Babbel was founded by Thomas Holl, Markus Witte, Lorenz Heine, Toine Diepstraten in 2007.

Who are Babbel's investors?

Babbel's investors include NGP Capital, REV Venture Partners, Wonder Ventures, IBB Ventures, Scottish Equity Partners.

Babbel

Founded 2007 · 1,055 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors

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Babbel is an online language-learning platform that offers courses for people seeking to learn and improve proficiency in various languages. The company serves individual learners and has established itself as a pioneer in digital language education.

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Founders & leadership

Babbel was founded in 2007 by Thomas Holl, Markus Witte, Lorenz Heine, and Toine Diepstraten.

Thomas Holl Thomas Holl co-founded Babbel, a language-learning app, where he built tech and product teams as executive for 16 years and established the company's U.S. operations; earlier he developed music software including Traktor and worked as a consultant at Accenture.

Markus WitteFounder

Lorenz Heine

Toine DiepstratenFounder

Julie Hansen Chief Revenue Officer & US CEOJulie Hansen is Chief Revenue Officer and US CEO at Babbel, the online language-learning platform, where she has served since 2017. She scaled Babbel's US operations to become the company's largest market for new subscriber revenue and expanded her role to include global B2C revenue responsibility in 2021.

Arne Schepker CEO & Vorstandsvorsitzender2019–2024Arne Schepker led Babbel as it grew to over €300M in annual revenue and 20M+ subscriptions. Previously, he spent eight years at Procter & Gamble in brand and P&L roles and was part of the team at Zalando that built the company into a European tech IPO.

Investors · 5

NGP Capitallisted by NGP CapitalBerlin · $5M – $15M

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REV Venture Partnerslisted by REV Venture PartnersLondon · $1M – $10M

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Wonder Ventureslisted by Wonder VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $1.5M

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IBB VenturesreportedBerlin · $108K – $3.2M

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Scottish Equity PartnersreportedLondon · $2.5M – $31.8M

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Founder mafia

4 people who came through Babbel went on to found or lead other companies.

Kate Eberle WalkerBoard MemberFounded Presence +2 Walter MasalinBoard ObserverFounded Cronvall Dmitri UvarovskiExternal AdvisorFounded HomeDay Steffen WickerInterim Business Unit LeadFounded HomeDay

In the news

Funding Boost for Language App: Babbel Raises $22 Millionuk.babbel.com · Jul 2015

Frequently asked questions

What does Babbel do?: Babbel is an online language-learning platform that offers courses for people seeking to learn and improve proficiency in various languages. The company serves individual learners and has established itself as a pioneer in digital language education.
Who founded Babbel?: Babbel was founded by Thomas Holl, Markus Witte, Lorenz Heine, Toine Diepstraten in 2007.
Who are Babbel's investors?: Babbel's investors include NGP Capital, REV Venture Partners, Wonder Ventures, IBB Ventures, Scottish Equity Partners.