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Fluentify

2018-10-25T14:23:52Z

93.148.226.48:

{{infobox company
|name = Fluentify
|logo = Fluentify_Logo.png
|type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
|location_city = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|industry = [[Online education]]
|foundation = 2013
|founder = Giacomo Moiso, Claudio Bosco, Matteo Avalle
|homepage = [https://www.fluentify.com www.fluentify.com]
}}

'''Fluentify''' is an online language tutoring website. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]], the company is privately owned and operated by Blinguo LTD.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Blinguo LTD|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=261226340|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=31 July 2014}}</ref> The platform offers online language classes with selected native speakers.

== History ==
Fluentify was founded in February 2013 and launched into public beta in May 2013. The same month, the company was selected to join London-based [[Accelerator Academy]] for three months of training. In March 2014, Fluentify announced that it had raised $410k in angel funding from the banker [[Stefano Marsaglia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Language Learning Platform Fluentify Takes In $410K Angel Investment|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/31/fluentify-angel/|publisher=TechCrunch|accessdate=31 July 2014|date=31 March 2014}}</ref> Marsaglia is a prominent M&A banker, currently the co-head of corporate and investment banking at [[Mediobanca]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Mediobanca Names Barclays’ Marsaglia Investment Banking Co-Head|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-03/mediobanca-names-barclays-marsaglia-investment-banking-co-head.html|publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mediobanca hires veteran adviser to expand European operations|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f3aff70c-5b72-11e3-a2ba-00144feabdc0.html|publisher=Financial Times}}</ref> [[Italy]]’s biggest publicly traded [[investment bank]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A little less tangled, Italian finance is at last being reshaped|url=https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21580156-italian-finance-last-being-reshaped-little-less-tangled|publisher=The Economist}}</ref>

== Working as a tutor ==
Fluentify runs on a marketplace platform model where it connects students and tutors and enables transactions without hiring any tutor individually.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fluentify - Terms & Conditions|url=https://www.fluentify.com/|publisher=Company website|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> Unlike traditional language schools and online tutoring websites, Fluentify scales not by increasing its inventory or number of employees but by increasing the number of students and tutors and matching them with each other.<ref>{{cite news|last=Choudary|first=Sangeet|title=A Platform Thinking Approach to Innovation|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/01/platform-thinking-approach-innovation/|publisher=WIRED||date=1 August 2014}}</ref> The company claims that top tutors can earn up to £2,500 per month.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company blog - How to become a tutor|url=http://www.fluentify.com/blog/?p=97|publisher=Company blog|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>

== Media attention ==
In September 2013, the company was selected from more than 200 nominations to take part in the [[TechCrunch]] Competition in Rome.<ref name=TC>{{cite news|last=Butcher|first=Mike|title=GiPStech, A Radical Indoor Location Startup, Wins TechCrunch Italy Competition|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/27/gipstech-a-radical-indoor-location-startup-wins-techcrunch-italy-competition/|publisher=TechCrunch||date=1 August 2014}}</ref> GiPStech, a [[startup company|startup]] that developed an advanced indoor [[position fixing|positioning]] technology based on the world’s [[geomagnetic field]], won the $50k prize.<ref name=TC /> In January 2014 the company was shortlisted for the BT Infinity Lab program, a competition promoted by the British multinational [[telecommunications]] company [[BT Group]].<ref>{{cite news|title=BT Infinity Lab finalists revealed|url=http://home.bt.com/techgadgets/technews/bt-infinity-lab-finalists-revealed-11363870485085|publisher=British Telecom||date=27 January 2014}}</ref>

Fluentify and its founders have received consistent media coverage in Italy. In April 2014 two of its founders were invited as guests in the prime time TV program [[Che tempo che fa]], one of the most popular shows in Italy hosted by [[Fabio Fazio]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Lombardo|first=Silvia|title=Il made in Italy a Londra: con Fluentify l'inglese lo impari online da artisti e professionals della City|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.it/silvia-lombardo/fluentify-londra_b_5224959.html|publisher=Huffington Post|date=28 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Iovine|first=Giorgia|title=Che Tempo che fa, 27 aprile 2014, tutte le interviste|url=http://www.tvblog.it/post/571263/che-tempo-che-fa-puntata-27-aprile-2014-diretta-ospiti|publisher=TV Blog|date=27 April 2014}}</ref>

In May 2014, the monthly tech magazine ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' selected Fluentify as one of the 6 top tools to learn a language online.<ref>{{cite news|last=Foggetti|first=Luigina|title=Sei modi per imparare le lingue online|url=http://www.wired.it/internet/web/2014/05/22/sei-modi-per-imparare-le-lingue-online/|publisher=Wired|date=22 May 2014}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.fluentify.com Fluentify Official Site]
* [https://www.fluentify.com/blog Company blog]



[[Category:Privately held companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Online companies]]
[[Category:Education companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Companies based in London]]
[[Category:Social_networking_language_education_websites]]

Fluentify

2018-10-16T14:17:09Z

93.148.226.48: Fixed broken link

{{infobox company
|name = Fluentify
|logo = Fluentify_Logo.png
|type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
|location_city = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|industry = [[Online education]]
|foundation = 2013
|founder = Matteo Avalle, Claudio Bosco, Giacomo Moiso and Andrea Passadori
|homepage = [https://www.fluentify.com www.fluentify.com]
}}

'''Fluentify''' is an online language tutoring website. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]], the company is privately owned and operated by Blinguo LTD.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Blinguo LTD|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=261226340|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=31 July 2014}}</ref> The platform offers online language classes with selected native speakers.

== History ==
Fluentify was founded in February 2013 and launched into public beta in May 2013. The same month, the company was selected to join London-based [[Accelerator Academy]] for three months of training. In March 2014, Fluentify announced that it had raised $410k in angel funding from the banker [[Stefano Marsaglia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Language Learning Platform Fluentify Takes In $410K Angel Investment|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/31/fluentify-angel/|publisher=TechCrunch|accessdate=31 July 2014|date=31 March 2014}}</ref> Marsaglia is a prominent M&A banker, currently the co-head of corporate and investment banking at [[Mediobanca]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Mediobanca Names Barclays’ Marsaglia Investment Banking Co-Head|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-03/mediobanca-names-barclays-marsaglia-investment-banking-co-head.html|publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mediobanca hires veteran adviser to expand European operations|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f3aff70c-5b72-11e3-a2ba-00144feabdc0.html|publisher=Financial Times}}</ref> [[Italy]]’s biggest publicly traded [[investment bank]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A little less tangled, Italian finance is at last being reshaped|url=https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21580156-italian-finance-last-being-reshaped-little-less-tangled|publisher=The Economist}}</ref>

In July 2014 the company opened the first international office in [[Turin]], promising to create a development hub in [[Italy]] and hire 20 developers in 12 months,<ref>{{cite news|title=Fluentify: “Torniamo in Italia e assumiamo 20 persone"|url=http://www.linkiesta.it/fluentify-offre-20-posti-di-lavoro|publisher=Linkiesta}}</ref> in the following years Fluentify never employed more than a few developers.

== Working as a tutor ==
Fluentify runs on a marketplace platform model where it connects students and tutors and enables transactions without hiring any tutor individually.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fluentify - Terms & Conditions|url=https://www.fluentify.com/|publisher=Company website|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> Unlike traditional language schools and online tutoring websites, Fluentify scales not by increasing its inventory or number of employees but by increasing the number of students and tutors and matching them with each other.<ref>{{cite news|last=Choudary|first=Sangeet|title=A Platform Thinking Approach to Innovation|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/01/platform-thinking-approach-innovation/|publisher=WIRED||date=1 August 2014}}</ref> The company claims that top tutors can earn up to £2,500 per month.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company blog - How to become a tutor|url=http://www.fluentify.com/blog/?p=97|publisher=Company blog|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>

== Media attention ==
In September 2013, the company was selected from more than 200 nominations to take part in the [[TechCrunch]] Competition in Rome.<ref name=TC>{{cite news|last=Butcher|first=Mike|title=GiPStech, A Radical Indoor Location Startup, Wins TechCrunch Italy Competition|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/27/gipstech-a-radical-indoor-location-startup-wins-techcrunch-italy-competition/|publisher=TechCrunch||date=1 August 2014}}</ref> GiPStech, a [[startup company|startup]] that developed an advanced indoor [[position fixing|positioning]] technology based on the world’s [[geomagnetic field]], won the $50k prize.<ref name=TC /> In January 2014 the company was shortlisted for the BT Infinity Lab program, a competition promoted by the British multinational [[telecommunications]] company [[BT Group]].<ref>{{cite news|title=BT Infinity Lab finalists revealed|url=http://home.bt.com/techgadgets/technews/bt-infinity-lab-finalists-revealed-11363870485085|publisher=British Telecom||date=27 January 2014}}</ref>

Fluentify and its founders have received consistent media coverage in Italy. In April 2014 two of its founders were invited as guests in the prime time TV program [[Che tempo che fa]], one of the most popular shows in Italy hosted by [[Fabio Fazio]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Lombardo|first=Silvia|title=Il made in Italy a Londra: con Fluentify l'inglese lo impari online da artisti e professionals della City|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.it/silvia-lombardo/fluentify-londra_b_5224959.html|publisher=Huffington Post|date=28 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Iovine|first=Giorgia|title=Che Tempo che fa, 27 aprile 2014, tutte le interviste|url=http://www.tvblog.it/post/571263/che-tempo-che-fa-puntata-27-aprile-2014-diretta-ospiti|publisher=TV Blog|date=27 April 2014}}</ref>

In May 2014, the monthly tech magazine ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' selected Fluentify as one of the 6 top tools to learn a language online.<ref>{{cite news|last=Foggetti|first=Luigina|title=Sei modi per imparare le lingue online|url=http://www.wired.it/internet/web/2014/05/22/sei-modi-per-imparare-le-lingue-online/|publisher=Wired|date=22 May 2014}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.fluentify.com Fluentify Official Site]
* [https://www.fluentify.com/blog Company blog]



[[Category:Privately held companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Online companies]]
[[Category:Education companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Companies based in London]]
[[Category:Social_networking_language_education_websites]]