Madrid and Learning edtech start-up Lingokids has raised $4m in a seed funding round led by Holtzbrinck Ventures and JME Capital, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners. Lingokids, which has produced an app that offers children aged between two and six the chance to learn a foreign language through play, recently added a tutoring service to its platform. The company has also partnered with publishers, including Oxford University Press, as it looks to take on rivals Age of San Francisco and VIPKID.
Madrid and San Francisco edtech start-up Lingokids has raised $4m in a seed funding round led by Holtzbrinck Ventures and JME Capital, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners. Lingokids, which has produced an app that offers children aged between two and six the chance to learn a foreign language through play, recently added a tutoring service to its platform. The company has also partnered with publishers, including Oxford University Press, as it looks to take on rivals Age of Learning and VIPKID.