VIPKid is a private company building in education technology (online english tutoring), founded in 2013. The latest valuation stands at $3B. No public ticker exists for the company.
2 valuations. The latest, $3B post-money, was set by the Series D+ in Apr 2018.
TencentSSequoia ChinaTencentSequoia ChinaVIPKid built an online classroom connecting paying students with teachers for 25-minute English lessons, plus Lingo Bus, a service teaching Mandarin to children aged five to twelve. Students communicate with teachers over its global classroom platform, and by late 2018 the company had 60,000 contracted teachers serving 500,000 students.
Cindy Mi founded VIPKid in 2013, formally launching the platform in 2014, initially pairing Chinese students with teachers based in the United States and Canada. In 2021, following Chinese regulatory changes, the company stopped using overseas teachers and shifted to China-based educators, and during the COVID-19 pandemic it had donated 1.5 million free English and math classes to affected students, prioritizing children in Wuhan.
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The last valuation is $3B.
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