Multibhashi, an Android app to learn languages most effectively and effortlessly, has raised its latest round of investment received from a set of investors led by RareJob Inc., one of the leading online English learning players listed in Japan. The company was founded by Anuradha Agarwal in 2017
Today Multibhashi has more than 1.5 million users. It has over 11 languages ( English, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Oriya, Bengali, Hindi etc) through which it teaches English. The startup has been selected by reputed accelerators like FB Start, Axilor, Gray Matters Capital, AWS Edustart and Google Launchpad.
Multibhashi remains extremely bullish on its target segment of 460 million blue and grey collared professionals in India who are looking to upskill themselves in communicative English which paves a path to a better livelihood and lifestyle for them. Keeping a sharp focus on the needs of this unique segment, the Multibhashi product focuses heavily on bi-lingual training (teaching English through 11 Indian languages), job role related contextualisation and virtual tutor-led learning.
Anuradha Agarwal, Founder, Multibhashi said that “Staying true to the mission, we have raised this recent round to strengthen the team, improve the product and penetrate deeper into the market.”
With “Chances for everyone, everywhere.” as the group’s vision, RareJob aims to build a platform for people to play active roles globally and focuses on 10 million Japanese trying to learn English. The Company started its journey in 2007 as a small startup and quickly reached new heights to become a public listed Company in 2014.
Indian vernacular landscape is a hotbed of startup activity and English learning is one of the key demands in this sector. With a well defined product strategy and a passionate team, Multibhashi is on the right path to solve this challenge and capitalise on this huge opportunity.
