Marketplace for live online language tutoring across 50+ languages.
Education📍 Brooklyn, NYFounded 2012
Current Valuation
$1.2B
as of 2026-Q1
UNICORN
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Preply going public?
No. Preply is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Preply's valuation in 2026?
Preply is valued at $1.2B as of 2026-Q1, set by its Series D ($150M, Jan 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Preply filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Preply.
Who are Preply's investors?
Preply's investors include WestCap, Owl Ventures, Hoxton Ventures, Point Nine Capital, All Iron Ventures.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Preply is a Brooklyn-headquartered, Kyiv-founded language-learning marketplace connecting students to live tutors across 50+ languages, with AI-assisted lesson planning. The company hit unicorn status in January 2026 with a $150M Series D led by WestCap.
Company Profile
CEO
Kirill Bigai
Founded
2012
HQ
Brooklyn, NY
Employees
500+
Total Raised
$299M
Est. Revenue
$50M (2021)
Growth
+39% YoY (2021 disclosure)
Last Round
Series D — $150M (Jan 2026) · Lead: WestCap
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Series D · $150M · 7 mo ago
privateTotal raised $299M
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$3.71
Last round price / share
$7.06
vs last round
-47.5%
Open interest
1
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series D
$150M
Jan 2026
WestCap
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Talent Signal
Hiring trend
● First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
122
via ashby
Product-build share
57%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
strengthening
product-led hiring — 57% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
Recent senior hire: 1 senior hire (CFO).
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Key Executive Moves
INCharlie WickersCFO · 2026-08-16
From trusted-source news extraction (deep-enrich pipeline); dates approximate publication, not effective date.
Counted from Preply's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Kirill BigaiSerge LukianovDmytro Voloshyn
Investors
WestCap · Owl Ventures · Hoxton Ventures · Point Nine Capital · All Iron Ventures
Products
Preply marketplace (1-on-1 tutoring)
Preply Business (corporate language training)
AI-assisted lesson plans
Competitors
italki · Cambly · Duolingo · Babbel · Berlitz
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.