# Preply

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/preply

- Industry: Education/Training
- Headquarters: Brookline, US
- Website: www.preply.com
- Total disclosed funding: $224M
- Latest round: Series D (Dec 31, 2025)
- Investors on record: 26

## About

Based in Massachusetts, US, and founded in 2012, Preply, Inc. develops an online tutoring marketplace for one-on-one tutors. The company was co-founded by Kirill Bigai (CEO), Dmytro Voloshyn (CTO), and Serge Lukianov. In January 2026, Preply, Inc. raised USD 150 million in series D funding led by Westcap Management, with participation from Indico Capital, EBRD, Horizon Capital, Hoxton Ventures, OWL Ventures, and Techstars.

The company's platform allows students to learn different languages from the comfort of their own households. The company also offers tutors to subjects in math and sciences and conducts language tests like IELTS, DELF, FCE, etc. Preply, Inc. generates revenue by charging lesson payments to its tutoring services.The company will use the December 2025 funding to advance its AI and data capabilities, expand its product and engineering teams to enhance the platform experience, and accelerate its global growth.

## Funding rounds

- Series D, Dec 31, 2025, $102M — Horizon Capital, Techstars, EBRD, Hoxton Ventures, OWL Ventures, Indico Capital, Westcap Management
- Series C, Jun 17, 2023, $23M — Horizon Capital, Point Nine, Flashpoint, Hoxton Ventures, Swisscom Ventures, OWL Ventures, Reach Capital, Diligent Capital Partners, Educapital, EVLI Growth Partners, Orbit Capital, Foobar VC
- Series C, Mar 16, 2022, $49M — Hoxton Ventures, Swisscom Ventures, OWL Ventures, Diligent Capital Partners, Educapital, EVLI Growth Partners, Orbit Capital
- Series B, Mar 2, 2021, $35M — Point Nine, Hoxton Ventures, OWL Ventures, Diligent Capital Partners, Educapital, Acurio Ventures, Full In Partners, EVLI Growth Partners
- Series A, Mar 20, 2020, $9.6M — Point Nine, Hoxton Ventures, Diligent Capital Partners, Educapital, Acurio Ventures, The Family
- Seed, Jul 24, 2018, $4M — Point Nine, RTA Ventures, SMRK VC Fund, Diligent Capital Partners
- Seed, Jun 7, 2016, $1.3M — Techstars, Xevin Investments, RTA Ventures, Digital Future, SMRK VC Fund, Hedgehog Fund
- Seed, Jun 15, 2015, $0.1M — Techstars
- Seed, Jan 1, 2012, $0M — Eastlabs, Market One Capital

## Investors

- Eastlabs — Seed
- Market One Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/market-one-capital) — Seed
- Techstars (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/techstars) — Seed, Series D
- Xevin Investments (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/xevin-investments) — Seed
- RTA Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/rta-ventures) — Seed
- Digital Future (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/digital-future) — Seed
- SMRK VC Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/smrk-vc-fund) — Seed
- Hedgehog Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hedgehog-fund) — Seed
- Point Nine (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/point-nine) — Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
- Diligent Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/diligent-capital-partners) — Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
- Hoxton Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hoxton-ventures) — Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
- Educapital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/educapital) — Series A, Series B, Series C
- Acurio Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/acurio-ventures) — Series A, Series B
- The Family (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/the-family) — Series A
- OWL Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/owl-ventures) — Series B, Series C, Series D
- Full In Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/full-in-partners) — Series B
- EVLI Growth Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/evli-growth-partners) — Series B, Series C
- Swisscom Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/swisscom-ventures) — Series C
- Orbit Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/orbit-capital) — Series C
- Horizon Capital — Series C, Series D
- Flashpoint (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/flashpoint) — Series C
- Reach Capital — Series C
- Foobar VC — Series C
- EBRD (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ebrd) — Series D
- Indico Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/indico-capital) — Series D
- Westcap Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/westcap-management) — Series D