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Circular.io is putting a referral spin on tech recruitment

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

Learnerbly, a SaaS marketplace for L&D, secures $10M Series A led by Beringea

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-

Student media giant Chegg acquires language learning startup Busuu for $436M

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 can’t teach you how to speak a language, but now it wants to try

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 picks up $1M funding and launches its relationship app for couples

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

Meet the first wave of speakers & enter your startup for The Europas Awards, 25 June

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 platform Busuu acquires video tutor startup, now plans IPO

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 winners of The Europas Awards 2019 display Europe’s continuing diversity and ambition

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

Language Learning Network busuu Raises $6.7M From McGraw-Hill Education

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

Language Learning Startup Busuu Hits 30M Users And Launches New Kids iPad App

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

Lingibli Wants To Be Your Semi-Virtual Language Coach

<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

Busuu raises Angel round from FON-founder Martin Varsavsky

<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

Busuu Raises Angel Round From Fon-Founder Martin Varsavsky

<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

Language learning community Busuu partners with The Guardian and Macmillan Education

<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

Busuu.com launches campaign to save language with only 8 users

<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.

Busuu partners with publisher Collins to push more traditional language learning content

<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,

Language community busuu learns to love iPhone, 7 apps launched

<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

Babbel turns a profit after dumping freemium model

<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

Language learning community busuu.com secures first round

<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

Old school meets new school – PONS teams with language learning startup busuu.com

<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