Top 33 Language Learning startups

Dec 14, 2024 | By Nadia Neveu

These startups develop language exchange platforms, AI-powered language tutors, vocabulary-building apps, pronunciation assessment tools, multilingual learning games, etc.
1
Country: USA | Funding: $1.2M
Lingawa is an edtech company driven by the goal to provide access to a great education for all
2
Country: USA | Funding: $152M
Speak is a mobile app that helps people learn new languages through AI-powered conversation.
3
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
4
Hujiang
Country: China | Funding: $187M
Hujiang is a professional e-learning platform, which provides users with products and services of convenience and excellence.
5
Duolingo
Country: USA | Funding: $183.3M
Duolingo is a language-learning education platform that offers 98 total courses across nearly 40 distinct languages.
6
LingoAce
Country: Singapore | Funding: $180M
LingoAce is an edtech company committed to providing a fun and engaging learning environment for young learners between 3-15 years old.
7
Preply
Country: Ukraine | Funding: $170.1M
Preply is an online tutoring platform, aiming to help students achieve their learning goals and prepare them to speak confidently.
8
Lingoda
Country: Germany | Funding: €69.7M
Lingoda offers online live language classes in English, German, Spanish, French with qualified, native-speaking teachers.
9
Praktika
Country: USA | Funding: $36.5M
Praktika offers an sutomated 1-1 tutorship powered by genAI Avatars.
10
Babbel
Country: Germany | Funding: $33.3M
Babbel is the market-leading app for language learning.
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