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Memrise

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Memrise is an online learning platform that combines the best insights from the art and science of memory to provide extraordinarily effective, game-like learning experiences.

Memrise was founded by Greg Detre, who recently completed his PhD in the neuroscience of forgetting at Princeton; and Ed Cooke, a Grandmaster of Memory who can learn a 1000 digit number in an hour.

Together, we want to transform the speed and ease with which anybody can learn. We started at the deep end with Chinese characters, one of the hardest and most critical learning problems around. With the help of our users, we’ve since begun to cover dozens of languages from around the world.

Recent Milestones

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  Memrise received $5.1M in Series A funding. (12/7/12)
  Posted 12/10/12 at 2:29am via pandodaily.com
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  Memrise received $1.1M in Seed funding. (2/16/12)
  Posted 2/16/12 at 6:07pm via techcrunch.com
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  Memrise received $60k in Seed funding. (10/17/11)
  Posted 6/13/11 at 11:29am via kenbaumann.com
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  Memrise received $18k in Seed funding. (3/1/11)
  Posted 1/4/13 at 4:08pm via boston.com
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  Memrise added Spencer Davis as Lead Developer. (9/1/09)
  Posted 6/8/11 at 2:55pm
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  Memrise added Greg Detre as CTO.
  Posted 6/5/11 at 10:05pm
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  Memrise added Ben Whately as CFO.
  Posted 6/8/11 at 2:54pm
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  Memrise added Kevin Rooney as Creative Director.
  Posted 6/8/11 at 2:55pm
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  Memrise added Ed Cooke as CEO.
  Posted 6/5/11 at 10:05pm

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Above: Home Page
Uploaded: 2/17/12

Sources

1. TechStars' new galaxy of start-ups (articles.boston.com) [edit]
2. Ken Baumann's Homepage (kenbaumann.com) [edit]
3. Crowd-Sourced Learning Platform Memrise Nabs $1.05M From Matt Mullenweg, Lerer Ventures And More! (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Memrise adds $5.1 million in new funds (pandodaily.com) [edit]