Top 5 International Startups Finding Glory by Serving Globally
Startup: Preply
Country: Ukraine
Key Management: Kirill Bigai & Dmytro Voloshyn, Co-Founders
Providing the best human learning experience through empowering their tutors and learners to be successful, Preply is one of the largest languages learning startups in the world. They offer imminent classes in 50+ languages and 35000 tutors. Their tutors are independent contractors who can set the own schedules and rates. Notably, Preply is a self-funded startup, but over the years underscoring the company’s tremendous market potential, many investors tried setting their foot in this startup. Recently, the startup closed $70 million worth extended funding round led by Horizon Capital and settled with total funding valuation at $170 million. So far, the startup has given 15 million lessons to huge number of students from more than 175 countries.
In a statement, Kirill Bigai, CEO, Preply says, “We are convinced that e-learning has a great potential to improve educational opportunities worldwide”.
