56 Best Language Education Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Language Education Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 56 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $1.5b. The average funding per company in this subset is $26.2m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Verbling logo

Verbling

Verbling is a company providing an e-learning platform for language over video chat. It participated in the S11 cohort of Y Combinator.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

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Lingokids

Lingokids is a Madrid-based company founded in 2015.

16

Funding Rounds

$151.8m

Money raised

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NoRedInk

NoRedInk is a San Francisco-based e-learning and educational technology company founded in 2012 by Jeff Scheur to help students writing abilities.

4

Funding Rounds

$58.0m

Money raised

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Speak

Speak makes AI-based apps that help users learn languages by simulating real conversations.

1

Funding Rounds

$27.0m

Money raised

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Verbalize It

Verbalize It is a New York-based company founded in 2014 by Kunal Sarda.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

Busuu logo

Busuu

Busuu is a company that offers language courses to practice reading, writing, listening and speaking on desktop and mobile.

4

Funding Rounds

$11.5m

Money raised

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Memrise

Online learning tool with courses created by its community

6

Funding Rounds

$37.2m

Money raised

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Carnegie Speech

Carnegie Speech Assessment provides a quick, comprehensive and cost-effective English assessment solution that optimizes hiring decisions, performs quality assurance testing, and measures language training effectiveness.

4

Funding Rounds

$11.6m

Money raised

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Voxy

Voxy is a New York City-based company founded by Paul Gollash.

5

Funding Rounds

$26.7m

Money raised

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Lingo Live

Lingo Live is a company founded in 2014 by Tyler Muse, Mike Giordani and Alex Au.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.2m

Money raised

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PlaySay

PlaySay is a language learning company acquired by Berlin-based Babbel founded in 2007 by Ryan Meinzer.

2

Funding Rounds

$70.0k

Money raised

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Okpanda

Okpanda is a company founded in 2014 by Nir Markus, Adam Gries and Yoav Pasovsky.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.4m

Money raised

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EnglishCentral

EnglishCentral is an Arlington, Massachusetts-based language learning company founded in 2009.

3

Funding Rounds

$4.5m

Money raised

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Babbel

Babbel is an online language learning platform founded in 2007.

3

Funding Rounds

$32.0m

Money raised

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Ginger Software

Ginger Software is a company founded in 2008 by Yael Karov.

2

Funding Rounds

$11.7m

Money raised

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Toucan

Toucan is a browser extension helping users learn a new language while browsing the web.

3

Funding Rounds

$8.6m

Money raised

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Colingo

A company that offers tools for learning English online.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.4m

Money raised

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Lingoda

Lingoda is a Berlin-based language learning platform company.

5

Funding Rounds

$78.3m

Money raised

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Elias Robot

Elias Robot is a language learning app based on a voice user interface and AI.

2

Funding Rounds

$189.0k

Money raised

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Gjirafa

Video content and e-commerce platform for the Balkans built on an Albanian language specialized search engine.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.7m

Money raised

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Booktrack

Booktrack is a company founded in 2010.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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ABA English

ABA English is a digital academy for learning English.

2

Funding Rounds

$15.4m

Money raised

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Beelinguapp (company)

Platform offering karaoke audiobooks and side-by-side reading to help users read, listen, and understand a second language.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.1m

Money raised

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Livemocha

Livemocha is a Brazil, Indiana-based company founded in 2007.

3

Funding Rounds

$19.0m

Money raised

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TripLingo

TripLingo is an Atlanta-based company founded in 2011 by Jesse Maddox, Pratik Patel and Vince Baskerville.

1

Funding Rounds

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Chatterbox

Platform for online language learning for professionals, taught by refugees.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.7m

Money raised

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Fluent Forever

Fluent Forever is a Chicago-based company founded in 2013 by Gabriel Wyner.

3

Funding Rounds

$13.1m

Money raised

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WriteReader ApS

Platform enabling children to learn to read by creating their own digital books.

4

Funding Rounds

$3.4m

Money raised

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Chatterbug

Chatterbug is a company that offers courses and one-on-one video sessions for language learning.

2

Funding Rounds

$9.8m

Money raised

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Poliglota (company)

The online language school for Latam, with groups led by an instructor

1

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

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Education Development Center

Education Development Center is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based company founded in 1958.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.6m

Money raised

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MindSnacks

MindSnacks is a company founded by Jesse Pickard.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

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DaDaABC

DaDaABC is a Shanghai-based online tutoring company offering one-on-one English tutoring for Chinese children.

3

Funding Rounds

$855.0m

Money raised

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Fluentify

Fluentify is a company that offers English language tutoring sessions via webcam.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.9m

Money raised

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Achieve3000

Achieve3000 is a company founded in 2000.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

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Opentute

Opentute is a company founded by Katya Komarova.

1

Funding Rounds

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Whipsmart

Company

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

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PandaTree

PandaTree provides online foreign language tutoring sessions for kids. PandaTree offers online tutoring sessions for Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

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ABC360

Online English language learning platform with live tutors.

2

Funding Rounds

$29.3m

Money raised

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Little Pim

Little Pim is a company that produces language programs for children to learn a second language.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.4m

Money raised

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Skritter

Skritter is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2008.

1

Funding Rounds

$25.0k

Money raised

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BlaBla EdTech

BlaBla EdTech is a platform to teach English with short videos founded in 2019 by Angelo Kaichen Huang.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

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Nulu

Nulu is a company founded in 2011.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

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Edusoft

Edusoft is a provider of multimedia educational software focused on English language learning, early childhood, and science subjects.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$800.0k

Money raised

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ScootPad

ScootPad is an Iowa City, Iowa-based company founded in 2011 by Maya Gadde.

1

Funding Rounds

$600.0k

Money raised

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Duable Chinese

Duable Chinese is a company founded by Victor Chen.

1

Funding Rounds

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Yamli

Yamli is a Cambridge, Cambridgeshire-based company founded in 2007.

1

Funding Rounds

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GoWell

GoWell is a Hong Kong-based education company focused on international education, overseas studies, and corporate training.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

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Cell-Ed

Cell-Ed is a company founded in 2014.

1

Funding Rounds

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Writable

Writable is a company founded in 2016.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.2m

Money raised

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EduKoala

EduKoala is a company founded by Michał Karmiński.

1

Funding Rounds

$128.7k

Money raised

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Smarty Ants

Smarty Ants is a Red Bank, New Jersey-based company founded in 2000.

1

Funding Rounds

$26.6k

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

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Word Voyage

Word Voyage is a Concord, New Hampshire-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$220.0k

Money raised

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WeSpeke

WeSpeke is a company founded in 2012.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.7m

Money raised