Preply
| File:Preply, logo.png | |
Type of site | Private |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Brighton, Massachusetts, |
| Founder(s) | Serge Lukianov, Kirill Bigai, Dmytro Voloshyn |
| CEO | Kirill Bigai |
| Industry | Online education |
| Services | Education service |
| Employees | 50 |
| URL | preply |
| Launched | November 1, 2012 |
Preply is an online educational technology platform which pairs students with private tutors, either locally in-person or remotely via Skype. It features a ranking algorithm which uses machine learning for classification and recommendation of tutors.[2]
History
At IDCEE (Internet Technologies & Innovations) 2012, Preply was chosen as one of the most promising startup companies in Ukraine.[3] Afterwards, the startup was picked up by Eastlabs, and following an initial investment of $175,000 from Vostok Ventures as well as business angels Semyon Dukach and Torben Majgaard,[4] its site, preply.com, was launched in November 2012.[5] Co-founded by Serge Lukianov, Dmytro Voloshyn, and Kirill Bigai – who serves as its current CEO[6] – the company initially entered the Ukrainian, Russian, Belarussian and Kazakhstani markets, before expanding to the Polish market[4] and receiving a $120,000 TechStars Berlin investment.[7] At the beginning of 2016, the company entered the Brazilian market.[8] After closing a $1.3 million seed round in June 2016, Preply has announced intentions of expanding its services to three more markets: UK, Germany, and Spain.[2]
Services
A February 2017 EuropaWire article stated that Preply had 47,000 registered tutors, offering help in as many as 40 different subjects, 27 of which were languages courses.[9] As of July 2017, as per the company's statistics, almost 100,000 students have successfully found a tutor using the platform.[10] It is estimated that tutors give about 30,000 hours of lessons per month at a price varying anywhere between $2 and $100.[9]
References
- ^ "Preply". Alexa Internet. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ a b Lomas, Natasha (7 June 2016). "Preply pulls in $1.3M to expand its tutoring marketplace in Europe". TechCrunch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Большие надежды. ТОП-30 стартапов украинского интернета" [The Most Promising Hopefuls. Top 30 Ukrainian Internet Start-ups] (in Ukrainian). 19 October 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ a b "Ukrainian online tutoring platform Preply enters Polish market". Ukraine Digital News. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Pashkovskaya, Elena (18 April 2013). "Connecting language tutors and students via Skype". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Preply.com". CrunchBase. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ Яровая, Майя (9 February 2017). "Украинский стартап Preply попал в TechStars, получил $120 000 инвестиций и уезжает в Берлин" [Ukrainian startup Preply got to TechStars, received $ 120,000 investment and left for Berlin] (in Ukrainian). Ain. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Krasnikov, Denys (28 January 2016). "Ukrainian online tutoring platform enters Brazilian market". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Preply, plateforme d'amélioration continue pour le tutorat et les études en ligne, arrive en France" [Preply, a platform for continuous improvement, tutoring and online studies, arrives in France] (in French). EuropaWire. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Preply.com". Retrieved 18 July 2017.