding.
Event-driven data pipelines are critical for AI applications like real-time recomm... |
15.10.2024 | +++ IPO-Time +++ Lilium +++ The Exploration Company +++ Babbel +++ EU Inc +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Dienstag, 15. Oktober) #STARTUPLAND: LEARN, CONNECT, GROW
Kommt mit ins Startupland! Es erwartet Euch eine f... |
12.10.2024 | Expand Your Global Reach With Babbel, on Sale for More Than 60% Off Learn up to 14 languages for business or travel. | Want to break language barriers and expand your business network? Babbel's lifetime subscription has you covered with access to 14 languages, perfect for anyone looking to boost their business communication.
With no recurring fees, you'll p... |
10.10.2024 | Unlocking Language Learning: The New Wave of Apps | Learning a new language can feel like climbing a mountain. The summit seems far away, and the path is often steep. Traditional methods—endless vocabulary drills and tedious grammar exercises—can drain the excitement from the journey. But a ... |
07.10.2024 | Daily Deal: Babbel Language Learning (All Languages) | You probably already know the benefits of learning a language, so let’s focus on the app. Right off the bat, let’s be clear about one thing: When we say “app” we don’t mean that you’re limited to using Babbel on your phone. You can use Babb... |
18.09.2024 | 5 of the Best Online Learning Options to Improve Your Career If you're ready to take your professional skills up a notch, then get started today with these online courses. | The old idea of faking it until you make it doesn't cut it anymore. In today's competitive business environment, the best companies are interested in hiring the best employees. The more skills a professional has in their proverbial toolkit,... |
11.09.2024 | Daily Deal: Babbel Language Learning (All Languages) | You probably already know the benefits of learning a language, so let’s focus on the app. Right off the bat, let’s be clear about one thing: When we say “app” we don’t mean that you’re limited to using Babbel on your phone. You can use Babb... |
31.08.2024 | Navigating the Digital Frontier: Language and Security in Business | In the fast-paced world of business, communication and security are the twin pillars that hold up the structure of success. As companies expand their reach across borders, the ability to communicate in multiple languages becomes a powerful ... |
26.08.2024 | Connect Globally by Mastering New Languages with Babbel Unlock new business opportunities with a lifetime subscription to Babbel for just $140. | In today's globalized business environment, communication is key. As a business leader, the ability to communicate in multiple languages opens up new doors—whether it's securing a deal with an international client, expanding your market rea... |
22.08.2024 | TIM lança plano pré-pago que dá cashback via Pix | Pré da TIM tem ligações e SMS ilimitados (Imagem: Vitor Pádua / Tecnoblog)
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09.08.2024 | Learn a New Language, or Several, with Babbel's Lifetime Subscription Access 14 languages with Babbel's personalized lessons—perfect for busy business leaders. | The ability to communicate well is an asset not everyone has. To be able to communicate effectively across languages is considered a beneficial skill for a variety of reasons. But, really, not many of us have the time to learn a new languag... |
24.07.2024 | Daily Deal: Babbel Language Learning (All Languages) | You probably already know the benefits of learning a language, so let’s focus on the app. Right off the bat, let’s be clear about one thing: When we say “app” we don’t mean that you’re limited to using Babbel on your phone. You can use Babb... |
03.07.2024 | Daily Deal: Babbel Language Learning (All Languages) | You probably already know the benefits of learning a language, so let’s focus on the app. Right off the bat, let’s be clear about one thing: When we say “app” we don’t mean that you’re limited to using Babbel on your phone. You can use Babb... |
18.06.2024 | Learn a New Language to Help Grow Your Business for $150 Babbel makes studying a new language easy with bite-sized lessons that you can fit in throughout the day. | Expanding your business requires connecting with new people. The more languages you speak, the more people you can connect and build business with. For entrepreneurs who are interested in taking on a new language to grow their businesses, y... |
14.06.2024 | Get a Lifetime of Babbel Language Learning for Just $150 Through June 17 Learn up to 14 languages over the course of a lifetime, with bite-size lessons, personalized reviews, and speech recognition te... | Business owners hiring from other countries have access to a much deeper pool of talent from which to choose. If they were multi-lingual, it would be much easier to expand their companies internationally.
Now, you can develop a significant ... |
07.06.2024 | Daily Deal: Babbel Language Learning (All Languages) | You probably already know the benefits of learning a language, so let’s focus on the app. Right off the bat, let’s be clear about one thing: When we say “app” we don’t mean that you’re limited to using Babbel on your phone. You can use Babb... |
05.06.2024 | Stand Out From the Competition by Learning a New Language with Babbel, now $150 Expand your reach, navigate international markets, and thrive in a globalized economy. | - |
23.05.2024 | Save Hundreds of Dollars and Learn up to 14 Languages with Daily 15-Minute Sessions on Babbel Build expanded communication tools for international business ventures. | - |
17.05.2024 | Daily Deal: Babbel Language Learning (All Languages) | You probably already know the benefits of learning a language, so let’s focus on the app. Right off the bat, let’s be clear about one thing: When we say “app” we don’t mean that you’re limited to using Babbel on your phone. You can use Babb... |
06.05.2024 | Daily Deal: Babbel Language Learning (All Languages) | You probably already know the benefits of learning a language, so let’s focus on the app. Right off the bat, let’s be clear about one thing: When we say “app” we don’t mean that you’re limited to using Babbel on your phone. You can use Babb... |
06.05.2024 | Get Babbel for $150 for One Week Only Connect to more qualified leads using a language-learning app. | - |
27.04.2024 | Google тестирует новую функцию «Разговорная практика» для повышения уровня английского | Google готовит к релизу новую ИИ-функцию «Разговорная практика». Функция, которая станет частью Поиска, предназначена для повышения навыков разговорной речи на английском языке. «Разговорная практика» уже тестируется в Аргентине, Колумбии, ... |
26.04.2024 | Google’s new ‘Speaking practice’ feature uses AI to help users improve their English skills | Google is testing a new “Speaking practice” feature in Search that helps users improve their conversational English skills. The company told TechCrunch that the feature is available to English learners in Argentina, Colombia, India, Indones... |
23.04.2024 | Expand Your Business with a New Language While Babbel Is Only $150 for Life Arguably the most popular language-learning platform in the world, its bite-size lessons are ideal for busy professionals. | - |
15.04.2024 | Daily Deal: Babbel Language Learning (All Languages) | You probably already know the benefits of learning a language, so let’s focus on the app. Right off the bat, let’s be clear about one thing: When we say “app” we don’t mean that you’re limited to using Babbel on your phone. You can use Babb... |
18.03.2024 | Daily Deal: Babbel Language Learning (All Languages) | You probably already know the benefits of learning a language, so let’s focus on the app. Right off the bat, let’s be clear about one thing: When we say “app” we don’t mean that you’re limited to using Babbel on your phone. You can use Babb... |
05.03.2024 | Save an Extra 20% on a Lifetime of Babbel Language Learning Through March 10 Get this subscription and begin expanding your communication reach. | - |
31.01.2024 | 5 Risks You Should Definitely Take in 2024 | Every year, around New Year’s Eve, you make a pledge to turn your life around for good.
Starting January 1st, you’ll go to the gym and get up at 5 A.M. You’ll be more serious at work, read one book each week, and reduce your use of a phone ... |
13.12.2023 | Метавселенные и AI: изменится ли образование в 2024 году | Как работает ИИ в образовании
В ноябре 2023-го ИИ использовали при проведении ЕГЭ. Нейросети обращали внимание на подозрительное поведение учеников и помогли выявить около 500 нарушений во время экзаменов в 84 регионах. Для сравнения: в 202... |
04.11.2023 | Как выучить английский самостоятельно и с чего начать? | Содержание:
Шаг первый: определяемся с желаемым уровнем
Шаг второй: определяем количество свободного времени
Шаг третий: составляем расписание
Шаг четвертый: отслеживаем достижения
Учебные материалы
Дополнительные ресурсы
Онлайн-платформы д... |
23.10.2023 | Нейросети для изучения языков: какими сервисами пользоваться и что пока нельзя поручить алгоритму | Использовать искусственный интеллект для изучения иностранного языка на первый взгляд кажется заманчивой идеей. Чат-бот можно установить на любой носитель, с ним не надо договариваться о времени общения, наконец, ему не надо платить деньги!... |
19.09.2023 | Babbel expands language learning ecosystem with Toucan acquisition | Today language learning platform Babbel announced the acquisition of the Toucan browser extension for an undisclosed amount.
Founded and headquartered in Berlin with a North American office in New York, Babbel develops and operates an ecosy... |
19.09.2023 | Babbel acquires language learning browser extension Toucan | Babbel, the popular subscription-based language learning service, today announced that it has acquired Toucan, the well-funded language learning browser extension. Toucan, it turns out, wound down as a company earlier this year, though its ... |
06.06.2023 | SumUp appoints a new CFO, Hermione McKee joins the fintech from Babbel | Global payments platform for SMEs, SumUp has announced the appointment of Hermione McKee as Chief Financial Offer, she joins the firm from language learning platform Babbel.
This move has gotten us wondering if this is a hint towards an IPO... |
21.03.2023 | Video: Babbel CEO Arne Schepker on 'real' language learning, failing forward after a botched 2021 IPO, the AI hype cycle, and more | Babbel, the edtech company behind the eponymous popular subscription-based online language learning service, is not exactly a spring chicken anymore. Born back in 2007, the scale-up has - weirdly - picked up no more than $30 million in fund... |
27.01.2023 | Why Not Celebrate Heritage? | Second Language Learning Connects Us to Our Past
World language teaching was criminalized in Nebraska in 1919 as a response to World War I. One country schoolteacher went so far as to tie a naughty Swedish-speaking boy to his chair until he... |
26.07.2022 | Babbel brings its B2B language learning service to the US | Babbel, the popular subscription-based online language learning service, today announced a couple of updates about its U.S. businesses — the Berlin-based company’s largest market by overall revenue and its fastest-growing one, too. In the f... |
15.04.2022 | Вымышленные языки как способ построения мира игры | Каждый серьёзный разработчик игр знает, что построение мира — неотъемлемая часть процесса, создающая геймплей с истинным погружением. Для его реализации есть множество разных техник: от изложения предыстория игрока стеной текста, до продума... |
23.12.2021 | 16 quirky British Christmas traditions Americans may have never heard of | British children hang Christmas stockings at the ends of their bed. Altrendo Images/Getty Images
Christmas traditions in America and in the UK vary greatly.
Every Christmas, Brits love to watch pantomimes and meet their school friends down ... |
22.12.2021 | Despite scrapped IPO, Babbel sees fast growth for its language learning service | Berlin-based language learning service Babbel was supposed to IPO on the Frankfurt stock exchange in late September. But only a few days before the initial listing the company pulled the plug with an eye on the developing Evergrande debt cr... |
15.09.2021 | Babbel opens Germany's autumn IPOs with $1.5 bln valuation target | MUNICH, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Language learning app Babbel hopes to join the ranks of 'unicorn' tech startups with a market valuation of around $1.5 billion when it opens the German autumn listing season.
The German firm competes with Pittsbu... |
07.09.2021 | PRESS RELEASE : Babbel plans its Initial Public -2- | Babbel introduced a premium subscription-based business model in 2009 and has since sold more than 10 million subscriptions, experiencing significant and continuing growth of revenues. Coming off a banner year 2020, with EUR147.3 million in... |
30.07.2021 | Популярная лингвистика. Часть 2. Шедевры языкостроения | Приглашаю окунуться в мир "языков Фаберже", — языков, придуманных для эстетики, пущего реализма или шутки ради. Степень их завершенности зачастую зависит лишь от одного-двух человек (если такое намерение вообще имело место), и о п... |
27.07.2021 | BoldVoice wants to help nonnative English speakers find (and flaunt) their voices | When Anada Lakra and Ilya Usorov first moved to the United States, they struggled to find their voices. They both knew and understood English, but when it came time to speak up, their accents became a hurdle. Usorov, for example, watched hi... |
22.07.2021 | Women in Tech Leadership: Julie Hansen | I joined Babbel four and a half years ago, after a great experience building Business Insider into the largest business website globally. I wanted to return to an entrepreneurial setting and I was lucky to find Babbel at the ideal point in ... |
03.06.2021 | A Look At Emerging Markets And Opportunities For International Expansion | Salvador Ordorica is the CEO of The Spanish Group LLC, a first-class international translation service that translates over 90 languages. |
03.05.2021 | Duolingo can’t teach you how to speak a language, but now it wants to try | Duolingo has been wildly successful. It has pulled in 500 million total registered learners, 40 million active users, 1.5 million premium subscribers and $190 million in booked revenues in 2020. It has a popular and meme-ified mascot in the... |
22.02.2021 | Fintech Startup Booste Plans to Expand Outside Poland in the First Quarter of 2021 | Booste, a Polish fintech based in Szczecin, is looking to raise 2 million EUR to expand in Europe
The startup offers revenue-based financing for e-commerce businesses
They operate with 6% flat fee
Booste is a venture building project of Tar... |
02.02.2021 | Language-learning service Babbel adds live classes, games and more | Babbel, the Berlin-based language-learning platform, today announced that it is now going well beyond its core app-based learning service and is introducing live classes.
Capped at six students, these conversation-driven classes will be tau... |
16.12.2020 | Reflections on 2020 | This month we welcomed the Limited Partners in our funds to a portfolio update event. We were honoured to be joined by the CEO’s of SportPursuit, Babbel, Content Guru and Mister Spex, each of whom reflected on 2020 and shared their plans fo... |
17.11.2020 | 15 of the worst accents in movies, according to critics | Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan star in ‘Wild Mountain Thyme.’ Likely Story
Sometimes actors might look the part, but they just don’t sound the part.
Dick Van Dyke gifted the world arguably the worst fake accent in Disney’s 1964 classic “Mary ... |
29.10.2020 | Стартап-экосистема Берлина
Цифры и факты
Истории успеха
Что привлекает в Берлине?
Что сдерживает развитие?
Венчурные фонды Берлина
Пространства
Университеты
Чего ждать в дальнейшем?... | Стартап-экосистема Берлина |
29.10.2020 | The startup ecosystem of Berlin
Numbers and facts
Success stories
What makes Berlin attractive?
What’s holding back development?
Berlin venture funds
Spaces
Universities
What’s next? | The startup ecosystem of Berlin |
01.10.2020 | Babbel celebrates 10 million subscriptions | Babbel, the world’s top-grossing language learning app, which is backed by SEP, is celebrating 10 million subscriptions sold.
The app has seen triple digit growth during international COVID-19 lockdowns as people have turned to online educ... |
21.09.2020 | Language learning service Babbel says it has now sold over 10M subscriptions | Babbel, the popular Berlin-based online language learning service, today announced that it has now sold a total of 10 million subscriptions to its service. For a language learning service, that’s quite a substantial number, especially given... |
31.07.2020 | Stuck At Home? Try Learning A New Language | getty |
22.04.2020 | Are You A Polyglot? Here’s How To Connect Through Language | Young woman and man in headphones learning different languages communicating through simultaneous ... [+] interpretationGetty |
15.04.2020 | Stuck at Home? Why not Learn a New Language from The Best Online Language Courses! | Christine Roger, Tech Times 15 April 2020, 04:04 pm
Most people are now staying indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic-- many of them are now attempting to try something new and learn new hobbies. Some are now trying their best to study an... |
25.03.2020 | Babbel makes its language learning app free for all US students | Babbel, the Berlin-based paid language learning app, today announced that, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is making its service available for free to all K-12 and college students until the end of the term. Previously, the company of... |
23.12.2019 | The Best Last-Minute Gifts Your Money Can Buy | The Best Last-Minute Gifts Your Money Can Buy Various |
04.11.2019 | Founder of language learning platform Babbel steps down as co-CEO to focus on board role | Babbel, the popular Berlin-based language learning service, today announced that its founder and current co-CEO Markus Witte is stepping down from his CEO role but that he will remain the executive chairman of the company’s board. The compa... |
19.09.2019 | ‘Talk the Talk’ by Localizing Your E-commerce Site | In every corner of the globe, customers expect high-value, highly localized e-commerce experience. No matter where you’re anchored, you’re no doubt elbow-deep in the Experience Era — where retailers compete on experiences first.
To excel, r... |
22.06.2019 | Product Design: Babbels Designchef Scott Weiss über Personas | Das klare, motivierende Design von Babbel hat viel zum Erfolg der Sprachlern-App beigetragen. Ein wichtiger Faktor für das Produkt: Die aufwändig erstellten Personas, für die das Team von Design-Chef Scott Weiss (Linkedin) verantwortlich is... |
01.05.2019 | Alexa To Start Speaking Spanish In The US This Year | Naia Carlos, Tech Times 01 May 2019, 06:05 pm
Amazon is creating a better Spanish experience for Americans in 2019 with updates on the company's voice assistant Alexa.
Not only will the company be launching a Spanish-speaking Alexa in the U... |
28.01.2019 | Google AI Won't Replace Language Learning, Now Or Ever: Babbel | Despite remarkable advancements in the field, Google’s artificial intelligence solutions are unlikely to replace language learning, now or ever, according to Julie Hansen, the U.S. CEO of Babbel, still touted as the most successful language... |
05.12.2018 | Babbel Acquires LingoVentura | Babbel, a language learning app, acquired LingoVentura, a Berlin, Germany-based language travel platform.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The acquisition will allow Babbel to accelerate and directly start iterating the service int... |
30.11.2018 | Language learning app Babbel sold 1M US subscriptions this year, moves into language travel | In the world of online language learning, there are basically two heavyweights: Duolingo and Babbel. Duolingo is betting on a freemium model and a strong focus on using algorithms to help you learn better, while Berlin-based Babbel is a pai... |
30.11.2018 | Berlin-based language learning startup Babbel acquires LingoVentura to expand into language travel | German-founded language learning app Babbel has announced its expansion into the language travel market with the acquisition of a Berlin-based startup LingoVentura. The latter already operates a language travel platform that handles booking... |
10.10.2018 | Google Translate’s camera now reads Arabic, Hindi, and 11 other new languages | Google today announced that the camera within the Translate app for iOS and Android is now able to translate 13 new languages including Arabic, Bengali, Hindi, Thai, and Vietnamese. The update is available starting today and will be rolled ... |
10.10.2018 | Google Translate’s camera now reads Arabic, Hindi, and 11 other new languages | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Google today announced that the camera within the... |
01.10.2018 | Babbel CEOs to talk about language and startup lessons at Disrupt Berlin | The slow and steady rise of Babbel has been impressive on many fronts. The company is now managing the top-grossing language learning app in the world. That’s why I’m excited to announce that we’ll have founder and CEO Markus Witte as well ... |
02.05.2018 | Understand Customs & Culture for International Business Travel | International business travel requires significant research and planning. One of the most critical factors to consider is the culture of the countries(s) you are entering. Each country has a unique culture, and understanding proper internat... |
17.10.2017 | Here Are 12 Skills You Can Learn in a Week That Will Impress Anyone | In his 2013 TEDx Talk, “The first 20 hours,” author and business expert Josh Kaufman busts the myth that learning new skills takes a lot of time.
Proficiency, Kaufman says, is really only 20 hours away.
Paid Content Securing the enterprise ... |
15.08.2017 | Babbel teams up with Cambridge English to launch new language test | The Berlin-based language learning service Babbel today announced that it has teamed up with Cambridge English, one of the world’s leading providers of English assessments, to launch the aptly named “Babbel English Test powered by Cambridge... |
07.08.2017 | The growing band of startups donating their platforms to refugees | Since founding the Techfugees non-profit two years ago, I’ve come acutely aware off the huge problems refugees face. With over 65 million refugees globally (according to the UN), and their ranks being swelled considerably by the civil war i... |
15.05.2017 | Tech.eu Podcast #77: Big funding for Improbable, Delivery Hero and Kreditech; interviews with the CEOs of Babbel and Jobbatical + more | The Tech.eu podcast is a show where Robin Wauters and Shaheen Samavati discuss some of the most interesting stories from the European technology scene.
You can find the latest episode below. Subscribe to the podcast today and don’t miss new... |
06.05.2017 | Germany’s Duolingo competitor Babbel sets its sights on the US | Language learning service Babbel is one of Berlin’s quiet startup success stories. While it was once on the brink of shutting down, today it’s a thriving company with hundreds of employees who work in a sprawling office in the middle of Ber... |
21.04.2017 | Duolingo launches paid subscriptions as it experiments with new ways to monetize its service | Earlier this week, the popular language learning service Duolingo quietly introduced paid monthly subscriptions in its Android apps.
Subscribers get two benefits: they won’t see ads in the app and they will be able to download lessons for o... |
28.02.2017 | Babbel free six months ends soon | Been looking to learn a foreign language? Depending on your skills for such things it can be easy or difficult – we're all different. Some people seem to pick them up like a magnet and others struggle. But these days it's easier to at least... |
11.01.2017 | Former Business Insider president and COO Julie Hansen appointed US CEO of Babbel | Julie Hansen, former president and COO of Business Insider, has joined Babbel as its CEO for the US.
Hansen will be based in the New York office and will lead the language learning app as it continues its growth in the US market. Thomas Hol... |
15.12.2016 | Videopath’s platform adds crucial context to video — could it fight fake news? | Part of the reason so-called ‘fake news’ videos can spread so virally is that there is very rarely any supporting information attached to the video. Further links and verified sources just don’t get attached, either because there is no way ... |
07.11.2016 | Scottish Equity Partners just raised one of Europe’s biggest funds this year | Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), a 25-year-old, growth-stage venture capital firm, has closed on £260 million ($322 million) in commitments for its fifth fund, in one of the largest capital raises for a European venture firm this year.
The f... |
22.03.2016 | Tech Tour Selects European 50 High Growth Companies | Tech Tour, a platform that allows high-tech companies to develop strategic relations with investors, announced the 2016 Tech Tour Growth 50 (TTG50), which highlights the next generation of Europe’s fastest growth tech businesses.
The compan... |
17.02.2016 | Berlin-based language learning app maker Babbel hits 1 million paying customers | Babbel, the Berlin and NYC-based education technology company that wants to make language learning accessible to everyone, has hit a milestone worth noting. The company, nearly a decade old already, has reached 1 million paying customers (v... |
10.07.2015 | Skyview Capital acquires Syncplicity; Didi Kuaidi raises $2 billion; Babbel raises $22 million | It’s been another busy week for startups around the world. Locally, Sydney recruitment startup The Search Party acquired JobAdvisor, while in China Uber rival Didi Kuaidi has raised $2 billion.
Acquisitions
The Search Party acquires JobAdvi... |
08.07.2015 | Babbel raises $22M to help grow its language-learning platform in the Americas | Language-learning startup Babbel has raised $22 million to help expedite product development and expansion across the Americas.
Today’s announcement takes the company’s total known funding past the $30 million mark, including $10 million ra... |
08.07.2015 | Babbel Completes $22M in Series C Funding Round | Babbel, a New York and Berlin, Germany-based app for language learning, completed $22m in Series C funding round.
The round was led by Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) with participation from existing investors Reed Elsevier Ventures, Nokia G... |
08.07.2015 | Babbel Raises $22 Million | Global language learning market leader completes Series C round and secures SEP as new investor
Berlin, 2015-07-08 – Babbel, the leading app for language learning, today announces the successful completion of a $22 million investment round... |
08.07.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
08.07.2015 | Babbel Raises $22M Series C Round For Its Language Learning Service | The Berlin- and New York-based language learning service Babbel today announced that it has raised a $22 million funding round led by Scottish Equity Partners. Other participants in this round include previous investors Reed Elsevier Ventur... |
08.07.2015 | Babbel raises $22M to help grow its language-learning platform in the Americas | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Language-learning startup Babbel has raised $22 m... |
08.07.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Didi-Kuaidi confirms $2B round
China’s car-hailing service Didi Kuaidi raised a total of $2 billion in its latest round. The... |
08.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 8, 2015 | WeWork raised $434M; Babbel nabbed $20M; Confluent closed $24M
WeWork, a company that sublets office space, along with amenities, including furniture and Internet, and other additional goodies, to budding entrepreneurs has been raising a lo... |
08.07.2015 | Language learning startup Babbel raises $22M | The Berlin-based company recently opened its first office in the United States
(Updated with comment from Babbel)
I'm bad at learning new languages. Like really bad. So bad, in fact, that I kind of want to do a thing where I try each servic... |
08.07.2015 | Money Talks: Babbel Raises $22M to Help Online Language Learners | Adults who put effort into learning a language usually want to be able to carry conversations, says Thomas Holl, co-founder and President of Babbel. So his company doesn’t believe in teaching “useless sentences like ‘the boy is under the ta... |
02.07.2015 | The 20 Edtech Startups Changing Education in Europe | Europe’s signature edtech event, the EdTech Europe conference, took place this June at King’s Place in London. The event has grown by more than 120% from last year, with 675 people from 31 countries in attendance, including Sal Khan of the ... |
08.04.2013 | PlaySay: language learning tool from Temple grad acquired by Babbel | PlaySay, the Spanish language learning mobile app that was built by a former Temple student before trekking to the Bay Area, was purchased by Berlin-based rival Babbel last month.
PlaySay was founded in 2008 by Ryan Meinzer, a Temple Fox bu... |
02.04.2013 | Rosetta Stone buys Livemocha for $8.5 million | Language learning tool will use the acquisition to bring services to the cloud
(Updated to reflect comment from Livemocha)
In an effort to bring its services easier to access without having to buy a physical disc, Rosetta Stone has acquired... |
26.03.2013 | Babbel Closes $10 Million Series B Funding Round | • Language learning startup aims for international expansion
• Reed Elsevier Ventures leads a syndicate of Nokia Growth Partners, VC Fonds Technologie Berlin and Kizoo Technology Capital
• Product development focuses on learner engagement... |