Verbling
Company

Last deal

Amount

Seed

Stage

12.12.2014

Date

3

all rounds

$1.02M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Verbling is an e-learning platform that offers language lessons with professional teachers using video chat technology.

Industry

Sector :

Subsector :

Keywords :

founded date

01.01.2011

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

The company's mission is to empower people worldwide to become fluent in a foreign language by providing 24/7 access to vetted teachers who meet rigorous standards. Verbling Video allows users to connect directly with a teacher without needing external apps or tools. The average student rating of a teacher is 4.9/5, and the platform covers all time zones globally. Verbling was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with teachers and students spread across six continents.
Contacts
Similar Companies
1000
Chatterbug

Chatterbug

Chatterbug offers an online language learning platform.

Sector

Consumer Services

Subsector

Education Services

Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

total rounds

3

total raised

$9.8M
Plingo

Plingo

Plingo is a video platform for learning and teaching foreign languages.

Sector

Consumer Services

Subsector

Education Services

Keywords

Language Learning, E-Learning, Education

Location

Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea

total rounds

2

total raised

$202.8K
Taalk io

Taalk io

Taalk is a language eLearning platform where users learn a new language while teaching their own.

Sector

Consumer Services

Subsector

Education Services

Keywords

Education, Language Learning, E-Learning

total rounds

1
italki

italki

italki connects language learners with online teachers from around the world for 1-on-1 lessons.

Sector

Consumer Services

Subsector

Education Services

Location

Kowloon City District, Hong Kong

total rounds

1

total raised

$3M
M&A Details
1

Transaction name

Acquired by

busuu

announced date

23.01.2020

Financials

Funding Rounds
6
3

Number of Funding Rounds

$1.02M

Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 12.12.2014. Their latest round Seed

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
12.12.2014
12.12.2014
1
Joshua Schachter

Joshua Schachter

Joshua Schachter is an organizer at Self Racing Cars. He was the CEO of Tasty Labs and the founder of [delicious](/organization/delicious), a popular bookmark-sharing service founded in late 2003, acquired by [Yahoo](/organization/yahoo) in 2005, and acquired by Chad Hurley and Steve Chen's [AVOS Systems](/organization/avos) in 2011. Joshua has also worked for [Google](/organization/google) and he created [geoURL](/organization/geourl), a location-URL reverse directory, and was a co-creator of Memepool.

current job

Delicious
Delicious

count Of Investments

47

count Of Exists

26
Nelstone Ventures

Nelstone Ventures

Nelstone Ventures is a US-based investment fund founded by Rich Nelson that focuses on investing in technology companies at various stages.

Sector

Closed End Investments

Subsector

Closed End Investments

Keywords

Venture Capital, Financial Services, Agriculture

Location

New York, NY, USA

count Of Investments

37

count Of Exists

9
Marc Bell Ventures

Marc Bell Ventures

Marc Bell Capital is an investment firm that focuses on venture capital, private equity, finance, hospitality, and theatrical endeavors.

Sector

Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

Subsector

Asset Managers and Custodians

Keywords

Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance

Location

Boca Raton, FL, USA

count Of Investments

103

count Of Exists

43
Co-Investors
Investors
18
3

Number of lead investors

18

Number of investors

Investor 
Lead 
Round 
Partners 
Peter Livingston

Peter Livingston

Looking for the best companies, off the beaten path. Founder + GP at Unpopular Ventures.

current job

Unpopular Ventures
Unpopular Ventures

count Of Investments

12

count Of Exists

1
Maiden Lane Ventures

Maiden Lane Ventures

Maiden Lane Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund of funds investments.

Sector

Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

Subsector

Asset Managers and Custodians

Keywords

Health Care, Financial Services, Venture Capital

Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

count Of Investments

22

count Of Exists

11
Joshua Schachter

Joshua Schachter

Joshua Schachter is an organizer at Self Racing Cars. He was the CEO of Tasty Labs and the founder of [delicious](/organization/delicious), a popular bookmark-sharing service founded in late 2003, acquired by [Yahoo](/organization/yahoo) in 2005, and acquired by Chad Hurley and Steve Chen's [AVOS Systems](/organization/avos) in 2011. Joshua has also worked for [Google](/organization/google) and he created [geoURL](/organization/geourl), a location-URL reverse directory, and was a co-creator of Memepool.

current job

Delicious
Delicious

count Of Investments

47

count Of Exists

26

People

Founders
3
Mikael Bernstein
Mikael Bernstein

Mikael Bernstein

Mikael Bernstein is the Product Lead at Busuu.

current job

busuu
busuu

organization founded

1

Mikael Bernstein

Jake Jolis
Jake Jolis

Jake Jolis

Jake Jolis currently works as the Partner for Matrix Partners.

current job

Matrix Partners
Matrix Partners

Jake Jolis

Gustav Rydstedt
Gustav Rydstedt

Gustav Rydstedt

Gustav Rydstedt is the Vice President of Engineering at Busuu.

current job

busuu
busuu

organization founded

1

Gustav Rydstedt

Employee Profiles
24

Sofie Elliott

English second language teacher

Jonathan Race

English teacher

Cooper Dawson

User experience designer

Mark Wilbur

Mark Wilbur

Full-stack Growth Engineer

Alex Alpert

Business development and marketing

Gustav Rydstedt

Gustav Rydstedt

Co-founder & CTO

Jim Brandt

Investor

Andrew Naber

Andrew Naber

VP, Marketing

Activity

Recent News
0