https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/ukrainian-startup-preply-beats-the-geopolitical-odds-with-50m-to-grow-its-language-learning-platform/

As Ukraine continues to be battered by Russia in an unprovoked war that has sent hundreds of thousands of refugees scattering elsewhere, a language learning startup hatched by Ukrainians has found traction growing outside of the country — and today it’s announcing a round of funding to take its ambitions to the next level.

Preply, which has built a marketplace where language tutors and would-be students of different languages connect for online learning sessions, has closed a round of $50 million. This is a Series C, and Kirill Bigai — the now-Barcelona-based CEO who co-founded the company with Dmytro Voloshyn and Serge Lukyanov — said the startup will be using to continue building the technology that it uses to run the platform, as well as to build out more specialized content for its tutors to use.