Preply raises $35 000 000 in series B funding round

Today Preply announced raising $35 000 000 in round B investment (aka “a lot”).

When Kirill Bigai, Sergey Lukyanov and I started this version of Preply 8 years ago, we had a fierce desire to build a great company. In the first months, we earned as much as $1000 for the three of us and were using the same money to fund “marketing”. It wasn’t an overnight success, we worked hard and were dreaming of creating the best product for our users. For ourselves.

Building a world-class product remains our #1 priority. (We are hiring for almost all the roles — developers, product, HR, marketing, so check out what’s available)

What’s interesting to come? Blitzscaling, a new office in the US, a new level of management, branding and culture.

It means yet another crazy year for me as a cofounder of Preply (I like it).

I want to thank our team, my loved ones, and especially our clients.