Livemocha raises $6M for language learning
Livemocha is a Seattle, Wash. company that offers online instructional content for language education, helping learners of English, Spanish, Mandarin, French, Hindi, and German.
The site, which launched in September 2007, operates as an online community, where native speakers of different languages can converse to become better. Standard learning tools are also provided.
Maveron LLC led the $6 million funding, the company’s first.
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