Lingvist

Lingvist is an adaptive language-learning platform, available in an international public free beta version since 2014.[1]

Lingvist
Type of site
E-learning
Available in
HeadquartersTallinn, Estonia
URLlingvist.com
Launched2014
Current statusBeta

As of August 2015, Lingvist offers introductory English, Spanish, French, German, Russian and Estonian courses, available in various languages.[2]

Education model

Lingvist's method includes a memorize section, based on word.[3] The company's software analyses various text sources, such as subtitles or articles to determine the frequency of words in a given language.[4] As a adaptive tool, Lingvist use mathematical to adapt.[5]

Lingvist attempts to teach users quickly, starting with the most relevant words. While there are grammar references for the curious, Lingvist is not about teaching grammar, but about teaching the language as it is used naturally.[6]

History and development

Lingvist was co-founded in 2013 by Mait Müntel, an Estonian physicist involved with the team that identified the Higgs-Boson particle at CERN, Ott Jalakas and Andres Koern.[7]

In 2014, the company raised €1 million from SmartCap, Nordic VC Inventure, and other angel investors to develop the tool.[8]

Lingvist announced in June 2015 an additional €1.6 million funding from the European Union, as part of the Horizon 2020 programme.[9]

In November 2015, the company raised $8 million in Series A funding led by Japanese e-commerce and online services giant Rakuten, with participation from investment firms SmartCap, Inventure, and from Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn and former Atomico partner Geoff Prentice.[10]

In March, 2017, Lingvist announced their partnership with Taiwanese company PChome.[11]

Recognitions and awards

In March 2013, Lingvist received a €9,900 Prototron Grant to finance their initial prototype.[12]

In March 2014, it was handpicked by TechStars London Accelerator Program.[13]

In October 2015, the company was recognized as the "brightest startup" by the Tallinn Entrepreneurship Awards.[14]

In February 2017, Lingvist completed their Horizon 2020 project[15] and received additional funding from Rakuten. In June that year, the company received an EdTechXGlobal All Stars Rise Award.[16]

See also

References
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  2. "Lingvist.io: Launching new languages". Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  3. O'Hear Steve (April 1, 2014). "Lingvist Raises €1 Million To Reduce The Time It Takes To Learn A New Language". Techcrunch. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  4. Norris Ben (March 31, 2014). "What can you accomplish in roughly 200 hours?". Arcticstartup. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
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  6. "lingvist will keep its hq in Estonia after huge investment from Japan, is hiring". Work in Estonia. November 10, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  7. "From nuclear physics to teaching language". E-Estonia.com. January 13, 2015. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2015.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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  9. "Lingvist 2.0". ProductHunt. June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  10. "Rakuten Enters English Education Business with the Launch of "Rakuten Super English," a Comprehensive English Learning Service". Rakuten. April 21, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  11. "Lingvist and PChome announce a partnership in Taiwan – predicted to save Mandarin speakers learning English more than 3 million hours by the end of the year". e-estonia. March 21, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  12. Kitt Robert, Member of the Board, Swedbank. "Prototron moulds real business ideas". Swedbank. Retrieved March 9, 2015.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. Lunden Ingrid (June 20, 2014). "TechStars London Demo Day 2014: Meet The 11 Startups (And Our Picks)". Techcrunch. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  14. "Tallinn recognizes its brightest entrepreneurs". Tallinn.ee. October 12, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  15. "Lingvist closes its SME Instrument project with extra private investment!". EASME. February 8, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  16. "2017 EdTechXGlobal All Stars Awards". EdTechEurope. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
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