Verbling's mission is to give language learners access to native speakers faster and easier than anyone else.
Until now, learning a foreign language has been boring and ineffective. It's a shame, because learners urgently need motivation and progress. Everybody knows that the best way to learn is through talking to a native speaker. Because it's so difficult to find people to practice with, though, most who try to learn a foreign language don't succeed.
We're changing all of this.
Practicing speaking with native speakers motivates. It leads to faster results. Because it's not only necessary but also fun, people embark on so-called “language immersion” trips. Verbling puts that experience online.
We want to make it dead simple for people to practice. No scheduling, no downloading, no searching.
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Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $1M
Founded date: 2011
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | FundersClu... | fundersclu... |
| - | ACE & ... | aceandcomp... |
| 21.07.2020 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | Learn Capi... | learn.vc |
| - | K5 Venture... | k5ventures... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 26.01.2012 | - | $1M | - |
Mentions in press and media 29
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 27.01.2020 | Busuu Acquires Verbling | Busuu, a London, UK-based language-learning platform, acquired Verbling, a San Francisco, CA-based l... | finsmes.co... |
| 23.01.2020 | The Next Edtech IPO Might Be This London-Based Language Lear... | Of all the education technology startups that could go public next, there’s one that’s likely not on... | edsurge.co... |
| 22.01.2020 | Language platform Busuu acquires video tutor startup, now pl... | Language-learning platform Busuu, which has fast expanded to take on traditional giants like Duoling... | techcrunch... |
| 16.02.2017 | Verbling adds native apps to expand access to its marketplac... | YC-backed Verbling, a language learning business that’s been active for around five years, has final... | techcrunch... |
| 20.10.2016 | Y Combinator-backed language learning startup Verbling is go... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 20.10.2016 | Y Combinator-backed language learning startup Verbling is go... | There are lots of ways to learn a language, and if you go looking for one, Google will point you to ... | venturebea... |
| 06.10.2016 | Duolingo’s new bots can teach you to text in Spanish, French... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 07.06.2016 | Preply pulls in $1.3M to expand its tutoring marketplace in ... | Edtech startup Preply, which has built an online marketplace for finding and booking private tutors ... | techcrunch... |
| 21.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 21, 2015 | Bright.md raises $3.5M; Medallia bagged $150M; BrightBytes landed $33M Bright.md, which makes softw... | vator.tv/n... |
| 21.07.2015 | 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 an... | venturebea... |
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