Blinkist
Nonfiction learning app
- 201-500 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Lifestyle
- Education
- Productivity
- Content
- Subscription
- Learning
- Entertainment
- SaaS
- Mobile
- Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
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Company mission
To spark understanding by offering key insights from non-fiction books and podcasts in a light, digestible format.
54% female employees
Our take
Reading is a huge part of being successful. In fact, numerous studies have found it to be one of top predictors of life success, with superstars like Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Richard Branson all stating that it is a key part of their lives. But with work, studying, or just normal everyday business, it can be difficult to sneak in even a few pages into our already hectic schedules.
This is where Blinkist comes in. In a nutshell, their app takes the ideas contained in nonfiction books and summarises them, creating bite-sized, memorable and easy-to-understand insights. Allowing users to get the benefits of books in a way that fits into a busy lifestyle, Blinkist has massively disrupted traditional learning.
Following major funding and an acquisition by Australian education platform Go1, Blinkist is focused on expansion across the board, from adding content in new languages to exploring new delivery formats beyond text and audio. With over 13 million users across over 200 territories, Blinkist has a strong existing user base and its acquisition by Go1 will greatly increase its global presence.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- 📚 4 Days of Learning & Innovation
- 🤓 Learning & Development Budget
- 🏡 Unlimited Home Office
- 📈 Virtual stock options plan
- 🚃 Public transportation allowance
- 🎊 A day off for you birthday
- ☀️ Fridays off during summer 2022
- 🛋 Monthly home-office / co-working space allowance
- 🧘♀️ 4 Well-Being days
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2018
$18.8m
SERIES C
Jan 2017
$9m
SERIES B
Total funding: $34.1m
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Leadership
Sebastian Klein
(Co-founder)Also a co-founder of Neue Narrative.
Tobias Balling
(Co-CTO)Ex-managing director at PodcastU.