Memrise
Language learning system
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Retail
- Education
- Languages
- Mobile
- Spitalfields, London, UK
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Company mission
Memrise's mission is to turn learning into a recreational activity.
Our take
Memrise's USP is that its content adapts to users’ needs as they progress through their lessons. Originally a general learning platform, the company saw the importance of focus, so it narrowed down to languages.
Memrise has built the service to work well on desktop and mobile, which is another differentiator that has enabled it to build a loyal customer base. Apple showed off Memrise during a WWDC event, helping create publicity for the product, whilst an app design overhaul in 2026 will see it focus on immersive video dictionaries and conversational AI for speaking practice.
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Benefits
- Share options, so you can retire on an island
- Generous Learning and Development budget for training, conferences, books and L&D leave
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Flexible working options (time-wise, plus we have standing desks)
- Private health insurance with Vitality, and related perks (50% off a Virgin and Nuffield Health Gym memberships)
- Dental Insurance with Unum
- Quarterly hackathons
- Language classes with in-office and virtual tutors
- Pet friendly office and pet-petting colleagues
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Health insurance
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2018
$15.5m
SERIES B
Dec 2012
$5.1m
SERIES A
Total funding: $21.8m
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Leadership
Ben Whately
(Co-Founder & CEO)Graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Experimental Psychology and after starting their own company has been working on bringing language learning to millions with Memrise.