This document summarizes a company presentation by busuu, a digital language learning platform. The key points are:
1) Digital language learning is a small but rapidly growing portion of the $60 billion global language learning market, projected to explode in coming years.
2) Busuu is the world's largest social network for language learning, offering interactive language courses on desktop and mobile to over 55 million users in over 200 countries.
3) The company aims to dominate the mobile, casual language learning market and become the largest global language learning platform through continued growth, new product launches like an adaptive learning course, and expansion in emerging markets.
4. busuu @ 2015
Digital learning will explode in the
$60bn language learning market
Offline
learning
96%
Digital learning 4%
Total language learning
market: $60bn
5. busuu @ 20154
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11. busuu @ 2015
busuu wants to dominate the
mobile, casual language market
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Segment
Main
players
Pricing
p.a. $400 - $10,000 $30 - $400 $0 - $100$400 - $1,000
Current
size/growth
$ 30bn $ 1 bn$ 28 bn $ 1 bn
12. busuu @ 2015
We have more than 55m users
from over 200 countries
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Growth of community [# mio of users]
More than
55,000,000 users
2008 2009 20112010 2012 2013 2014
0
10
20
30
50
Mobile users
Web
users
40
2015
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