Myngle

Myngle

Type of site	Virtual education
Available in	English, Spanish (Castellano), French, German, Italian, Russian,
Owner	Myngle, inc.
Created by	Marina Tognetti, Egbert van Keulen, Danilo da Silva, Valter Stoiani
URL	www.myngle.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Required
Launched	Dec 2007
Current status	official/paying[citation needed]

mYngle is an online language learning service provider for business professionals. Based in the Netherlands, they provide one to one lessons through an online virtual classroom.

History[]

Myngle was launched in December 2007, based on the experience of its founder Marina Tognetti. She found it hard to study Chinese because of the lack of qualified teachers in her area and a proper learning environment, as well as the flexibility needed to accommodate her busy working schedule.^{[citation needed]} This gave Tognetti the idea to create a company where technology would allow students to take language lessons from teachers located in any part of the world. She resigned from her job at eBay, where she was in the management team for 4 years, and started Myngle.^{[citation needed]}

Applications[]

Myngle uses a toolkit for synchronous learning, which consists of VoIP in combination with an integrated whiteboard^{[clarification needed]}, feedback and a community environment.^{[clarification needed]}

Financing[]

In March 2009, Myngle secured €950,000 ($1.25 million) in the form of a bank loan from Rabobank. The Dutch government, through an innovation program, backed the loan. This was Myngle's second round of financing. On the first round Myngle was able to secure an €800,000 seed investment from the HenQ fund and private individuals.^[1]

Awards[]

Marina Tognetti receiving the Plugg People's Choice Award, 2009

• ^[2] Top 5 Start up Media in the Netherlands, in June 2009
• Plugg Conference's People's choice award, in March 2009^[3]
• Best ICT Company at the ,^[4] in December 2008
• Accenture^[5] Innovation award in October 2008

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