Top 21 English Learning startups

Oct 27, 2025 | By Nadia Neveu

These startups develop language learning apps, interactive grammar tools, vocabulary-building platforms, pronunciation enhancers, AI-driven conversation simulators, etc.
1
Country: Montenegro | Funding: $13.2M
Buddy.ai is a voice-based virtual English tutor for kids that uses speech and virtual human technologies.
2
VIP Kid
Country: China | Funding: $1.1B
VIPKid connects teachers in North America with children around the world for real-time English immersion learning online
3
Duolingo
Country: USA | Funding: $183.3M
Duolingo is a language-learning education platform that offers 98 total courses across nearly 40 distinct languages.
4
Liulishuo
Country: China | Funding: $128.9M
Liulishuo is an AI-driven educational technology company that helps users to learn English more efficiently and communicate with the world.
5
51Talk
Country: China | Funding: $67.1M
51Talk is an online english school providing one-to-one foreign language teaching services.
6
Quizlet
Country: USA | Funding: $62M
Quizlet is a learning platform that uses activities and games to help students practice and master what they’re learning.
7
Cambly
Country: USA | Funding: $60.2M
On-demand access to English tutors over video chat.
8
Voxy
Country: USA | Funding: $41.8M
Voxy is a personalized and adaptive language learning platform.
9
SpeakX
Country: India | Funding: $18M
SpeakX is an AI powered English Speaking App
10
NativeX
Country: Vietnam | Funding: $4M
An online English learning platform optimized for working professionals
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Editor: Nadia Neveu
Nadia Neveu is a senior editor for EdTechStartups. She is a writer covering early childhood education, K-12, higher education and edtech business, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice. Nadia holds a degree in mass communication from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Nadia is also a student in the Master of Science in Data Analytics program at the University of Houston-Downtown. Nadia seeks to uplift all teachers in the work that they do and support them as leaders and agents of change. You can contact Nadia at neveu(at)edtechstartups(dot)com