Noodle Funding, Investors & Competitors

Duolingo Inc is a technology company that develops a mobile learning platform to learn languages and is the top-grossing app in the Education category on both Google Play and the Apple App Store. Its products are powered by sophisticated data analytics and artificial intelligence and delivered with class art, animation, and design to make it easier for learners to stay motivated master new material, and achieve their learning goals. Its solutions include the Duolingo Language Learning App, Super Duolingo, Duolingo English Test: AI-Driven Language Assessment, Duolingo For Schools, Duolingo ABC, and Duolingo Math. It has four predominant sources of revenue; time-based subscriptions, in-app advertising placement by third parties, and the Duolingo English Test, and In-App Purchases.

Graham Holdings Company is a diversified holding company with operations spanning educational services, television broadcasting, healthcare, manufacturing, automotive dealerships, and other businesses. The Company's education activities are conducted through Kaplan, whose services include academic preparation programs for international students, English-language programs, exam preparation, and career and academic advisement. These services are provided to students, schools, and colleges, both domestically and outside the United States. It operates through seven reportable segments: Kaplan International, Kaplan Higher Education, Kaplan Supplemental Education, Television Broadcasting, CSI, Manufacturing and Automotive, with key revenue coming from the Education and Automotive segments.

Guild is a Denver-headquartered education platform partnering with major U.S. employers to deliver upskilling programs for their workforce. It provides access to online courses, bootcamps, and associate degrees from partners including Coursera and Simplilearn, targeting career advancement in tech, healthcare, and business fields. Walmart, Disney, and Lowe's utilize Guild's services to support employee tuition assistance. The platform features AI-driven career coaching and progress tracking tools. Launched in 2015, Guild has expanded to serve over 2,000 organizations across North America.

GoStudent is a Vienna-headquartered online tutoring platform operating in 15 European countries with virtual classrooms for primary through college students in math, languages, and sciences. Tutors deliver one-on-one video sessions using integrated whiteboards and screen sharing, booking over 400,000 lessons monthly.

Stride Inc is an American online educational company. It offers alternative programs to traditional on-campus schooling. It also operates state-funded virtual charter schools around the United States. The educational programs for K-12 students are usually monitored by parents and provide virtual classroom environments where teachers meet with students online, by phone, or in-person. The company's contractual agreements with various school districts to offer its curriculum programs provide a majority of the company's revenue. The company lines of business are Managed Public School Programs, Institutional and Private Pay Schools and Other.

East Buy Holding Ltd is a live-streaming platform that focuses on selecting premium products for customers. The company operates in three reportable segments: Private Label Products and Livestreaming E-Commerce, College Education, and Institutional Customers. The majority of its revenue comes from private label products and the direct e-commerce segment, i.e., direct online commerce with private label products sold to individual customers and providing commission services.

Eruditus Executive Education is a Singapore-headquartered platform partnering with universities such as MIT, Columbia, Harvard, Cambridge, INSEAD, Wharton, UC Berkeley, NUS, and HKUST to deliver online and blended executive programs. Founded in 2010, it has offices in six countries and offers courses in multiple languages including Spanish, Portuguese, and Mandarin to participants from over 80 countries.

Age of Learning is a Glendale-headquartered education technology company offering digital programs for children. Its ABCmouse Early Learning Academy provides comprehensive curricula for ages 2-8, while My Math Academy and My Reading Academy deliver adaptive math and literacy instruction. Over 50 million children worldwide have completed more than 11 billion activities on its platforms.

Outschool is an online learning marketplace linking children aged 3-18 with independent teachers for live virtual classes. San Francisco-headquartered and founded in 2015, it hosts over 140,000 classes weekly in subjects from robotics to Shakespeare across 200 countries. Teachers include certified educators and specialists delivering small-group sessions via Zoom, with parental controls for scheduling.

COL Global Co Ltd is a digital cultural content industry group in China. Its core businesses include digital content production, copyright distribution, IP derivatives, and intellectual property protection.

UpGrad is a Mumbai-headquartered online higher education platform partnering with universities like IIIT-B and Liverpool John Moores for degrees and certifications. It offers programs in data science, machine learning, cyber security, and management, serving over 1 million learners across India with mentorship and placement support since 2015.

Multiverse is a workforce upskilling platform specializing in apprenticeships for AI, data, cloud engineering, and software development roles. It serves over 1,500 partner organizations across the United States and United Kingdom, including enterprises like Microsoft, Salesforce, and Barclays. London-headquartered since its 2016 founding, Multiverse delivers degree-level programs that blend online learning with on-the-job training for workers at any career stage. Participants have generated more than $2 billion in return on investment for employers by boosting productivity in tech adoption projects. The platform expanded into Ireland in 2023 and supports scalable hiring through its Multiverse Academy.

Alef Education Holding Plc is an EdTech company that designs impactful learning experiences for students customized to different curriculums. The company operates in three segments: The Education solution segment, which provides customers the right of access to the Group’s learning platform. The Support and services segment includes ancillary services such as IT infrastructure setup and maintenance support and services, and the Financial investments segment pertains to the maintenance of the investment portfolio for returns based on market dynamics. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Education solution segment.

Youdao Inc develops and markets software applications. It engages in developing technologies to provide learning content, applications, and solutions. The firm operates in three segments: Learning services, Smart devices, and Online marketing services. The majority of its revenue comes from the Learning services segment, which generates revenues from online courses, mainly including Youdao Premium Courses, NetEase Cloud Classroom, and China University MOOC. The learning products segment includes sales of smart devices such as the Youdao Dictionary Pen and the Youdao Pocket Translator. Geographically, all of its revenue is generated from the People's Republic of China.

Zhangmen is a Shanghai-headquartered online tutoring platform offering personalized one-to-one courses for primary and middle school students aged eight to 18. Accessible via web and mobile apps, it connects learners with teachers graduated from Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Fudan University. Established in 2015, the company shifted to comprehensive online education following 2021 regulatory changes in China.

Spark Education Group is a Shanghai-headquartered online learning provider established in 2018 that offers live small-group classes in math and Chinese language for K-12 students. The portfolio includes VISPARK with curricula aligned to Singapore Math and Common Core, Huohua Siwei for Chinese subjects, Allschool as a tutor marketplace, and ClassPod for interactive sessions. Spark Education Group serves over 100 countries through its platforms backed by investors such as KKR and Sequoia China.

Coursera Inc is an online learning platform that connects learners, educators, and institutions with the goal of providing educational content that is affordable, accessible, and relevant. It combines content, data, and technology into a single, unified platform that is customizable and extensible to both individual learners and institutions. The company operates through two reporting segments: Consumer and Enterprise. The majority of revenue is generated from the Consumer segment. The consumer segment targets individual learners seeking to obtain hands-on learning, gain valuable job skills, receive professional-level certifications, and otherwise increase their knowledge to start or advance their careers.

Domestika is a Barcelona-headquartered online learning platform offering professionally produced courses in illustration, design, craft, photography, and animation. The company produces all content in-house with curated expert instructors, serving millions of students worldwide through its community-driven ecosystem. Domestika expanded from a creative professionals forum into a global marketplace for skill-building courses available in multiple languages.