busuu.com is an innovative online community for learning languages.
We have personally suffered from the traditional way to learn a new language which we always found expensive, difficult and boring.
Therefore, we decided to create a new concept of language learning.
Financials
| Date | Type | Amount | Investors | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/01/10 | Seed | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 04/01/11 | Seed | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 10/01/12 | Series A | 5M | Unknown |
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News
Funding Daily: Everybody jump!
October 23, 2012 12:20 am
With high rates of unemployment, an emphasis on entrepreneurship as the rope to pull America out of its economic slump,… Continue reading ⟩
Language-learning tool Busuu gains $5M and a boardmember from LastMinute.com
October 21, 2012 10:54 pm
Busuu, a startup with a free tool for you to master a new language, has pulled in about $5 million… Continue reading ⟩
Busuu.com pulls in angel funding for free online language courses
February 24, 2010 8:39 pm
Busuu.com, an online community offering free language courses, today announced it has secured an undisclosed six figure angel round from an… Continue reading ⟩