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Lingokids Funding, Investors & Competitors
Lingokids has raised $181M across 7 funding rounds, most recently a $120M undisclosed-stage round in September 2025.
Last Lingokids funding round
$120M
Undisclosed stage · Sep 2025
Cumulative funding Lingokids raised
$181M
across 7 funding rounds
Key investors in Lingokids
HV Capital
500 Global
JME Ventures
Acurio Ventures
Big Sur Ventures
Athos Capital
Lánzame Capital SL
Ravensburger
About Lingokids
Lingokids is a Madrid-based edtech company offering a 'playlearning' mobile app for children aged 2 to 8, teaching English, mathematics, science, literacy, and social-emotional skills through games in an ad-free environment. The app includes content partnerships with organizations such as NASA and Stanford scientists, plus licensed characters like Pocoyo and Blippi, and has been downloaded by families across more than 185 million households worldwide.
Founded
2014
HQ
Website
Status
Privately held
Customer focus
B2C
Revenue model
Subscription
Lingokids Funding History
Lingokids has raised a total of $181M across 7 funding rounds.
Lingokids' first fundraising round was a $100K seed round in October 2014. The most recent completed round was a $120M undisclosed-stage round in September 2025.
Lingokids funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Undisclosed stage | Bullhound Capital (lead); General Catalyst (lead); Nextalia | $120M | Lingokids is a Madrid-based children's interactive learning platform founded in 2015 that provides a playlearning app for children aged 2-8. The app covers English, mathematics, science, literacy, and social-emotional learning in an ad-free, safe environment, and has been downloaded by over 185 million families worldwide. The platform features partnerships with educational institutions like NASA and Stanford Scientists, as well as exclusive content from brands like Pocoyo and Blippi. In September 2025, Lingokids completed a $120 million funding round comprising both equity and go-to-market investment, led by Bullhound Capital and General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund, with participation from Nextalia Ventures and other existing investors. The company ranked as the #1 interactive app for kids by downloads across iOS and Android. The funding is intended to accelerate expansion of educational content, integrate additional third-party brands into its Playlearning universe, and leverage artificial intelligence to increase content production speed and variety. While specific post-money valuation and detailed financial metrics for the September 2025 round were not publicly disclosed by the company, one source referenced the company expecting €25M revenue in 2025, though this figure lacks independent verification. |
| Jun 2021 | Series C | Invertidos; Ravensburger; HV Capital; GP Bullhound | $40M | Lingokids is a Madrid-based edtech company founded in 2016, offering a 'playlearning' mobile app for children aged 2-8 to develop vocabulary, literacy, STEM skills, social-emotional learning, and languages through games. The Series C round on June 16, 2021, raised $40 million, led by an undisclosed investor (reportedly Tencent), with participation from GP Bullhound, HV Capital, Invertidos, Ravensburger, and others, bringing total funding to around $65.5 million. Funds will support international expansion, new STEM and mental health content like audiobooks on mindfulness, team growth to 100 employees, and partnerships such as offline games with Ravensburger. In an April 2021 interview cited ahead of the round, Lingokids CEO Cristóbal Viedma reported the company had tripled revenues to $30 million in sales, with 25 million users. Post-announcement sources reiterated reaching over 30 million families weekly via the app and YouTube (939,000 subscribers). The round aligns with edtech momentum accelerated by the pandemic, positioning Lingokids to address educational gaps in emotional intelligence and critical thinking. Prior rounds included a $4 million seed in 2017 and $6 million Series A in 2018 led by HV Capital, plus a $10 million Series B in 2020. |
| Oct 2020 | Series B | Ravensburger (lead); Acurio Ventures; Athos Capital; HV Capital; JME Ventures; 500 Global | $10M | Lingokids, an edtech startup offering an early learning platform with a playlearning approach for children aged 2-8, closed a $10 million Series B funding round on October 7, 2020, led by Ravensburger with participation from 500 Global, Acurio Ventures, Athos Capital, HV Capital, and JME Ventures. The funding aimed to broaden global product offerings, develop new games in partnership with Ravensburger, and mitigate Covid-19's impact on education. The round aligned with surging edtech interest amid the pandemic, which drove a 50% increase in user engagement and plans to add 10 million families by year-end. Lingokids reported $30 million in revenue for FY 2020, reflecting strong traction during the period. The platform features over 2,000 interactive activities, Oxford University Press-graded English curricula, and focuses on making learning fun and effective. This Series B built on prior funding, contributing to a total raised of approximately $62 million across multiple rounds by 2021. |
| Oct 2018 | Series A | HV Capital (lead); John Danner; Reach Capital; Acurio Ventures; Gwynne Shotwell; Athos Capital; Big Sur Ventures; JME Ventures; Sabadell Venture Capital | $6M | Lingokids, a Madrid-based edtech startup providing an English language learning platform for children aged 2-8, raised $6 million in a Series A funding round in October 2018. The round was led by HV Capital with participation from JME Ventures, Sabadell Venture Capital, Big Sur Ventures, Gwynne Shotwell, Reach Capital, Athos Capital, and others, bringing total funding over the prior year to more than $11 million. The company also received a $1.3 million grant from the EU's H2020 program around the same time. At that point, Lingokids had over 7 million registered families across 180 countries and a team of more than 40 employees. The funds were allocated to accelerate growth, hire talent, and develop app features including personalized experiences, enhanced parental involvement, interactive content, and improved speech recognition. |
| Jun 2017 | Seed | HV Capital (lead); Graph Ventures; Bessemer Venture Partners; FundersClub; Big Sur Ventures; JME Ventures | $4M | Lingokids raised $4 million in a seed round in June 2017 led by HV Capital, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Big Sur Ventures, FundersClub, Graph Ventures, and JME Ventures. The funding aimed to scale the platform and enhance content offerings for its Playlearning app, which provides interactive educational activities for children aged 2-8. The company continued its growth trajectory with subsequent rounds, including a $6 million Series A in October 2018 also led by HV Capital, and later expansions reaching a total of over $62 million raised across multiple rounds. |
| Mar 2015 | Seed | IncuVest; K Fund; Carina Szpilka; Lánzame Capital SL; Ian Noel; 500 Global; SHOzemi Innovation Ventures | $1M | - |
| Oct 2014 | Seed | Lánzame Capital SL; 500 Global | $100K | - |
Who has invested in Lingokids?
25 investors have backed Lingokids across its funding rounds, including HV Capital, 500 Global, JME Ventures, Acurio Ventures, Big Sur Ventures and Athos Capital.
Lead investors include Bullhound Capital, General Catalyst, Ravensburger and HV Capital.
Lingokids Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lead | Jun 2017 | ||
| 3 | Participant | Jun 2017 | ||
| 3 | Participant | Oct 2014 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Oct 2018 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Oct 2018 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Oct 2014 | ||
| 2 | Lead | Oct 2020 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Jun 2017 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Sep 2025 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Oct 2018 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Oct 2018 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Mar 2015 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Oct 2018 | ||
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Start Free TrialLingokids Competitors
Lingokids competitors include listed companies like Duolingo, Flier Inc, Stride and East Buy, and private ones like GoStudent and Age of Learning.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publicly listed | $1B | $152M | $6.9B | 4.9x | ||
| Publicly listed | $7M | $294K | $8M | 1.3x | ||
| Publicly listed | $2.5B | $580M | $3.4B | 1.2x | ||
| Publicly listed | $850M | $98M | $3.4B | 2.8x | ||
| Private | $107M | $16M | $3.4B | - | ||
| Private | $100M | - | $3B | - |
Lingokids Public Comps
Lingokids is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Meta, Bending Spoons, Kakao, Match Group, Kunlun, Duolingo, Graham Holdings, Stride, East Buy and Life360.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $201B | $104B | 8.8x | 7.4x | 17.0x | 12.7x | |||
| $2.6B | $520M | 11.0x | - | 54.9x | - | |||
| $5.9B | $1.1B | 0.9x | 0.9x | 4.8x | 4.1x | |||
| $3.5B | $939M | 3.7x | 3.7x | 13.9x | 10.0x | |||
| $1.2B | ($230M) | 6.8x | 5.7x | (36.1x) | (111.2x) | |||
| $1B | $152M | 5.4x | 4.9x | 37.3x | 17.9x | |||
| $4.9B | $682M | 1.0x | 1.0x | 7.3x | - | |||
| $2.5B | $580M | 1.2x | 1.2x | 5.1x | 4.8x | |||
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Common questions about Lingokids
| When was Lingokids founded? | Lingokids was founded in 2014. |
| Where is Lingokids headquartered? | Lingokids is headquartered in Spain. |
| Is Lingokids publicly listed? | No, Lingokids is a private, VC-backed company. |
| How much funding has Lingokids raised? | Lingokids has raised $181M across 7 funding rounds. |
| What was Lingokids' last funding round? | Lingokids' last funding round was a $120M undisclosed-stage round in September 2025, led by Bullhound Capital and General Catalyst. |
| Who are Lingokids' investors? | Lingokids' investors include HV Capital, JME Ventures, 500 Global, Acurio Ventures, Athos Capital, Lánzame Capital SL, Ravensburger, Big Sur Ventures, General Catalyst, John Danner and 15 others. |
| Which companies are comparable to Lingokids? | Companies comparable to Lingokids include Duolingo, Flier Inc, Stride, East Buy, GoStudent and Age of Learning. |
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