What it sells
Lingt provided a web-based platform for learning languages leveraging…
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
Individual language teachers (self-serve) and school or district administrators (quote).
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
UnverifiedTeachers wanting to replace language-lab time and scheduled practice interviews with online speaking assignments and assessments (IB and AP courses are featured).
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Teacher builds a speaking assignment with drag-and-drop (voice, video, images), students record responses, teacher reviews submissions and gives individual feedback, and reuses assessments year to year.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
UnverifiedPer-teacher subscription plus district-wide school quotes.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Self-serve free signup with upgrade; "Request Quote" sales for schools and districts.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2009 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
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