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Live language teaching, delivered at industrial scale.

An online language school that turned live, human-taught classes into a 24/7 global product — and proved that education can scale without abandoning teachers.

Our role

Investor · Growth & operations advisory

Stage

Series A → Series C

Geography

Global, HQ Berlin

Period

2017 – present

Key figures

100k+

Active students

1,400+

Qualified teachers

4

Languages taught

24/7

Class availability

Figures are company-reported or publicly disclosed and reflect the most recent available data point.

Storyline

How it unfolded.

  1. 01

    The opening

    Self-serve language apps had enormous reach and weak outcomes; traditional schools had outcomes and no scale.

  2. 02

    The thesis

    Small live classes, available every hour of the day, with a certified teacher supply chain — outcomes plus scalability in one model.

  3. 03

    What we did

    Supported the shift to a subscription model, unit-economics discipline on teacher utilisation, and expansion into corporate and public-sector channels.

  4. 04

    Where it stands

    A global online language school with a marketplace-grade teacher network and a recurring revenue base.

Outcomes

  • Subscription model with predictable recurring revenue
  • Teacher utilisation optimised without lowering class quality
  • Expansion from B2C into corporate and government programmes

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