EduKoala

EduKoala was a Poland-based educational technology firm established in 2012, which has since ceased operations. The company focused on the language learning market, developing mobile applications for Android devices designed to help users acquire new languages. Its product line consisted of a suite of apps for learning English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, and Russian.

The core of EduKoala's offering was a mobile application that utilized flashcards, quizzes, and games to facilitate vocabulary training. A notable feature was its integration with the phone's lockscreen, allowing users to learn new words each time they unlocked their device. Users could also create and import their own customized wordlists via the company's website, edukoala.com, for a personalized learning experience. The applications included various modes such as simple flashcards, wordlists, a pronunciation mode using text-to-speech technology, and timed quizzes. By 2013, the company's apps had achieved approximately 100,000 downloads.

From a financial perspective, EduKoala secured a total of $162,000 in funding over two rounds. The initial round in March 2012 was an Angel investment of $33,000. This was followed by a Seed round on May 29, 2013, which raised $129,000 from investors including Startup Sauna and Ineo Capital. Despite this early-stage backing and initial user traction, the company was ultimately unable to sustain its operations and is now considered deadpooled.

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