Day: August 17, 2022

Open English, the leading English-learning platform in Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market, today announced the acquisition of India's leading mobile language-learning platform, enguru. After establishing a strong foothold in the Americas with 24/7 live classes taught by native-speaking teachers and over 1.5 million students served, Open English successfully expanded into Spain and Turkey, and now hopes to replicate this success in one of the world's largest English-learning markets. 

Due to India's multitude of spoken dialects, English has become one of the most commonly used languages in the workplace and a prerequisite to work in India's fast-growing services sector. Additionally, the number of Internet users in India is expected to reach 900 million by 2025, providing a unique opportunity for the EdTech market, which is projected to reach USD $10.4 billion by 2025¹. This blend of growing internet penetration and a strong demand for English-learning, has created an optimal environment for Open English's acquisition of enguru, a platform that's reached over 16 million downloads across India.

"We're convinced that enguru's mobile-first learning platform offers the best solution for Indian consumers through its combination of live interactive classes, self-paced lessons and gamified learning activities," said Andrés Moreno, founder, chairman and CEO of Open English. "Their emphasis on live classes as the center of the student experience syncs perfectly with Open English's mission and belief that live instruction is the best and most effective way for students to learn English."

Both Open English and enguru target an emerging middle-class consumer who's hungry for high-quality and affordable solutions accessible from wherever they are. To that end, Open English plans to combine their own best practices with enguru's local expertise to capture a significant share of the English-learning market in India.

While enguru will continue operating under the same name, both companies will benefit from leveraging the other's experience, ultimately providing a better student experience throughout the Indian market.

1.  "Profiling India's EdTech Industry: A US$10 Billion Opportunity," India Briefing, June 9, 2022

About Open English

Open English is the leading English-learning platform in the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic markets, providing live, online instruction to 1.5 million students that have enrolled to date. The company is disrupting the brick-and-mortar language-learning market with a proprietary technology platform that offers unlimited, 24/7 access to live classes with native-speaking teachers. Open English offers customized learning solutions for businesses (Open English for Business), children (Open English Junior), and digital skill development (NextU). The company is headquartered in Miami, FL, with offices in Mexico City, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, and São Paulo. To learn more about Open English, visit OpenEnglish.com.

About enguru

Founded in 2015, enguru is a mobile-first English learning platform based in India. With over 16 million downloads and average monthly use of over 10 hours per paid student, enguru strives to help young adults improve their fluency and confidence through live classes and gamified learning activities.

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Brainingcamp - Digital Math Manipulatives

Brainingcamp announced a massive update to its digital math manipulatives. The update is immediately available, just in time for the 2022-2023 school year. The new Brainingcamp will enhance math education for its more than 7 million global users and counting.

"This is our biggest update ever," said Dan Harris, President of Brainingcamp. "We've rewritten every line of code."

Empowering Math Educators
From the beginning, Brainingcamp's focus has been on delivering easy-to-use, powerful math education tools, Harris said. "Ease of use is incredibly important to us. We want students spending their mental energy learning math, not learning UI."

With a modernized and updated user interface (UI) and purpose-focused design, the New Brainingcamp is also easier for teachers. The design team built new, optimized workspaces for all its 16 virtual math manipulatives.

"Teachers never have enough time to prepare everything they need for the classroom," said Mark Schmit, VP of Education at Brainingcamp. "We want to empower teachers with easy-to-use tools for math education that even their youngest students can understand and enjoy using."

Upgraded Features
Brainingcamp has updated its stunning animations, created an adaptive and scalable workspace, and added a universal tools bin for the new release. It has also upgraded several features from the previous release.

Teachers can access nearly 300 high-quality K-8 Tasks, complete with Teacher Notes and Share Codes for students to launch. Tasks are now available in English and Spanish.

The new Brainingcamp will preserve existing Share Codes, which teachers use to create activities or lessons for their students and have them share their work back. As a result, teachers won't lose their work after the update.

And educators will still be able to create LIVE sessions to monitor student progress, load student screens, and provide instant feedback.

"We rebuilt Brainingcamp from the ground up to create a wonderful experience today and a platform to rapidly build more features for tomorrow," said David Brown, VP of Engineering at Brainingcamp.

Product Availability
The new Brainingcamp is immediately available. Users will see the new features and changes when they log into their Brainingcamp account. They will not have to download or install anything to access the update. 

About Brainingcamp 
Brainingcamp's mission is to bring math to life. Their focus is on creating a world where students and educators are connected and inspired by the wonder of math through their digital math manipulatives. 

For more information, press only: 

Kristen Perhach
888.967.2267
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For more information on Brainingcamp:
www.brainingcamp.com