Service to search for tutors Preply received $ 120 thousand from TechStars Berlin
The Preply project, which helps to search for teachers in foreign languages at home and on Skype, received $ 120,000 from the accelerator TechStars Berlin, writes Roem.ru. The headquarters of the startup is located in Kiev. The Preply project was founded back in 2013.
In April of this year, the service received an audience award at the iHub Ring # 2 start-up tournament. The tournament was held by the Seed Forum fund together with the Foreign Ministry of the Kingdom of Norway.
Currently Preply has already entered the markets of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Poland. The developers are planning to use all the funds received to promote their services in the markets of Poland, Ukraine and Russia.
Now there are 14 people in the Preply team, 50% of them are marketers, 30% are programmers. In Berlin, the founders of the project worked with the accelerator.
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The total turnover of the company in the markets of Poland, Ukraine and Russia is now $ 30 thousand. The service itself takes 18-33% of the cost of lessons, depending on the volume of the order. The main item of expenditure of the service is the promotion of the service and staff salaries. Next year, the company plans to increase revenues fivefold.
“It is a great honor for us to receive an offer from the global brand TechStars. We are going to Berlin - the heart of start-ups in Europe. This is a great opportunity to reach a new level and become the leading platform for finding tutors around the world, ”said co-founder of the service, Kirill Bigay.
In April of this year, the service received an audience award at the iHub Ring # 2 start-up tournament. The tournament was held by the Seed Forum fund together with the Foreign Ministry of the Kingdom of Norway.
Currently Preply has already entered the markets of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Poland. The developers are planning to use all the funds received to promote their services in the markets of Poland, Ukraine and Russia.
Now there are 14 people in the Preply team, 50% of them are marketers, 30% are programmers. In Berlin, the founders of the project worked with the accelerator.
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The total turnover of the company in the markets of Poland, Ukraine and Russia is now $ 30 thousand. The service itself takes 18-33% of the cost of lessons, depending on the volume of the order. The main item of expenditure of the service is the promotion of the service and staff salaries. Next year, the company plans to increase revenues fivefold.
“It is a great honor for us to receive an offer from the global brand TechStars. We are going to Berlin - the heart of start-ups in Europe. This is a great opportunity to reach a new level and become the leading platform for finding tutors around the world, ”said co-founder of the service, Kirill Bigay.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/292414/
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