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With more than 90 million users globally, busuu is the world's largest social network for language learning. Through a website and mobile apps, the business offers free and premium paid-for access to interactive courses for 12 languages.

Uniquely, the platform encourages collaborative learning by offering users the unique opportunity to

learn the language and practice their listening, writing, reading and speaking with assistance from a rapidly growing community of native speakers. In this way, every busuu user is both student of a foreign language and tutor of their own ‘mother tongue’.

busuu was founded by Bernhard Niesner and Adrian Hilti in early 2008, with a vision to enable everyone in the world to learn a second language. Based in London, busuu offers an integrated, cross-channel platform which is constantly evolving to meet the demands of an increasingly mobile world population. Winner of 'Best Education Start‐up' at The Europas TechCrunch Awards in 2011 and CeBIT Innovation Award in 2010. The company now also offers corporate language training solutions for large international companies around the world.

The company is named after the busuu language of Cameroon. According to an ethnological study from the 1980s, Busuu is spoken by only 8 people.

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busuu was acquired by Chegg for $436M on Nov 29, 2021. This deal was done in Cash.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is busuu's headquarters? busuu is located in London, England, United Kingdom.Who invested in busuu? busuu has 7 investors including GP Bullhound and Harold Primat.How much funding has busuu raised to date? busuu has raised .When was the last funding round for busuu? busuu closed its last funding round on May 27, 2020 from a Venture - Series Unknown round.Who are busuu's competitors? Alternatives and possible competitors to busuu may include DuolingoBabbel, and TransPerfect.