Top 18 English Learning startups

Nov 03, 2024 | By Nadia Neveu

1
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
2
Duolingo
Country: USA | Funding: $183.3M
Duolingo is a language-learning education platform that offers 98 total courses across nearly 40 distinct languages.
3
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.
4
51Talk
Country: China | Funding: $67.1M
51Talk is an online english school providing one-to-one foreign language teaching services.
5
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.
6
Cambly
Country: USA | Funding: $60.2M
On-demand access to English tutors over video chat.
7
Voxy
Country: USA | Funding: $41.8M
Voxy is a personalized and adaptive language learning platform.
8
enguru
Country: India | Funding: $4.2M
enguru offers an application that enables its users to learn English through interactive games and conversations.
9
NativeX
Country: Vietnam | Funding: $4M
An online English learning platform optimized for working professionals
10
buddy.ai
Country: Montenegro | Funding: $2.2M
Buddy.ai is a voice-based virtual English tutor for kids that uses speech and virtual human technologies.
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