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Poliglota

Ernesto Reyes 04 Piso 1, Providencia, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, 7520402, Chile

Overview

Founded in 2016, Poliglota began as in‑person conversational language groups and evolved into a digital EdTech platform offering guided online and offline group practice. The company teaches five languages (English, Italian, French, Portuguese and German) and combines social conversation with coach guidance. As of the articles, Poliglota has trained more than 40,000 students, employs around 90 staff and works with 350+ active coaches, while corporate sales account for roughly 45% of revenue. The startup has focused its expansion on Mexico (now a primary growth market) and is pushing toward the U.S. Hispanic market, supported by recent fundraising. Poliglota plans to integrate AI and new personalization tools by 2025 to tailor learning paths while preserving its social learning model. The company’s historical valuation surpassed $50M after the 2021 financing that included participation from Y Combinator and Harvard’s investment fund.

Total raised
$6M
Funding rounds
4
Latest round
Crowdfunding
Latest activity
Apr 2025

Industries

  • Education
  • Language Learning
  • Social Network
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Recent funding

  1. Crowdfunding

    Apr 2025

    $2M

  2. Equity

    Nov 2023

    $2M

  3. Series A

    May 2021

    $3M

Team

  • Carlos Aravena

    Co-Founder & CEO

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  • José Sánchez Preisig

    Co-Founder

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  • Nicolás Javier Fuenzalida Plaza

    Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer

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  • Bruno Vicenzi

    Chief Operating Officer

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