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The Caracas Startup That Turned English Into a Subscription
It started with $700, a sofa in San Francisco, and a bet that people learning English still want a human on the other end of the line. Two million students later, Open English is the accent Latin America practices in.
VIPKid
VIPKid is an online education platform that pairs young learners with native English-speaking teachers for live, one-on-one video classes. Founded in Beijing in 2013 by Cindy Mi, it grew into one of the world's largest live-tutoring marketplaces before pivoting to international markets after China's 2021 'double reduction' policy reshaped private tutoring.
WuKong Education
WuKong Education is a Silicon Valley-headquartered online learning company founded in Auckland in 2016 that delivers live, small-group Mandarin Chinese, Math and English Language Arts classes to children aged 3 to 18 in more than 100 countries. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners and Marcy Venture Partners, it serves over 400,000 families with a global teaching network of more than 3,000 instructors.