Software:Hello English

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Short description: Language-learning app
This page is about English language learning application. For the government program of the same name, see Hello English (government program).

Hello English
Type of site
Privately held company
Available inHindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Urdu, Punjabi, Malayalam, Oriya, Assamese, Nepali, Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, Turkish and Thai[1][2]
Founded2014; 12 years ago (2014)
HeadquartersJaipur, India[2]=
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Nishant Patni
Pranshu Patni
IndustryE-Learning, Online Education
ParentIntap Labs Private Limited
Websitewww.helloenglish.com
RegistrationYes
Users50 million (as of September 2020)[3]
LaunchedOctober 2014; 11 years ago (2014-10)
Current statusInactive

Hello English is a discontinued[4][5][6][7] English language-learning application, which allows users to learn the English language through interactive modules. It was available on a freemium pricing model on Android, iOS, Windows and Web.[8][9]

History

Hello English was launched in October 2014 by CultureAlley.[10] It is an edtech startup co-founded by Nishant Patni, an alumnus of IIT Bombay and Kellogg School of Management along with Pranshu Patni, an alumnus of NMIMS, back in December 2012.[11][5][12][1][13] It runs under Jaipur based Intap Labs Private Limited.[14][15][16]

Funding

The platform raised $6.5 million in Series-A funding led by New York-based venture capital firm Tiger Global Management in March, 2015.[17][18][19][20] The other participants included Kae Capital (led by Sasha Mirchandani), and 500 Startups, California, and angel investors - Rajan Anandan and Sunil Kalra. The platform had previously raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Kae Capital in 2013.[21]

Features

The application consists of 475 interactive lessons and games associated with reading, writing, speaking, and listening and has gamification mechanics in the app. It has a bilingual dictionary, available in 22 languages.[4][22]

Awards/Recognition

  • 2017: Number #3 Educational app on Google Play Store in India.[23]
  • 2016: Received the Most Innovative Mobile App for India award from the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).[24]
  • 2016: Best Apps of 2016 in 'Made in India' category by Google Play Store.[25][26][27]
  • 2015: Co-founder of Hello English, Pranshu Patni listed as Forbes 30 under 30 achievers for creating the Hello English app.[5]
  • 2015: Number #1 Educational app on Google Play store in India.[1][28]
  • 2015: According to App Annie, it is the 98th most downloaded app in India on Android phones as of 8 July 2015.[2]
  • 2014: Received the Most Innovative Mobile App for India award from the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).[29][30]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Julka, Harsimran (8 July 2015). "How CultureAlley's app Hello English became number 1 on Google Play store in India in just 8 months". The Economic Times. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/how-culturealleys-app-hello-english-became-number-1-on-google-play-store-in-india-in-just-8-months/articleshow/47980440.cms. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mathur, Vishal (8 July 2015). "Apps for learning English". Livemint. http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/JPCQAxaNngQIUVsRgKlQhL/Learn-English-without-books.html. 
  3. ↑ "Innovation on the tap: Meet the winners in 9 categories of Govt's mobile app challenge". The Economic Times. 4 September 2020. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/sme-sector/innovation-on-the-tap-meet-the-winners-in-9-categories-of-govts-mobile-app-challenge/articleshow/77922970.cms. Retrieved 2020-09-20. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "इन ऐप्स से आप राह चलते-चलते भी आसानी से सीख सक ते हैं अंग्रेजी, फ्री हैं उपलब्ध हैं यह सभी ऐप्स" (in Hindi). Jansatta. 29 March 2017. http://www.jansatta.com/technology-news/phone-gadget/best-english-learning-apps-these-apps-are-duolingo-hello-english-memrise-hello-pal/286265/. 
  5. ↑