Brainly
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| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site
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Social network service |
| Available in | English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Turkish, Thai, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Italian, Indonesian |
| Founded | September 2009 |
| Headquarters | Krakow, Poland, New York, New York |
| No. of locations | 2 |
| Key people | Michał Borkowski, Tomasz Kraus |
| Industry | Educational Technology |
| Slogan(s) | Homework Help |
| Website | brainly |
| Registration | Not required |
| Users | 80,000,000+ |
| Current status | Active |
Brainly is a multinational educational technology company based in Krakow, Poland and New York, New York. Brainly operates a group of social learning networks for students and educators. It has over 80 million unique users monthly from over 35 countries (as of January 2017). The first website launched in 2009 in Poland under the name Zadane.pl. Brainly inspires students to share and explore knowledge in a collaborative community, and engage in peer-to-peer educational assistance. The network has elements of gamification in the form of motivational points and encourages users to engage in the online community by asking questions and answering those of other students.
Brainly is a social learning community for students that encourages collaborative learning. It is a social media platform strictly connected to education and learning. It uses social networking features to connect users who intend to share their knowledge within the online community. The site is dedicated to Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and College students, as well as teachers, parents and other educators. Each version of Brainly is a free Q&A website customized for each country of operation. The goal is to inspire students to learn within a collaborative environment and expand their knowledge by focusing primarily on homework help. Brainly users come from over 35 countries, and the total size of community is 80 million unique users monthly by January 2017. Brainly operates as a desktop website, iOS app and Android apps.
Initially called Zadane.pl, the company was founded in 2009 in Poland by Michał Borkowski (current chief executive officer), Tomasz Kraus and Łukasz Haluch. The first million unique users monthly was achieved within 6 months after the release. In January 2011, the company announced Znanija.com, the first international project dedicated to Russian language speakers. Several other versions in multiple languages for the following markets included Turkey (eodev.com), Latin America and Spain (brainly.lat) and Brazil (brainly.com.br). In December 2013, seven new language versions of Brainly were released, include the English language (brainly.com), Indonesian (brainly.co.id), Indian (brainly.in), Filipino (brainly.ph), Thai language (brainly-thailand.com),Romanian (brainly.ro) and Italian (brainly.it) sites. Brainly was initially funded by the co-founders, but then raised funds from Point Nine Capital and Business Angels in 2012. 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. 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.
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