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EnglishCentral

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EnglishCentral aims to become the premier, web-based conversational English language learning destination for desktop and mobile users.

They focus on helping users with their spoken English, using proprietary speech recognition technology that “listens” to users’ speech and then scores that speech based on their pronunciation and syntax. They allow users to choose content they love, from a massive database of video content covering popular subject areas (e.g., travel, sports, politics, business, movies) and existing popular content (e.g., Obama’s speeches).

Recent Milestones

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  EnglishCentral received $1M in Venture Round funding. (11/9/10)
  Posted 11/9/10 at 11:34pm via techcrunch.com
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  EnglishCentral received $2.1M in Series A funding. (12/21/09)
  Posted 12/21/09 at 1:56pm via sec.gov
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  EnglishCentral received $1.38M in Seed funding. (10/2/09)
  Posted 10/9/09 at 6:42am via paidcontent.org
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  EnglishCentral added Axel Bichara as Director.
  Posted 12/21/09 at 1:58pm
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  EnglishCentral added Rich Miner as Director.
  Posted 12/21/09 at 1:58pm
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  EnglishCentral added Mike Phillips as Director.
  Posted 12/21/09 at 1:58pm
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  EnglishCentral added Alan Schwartz as CEO, Founder.
  Posted 12/21/09 at 2:00pm

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: EnglishCentral
Uploaded: 10/9/09

Sources

1. Google Ventures Invests In English Language Learning Startup EnglishCentral (paidcontent.org) [edit]
2. SEC D, 3.478 total (sec.gov) [edit]
3. NTT-IP Invests $1 Million In New Partner EnglishCentral (techcrunch.com) [edit]