Babbel

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Lesson Nine GmbH

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legal form GmbH
founding 2007
Seat Berlin , Germany
management
  • Arne Schepker ( CEO )
  • Thomas Holl ( CTO )
Number of employees approx. 500 permanent employees and freelancers
sales 106.4 million euros (2018)
Branch E-learning (languages)
Website www.babbel.com

Babbel is a paid e-learning platform for web-based learning in 14 languages ​​(currently): Danish , German , English , French , Italian , Indonesian , Dutch , Norwegian ( Bokmål ), Polish , Portuguese , Russian , Swedish , Spanish , Turkish .

According to babbel.com, the apps on offer are downloaded up to 120,000 times a day. The payment model is based on installment payments over a period of one month to one year. Babbel is available both on the World Wide Web and as a mobile app for smartphones , tablets and Apple Watch .

history

Babbel is a product of Lesson Nine GmbH from Berlin . The company was founded in August 2007. In January 2008 Babbel went online as a free beta version. In the same year, Kizoo Technology Ventures and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft invested in the company. In 2009, one million euros followed from the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union . In March 2013, Babbel bought PlaySay from San Francisco to enter the US market. That same month, the company closed its $ 10 million Series B funding round , led by Reed Elsevier Ventures. In February 2016, Babbel reported 1 million active, paying users. The company employs 450 people, has its headquarters in Berlin-Mitte and a location in New York . In 2017, Babbel expanded its business model with a customized app for corporate customers.

Learning approach

Babbel offers learning courses that are created by linguists and teachers, taking into account the individual language combinations of the users. It is based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (GER). Using short thematic blocks, exercises on grammar and vocabulary are offered and thus language skills (reading, writing, listening comprehension and speaking) are taught. The learning progress is saved in the cloud so that you can continue learning at any time.

Awards

In 2016, the company received the “CSR Jobs Award 2016” and “Fast Company Magazine” was awarded first place as the most innovative company in the education sector. This was followed in 2015 by an award from the Google Play Store in the “Best of 2015” category. The 2014 awards were preceded by “Best of Mobile” and “The European 2014”.

In 2013 the company received the “Digita 2013” ​​and “Innovate 4 Society” awards at CeBIT . In 2011 and 2016 the “ Comenius EduMedia Seal ” and “Erasmus EuroMedia Seal of Approval” prizes were awarded to the company for the “Babbel for Companies” section, which offers courses for the business sector. In the same year Babbel also received the “European Award for Technology Supported Learning (eureleA)” for the best technical implementation. In 2009 Babbel was one of 400 finalists in the TechCrunch "European Startup Awards 2009".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://about.babbel.com/de/about-us/
  2. ↑ https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2020/01/28/babbel-zahlencheck-2018/
  3. ↑ About - babbel.com
  4. ↑ Prices - babbel.com
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h Lesson Nine GmbH: Learning with Babbel - Babbel.com. Accessed January 31, 2018 .
  6. ^ Marvin Strathmann: Babbel: Alone to the foreign language . In: The time . March 9, 2016, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed July 6, 2016]).
  7. ^ Paul Sawers: Babbel Acquires and Shutters PlaySay, Eyeing Global Growth. March 21, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2016 (American English).
  8. ^ Mike Butcher: Language Startup Babbel Closes $ 10M Series B Funding To Expand Globally, Build Team. In: TechCrunch. Retrieved July 6, 2016 .
  9. ^ Marvin Strathmann: Babbel: Alone to the foreign language . In: The time . March 9, 2016, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed July 6, 2016]).
  10. ↑ http://www.lead-digital.de/aktuell/work/babbel_will_unternehmen_fit_in_sprach_machen
  11. ↑ digita - winners & nominees. Retrieved March 8, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Microsoft honors winners of the “Innovate 4 Society Award” - Newsroom Microsoft Germany . In: Newsroom Microsoft Germany . March 5, 2013 ( microsoft.com [accessed March 8, 2017]).
  13. ↑ Babbel with a new corporate customer area ... (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 8, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.finanz-anzeiger.de
  14. ↑ eureleA winners 2011 | eureleA. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 5, 2017 ; accessed on March 8, 2017 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eurelea.de
  15. ↑ Mike Butcher: The European Shortlist: Best Web Application Or Service (EMEA). In: TechCrunch. Retrieved March 8, 2017 .