Company

Myngle is a live online language learning website, based in Amsterdam in The Netherlands, allowing students and teachers to get one-on-one real time online lessons from wherever they are. This has resulted in students and teachers participating in over 150 countries.

Myngle is free for students and teachers to sign up. Myngle provides online live individual and group lessons, personalized packages, asynchronous products and free resources for a complete learning experience for Myngle students. Students pay Myngle directly and then the teachers receive their money from Myngle.

In 2010, Myngle passed the 100.000 registered students from 166 countries. Currently there are more than 200 active teachers, selected out of more than 6.000 applications. Myngle website content is localized in 6 languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Russian.

Sites similar to Myngle include Learnissimo, Edufire

Edufire

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, and WiZiQ

WiZiQ

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Quality

Myngle has a strict vetting policy for teachers, as well as training of teachers to teach online and use its online tools, and a system of student feedback.

History

Myngle was launched in December 2007, based on the experience of Marina Tognetti, the founder of Myngle, when she wanted to study Chinese. She found it hard to study Chinese because of the lack of qualified teachers in her area and a proper learning environment, as well as the flexibility needed to accommodate her busy working schedule. This gave Tognetti the idea to create a company where technology would allow students to take language lessons from teachers located in any part of the world. She resigned from her job at eBay, where she was a manager for 4 years, and together with 3 partners- Egbert van Keulen, Danilo da Silva, Valter Stoiani, Tognetti started Myngle.

Applications

Myngle uses a toolkit for synchronous learning, which consists of VoIP in combination with an integrated whiteboard, feedback and a community environment. Teachers also have the possibility to upload podcasts and other support learning material so that the student is able to study before class starts or do homework after the lesson. It is possible for students to pay at Myngle with a credit card (MasterCard

MasterCard

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, Visa, American Express

American Express

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), bank transfer or PayPal

PayPal

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. For students located in Holland there is the additional possibility of paying with iDEAL

IDEAL

iDEAL is an Internet payment method in the Netherlands, based on online banking. Introduced in 2005, this payment method allows customers to buy securely on the Internet using direct online transfers from their bank account. iDEAL processed 4,5 million transfers in 2006, 15 million transfers in...

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Financing

In March 2009, Myngle secured €950,000 ($1.25 million) in the form of a bank loan from Rabobank

Rabobank

Rabobank is a financial services provider with offices worldwide. Their main location is in the Netherlands. They are a global leader in Food and Agri financing and in sustainability-oriented banking...

. The Dutch government, through an innovation program, backed the loan. This was Myngle's second round of financing. On the first round Myngle was able to secure an €800,000 seed investment from the HenQ fund and private individuals.

(Techcrunch article about bank loan : http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/04/language-e-learning-startup-myngle-secures-e1-million-euros/)

Awards

-Nominated for Best European Web Application or Service EMEA

EMEA

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 in Techcrunch

TechCrunch

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 The Europa’s Tech Awards in July 2009

-FEM Business Top 5 Start up Media in The Netherlands, in June 2009

-Plugg 2009 People’s choice award, in March 2009

-Best ICT Company at the European Venture Summit, in December 2008

-Accenture

Accenture

Accenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across...

 Innovation award in October 2008

-One of 33 hot dutch web 2.0 companies in August 2008

-Most promising ICT

Information and communication technologies

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Company in Benelux, in March 2008

External links

• Myngle homepage
• Myngle blog