"We’re a technology company actively working to improve human consciousness and to foster authentic engagement across communities. We care about self-improvement and empowerment and we’re determined to use technology to make learning—which we believe depends most fundamentally on meaningful connection with the world —richer and more engaging for tens of millions of people." - Ed Cooke, Co-Founder & CEO @ Memrise
Founders: Ed Cooke, Ben Whately & Greg Detre
Year founded: 2010
Sector: edtech
Capital raised: c.$22M
Memrise is an AI-powered learning app on a mission to make language learning joyful. Specialising in combining cognitive science, powerful tech and rich media content, Memrise makes language learning genuinely recreational. By leveraging lots of brain science and plenty of humour, they strive to enrich people’s consciousness and help people achieve confident, real-world language skills in just a few short months. They won App of the Year 2017 at the Google I/O Awards, have over 40 million users in over 180 countries and are backed by some top-tier investors including Octopus Ventures and Balderton Capital.
Founders: Ed Cooke, Ben Whately & Greg Detre
Year founded: 2010
Sector: edtech
Capital raised: c.$22M
"We’re a technology company actively working to improve human consciousness and to foster authentic engagement across communities. We care about self-improvement and empowerment and we’re determined to use technology to make learning—which we believe depends most fundamentally on meaningful connection with the world —richer and more engaging for tens of millions of people." - Ed Cooke, Co-Founder & CEO @ Memrise
Memrise is an AI-powered learning app on a mission to make language learning joyful. Specialising in combining cognitive science, powerful tech and rich media content, Memrise makes language learning genuinely recreational. By leveraging lots of brain science and plenty of humour, they strive to enrich people’s consciousness and help people achieve confident, real-world language skills in just a few short months. They won App of the Year 2017 at the Google I/O Awards, have over 40 million users in over 180 countries and are backed by some top-tier investors including Octopus Ventures and Balderton Capital.
