Brainly, the world’s largest online learning platform from Poland, announced the successful completion of an $80M Series D round led by Learn Capital, Prosus Ventures, Runa Capital, MantaRay, and General Catalyst Partners. Till now, the startup raised a total of $150 million in funding.
The startup will utilise the capital raised to bring new products to the Brainly community for both students and their parents. On a global level, Brainly will expand its presence in Brazil and Indonesia, two high-growth markets.
“We recognized that students require a peer-to-peer learning platform. The growth of this model has accelerated as a result of the global pandemic, forever changing the way students learn. Today, Brainly is the de facto resource for students and parents seeking help with homework from their peers and experts,” said Michał Borkowski, CEO and co-founder of Brainly. “While Brainly has demonstrated a high rate of growth for years, over the past six months, we have achieved growth milestones that we had projected to hit over the next few years. We receive immensely positive feedback from students, parents, and teachers using Brainly, so there are no signs of this growth slowing down anytime soon.”
“Brainly has become one of the world’s largest learning communities, achieving significant organic growth in over 35 countries,” said Vinit Sukhija, Partner at Learn Capital. “This growth is a testament to the strength of the community and a user experience that enables students and families to succeed given their varied learning needs. Learn Capital is excited to support the Brainly team as it executes on an ambitious product roadmap en route to becoming a household name, both in the United States and around the world.”
Brainly was established to directly support students and their parents, as opposed to most educational technology (EdTech) companies that have built solutions to serve middle school and high school students which cater to educational institutions. Validating its differentiated approach, Brainly is used by more than 350M students, parents, and teachers every month, 30M of which are based in the United States. Since April 2020, its user base has increased by more than 75%.
Borkowski concluded, “These funds will be used to accelerate growth and enable Brainly to deliver much-needed online educational resources to the hundreds of millions of students and parents around the world who have transitioned to online learning during the global pandemic, as well as those who attend school in-person but require additional help to complete their homework assignments.”
