Demand for talent continues to make tech recruitment a hotbed of startup activity. To wit: Madrid-based startup Circular.io, which is now expanding its “talent sharing platform” — in
It was in 2017 that I covered the emergence and first funding of Learnerbly, a SaaS marketplace for professional development. Quite a lot has happened since then, not the least of which was the COVID-
Chegg, the NYSE listed student media learning platform is acquiring Busuu, the online language learning startup established in Europe in 2008, for approximately $436 million (€385 million) in an all
Duolingo has been wildly successful. It has pulled in 500 million total registered learners, 40 million active users, 1.5 million premium subscribers and $190 million in booked revenues in 2020. It ha
Paired, a new app for couples, is launching today and disclosing $1 million in funding. Backing the startup, which wants to support “happier and healthier” relationships, is Taavet Hinriku
Excitement for The Europas Awards for European Tech Startups is heating up. Here is the first wave of speakers and judges — with more coming! The Awards — which have been running for over 10 y
Language-learning platform Busuu, which has fast expanded to take on traditional giants like Duolingo, says it has acquired the live video tutoring company Verbling for an undisclosed amount, other th
The Europas Awards for European Tech Startups came around again last week (Thursday 27th June), and once again proved that Europe’s enormous diversity in startups continues to shine through on t
Last year busuu — the social network for language learning — signed a distribution partnership with Pearson English, a newly formed business unit of the world’s largest education company, Pearso
Just this week Rosetta Stone acquired Seattle-based online language-learning community <a target="_blank" href="http://Livemocha.com">Livemocha</a> for <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/02/roset
<img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0016/6771/166771v2-max-250x250.jpg" class="shot2" />Language learning is arguably still a hot topic in the realm of internet startups and with
<img alt="" src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/b.png" title="Busuu" class="shot" width="206" height="52" /><a href="http://busuu.com/">Busuu.com</a>, the language learning community
<img alt="" src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/b.png" title="Busuu" class="shot" width="206" height="52" /><a href="http://busuu.com/">Busuu.com</a>, the language learning community
<img class="shot" title="logo_busuu_final" src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/logo_busuu_final-300x96.jpg" alt="busuu logo" width="210" height="67" /><a href="http://busuu.com/">Bus
<img alt="" src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/b.png" title="Busuu" class="shot" width="206" height="52" />In a move that cynics might claim is just cheap PR, <a href="http://busuu.
<img class="shot" title="Busuu" src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/b.png" alt="" width="206" height="52" /><a href="http://Busuu.com">Busuu.com</a>, the language learning community,
<img class="shot" title="Busuu" src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/b.png" alt="" width="206" height="52" /><a href="http://busuu.com/">Busuu.com</a>, the European online language-le
<img class="shot" title="Babbel" src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0001/8569/18569v2-max-250x250.png" alt="" width="250" height="100" />[Germany] With the revelation last week that
<img class="shot" title="busuu_com_logo" src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/busuu_com_logo.jpg" alt="" width="139" height="45" />[Spain/Austria] Last week <a title="busuu" href="htt
<img src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/b.png" alt="b" title="b" width="206" height="52" class="shot" />[Spain/Germany] In what looks like a classic example of old media trying to s