| Company | italki |
| Website | italki.com |
| Blog | blog.italki.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launched | 12/06 |
italki is an online destination for language learning, comprised of a social network and marketplace. italki connects people from more than 200 countries representing 100 languages for free language exchange. Within the language learning community, members can find partners and groups to practice languages, get answers to questions, and share and find resources to aid in self-study.
Through the marketplace, italki also helps students find teachers for paid live online lessons. The marketplace also acts serves as a platform for learners to view feedback and ratings on individual teachers and pay for those services and others by language education providers within italki. italki first partnered with Eleutian Technologies to deliver ESL solutions to members through its marketplace. It is in the process of expanding that marketplace to other language companies.
