In October 2017, Brainly raised $14 million in the funding round led by Kulczyk Investments. In March or April 2017, changed to Brainly. In June 2016, Brainly acquired the US-based OpenStudy. In May 2016, another funding round of $18 million of combined debt and equity was disclosed. The total amount of the investment was $9 million and allowed further product development, as well as the opening of the US-based headquarters in New York City. In October 2014, the company announced that it had raised another round of funding from General Catalyst Partners, Runa Capital and other venture capital firms. In December 2013, seven new language versions of Brainly were released, including English (), Indonesian (.id), Indian (brainly.in), Filipino (brainly.ph), Romanian (brainly.ro) and Italian () sites.īrainly was initially funded by the co-founders, but then raised funds from Point Nine Capital. Latin America and Spain (brainly.lat) and Brazil (). Several other versions in multiple languages for the following markets included Turkey (), In January 2011, the company founded, the first international project dedicated to Russian language speakers. The first million unique users monthly was achieved within 6 months after the release. Initially called, the company was founded in 2009 in Poland by Michał Borkowski (current chief executive officer), Tomasz Kraus and Łukasz Haluch. As of November 2020, Brainly reported having 350 million monthly users, making it the world's most popular education app. It encourages users to engage in the online community by answering other users’ questions. The platform has elements of gamification in the form of motivational points and ranks. It provides a peer-to-peer learning platform for students, parents, and teachers to ask and answer homework questions. Varies with device (November 5, 2020 11 months ago ( ) ) īrainly is a Polish education technology company based in Kraków, Poland, with headquarters in New York City.
Hindi, English, Spanish, Portuguese (BR), French, Filipino (Tagalog), Turkish, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Italian, Indonesian