Moolango

Moolango is an online marketplace for affordable, reliable, and enjoyable language practice.

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Consumer Products
  • Location Columbus, OH, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded June 2012
  • Employees 3
  • Website moolango.com

Company Summary

After learning the basics of a language, it is notoriously difficult to find affordable and enjoyable practice with native speakers (especially if you are learning English). Moolango solves this problem by providing financial incentives for native speakers and automating conversations around globally loved topics. Qualified speakers earn money and our low price point keeps the site affordable. Moolango: Make some moola speaking your lango.

Team

  • William (Bill) Charles Babeaux
    Co-Founder - Business Development and Design

    Bill is a former Fulbright Fellow who graduated summa cum laude from Ohio State University with degrees in International Business and Political Science. He has worked for the Mexican airline Volaris as well as interned for entrepreneurial organizations such as Ashoka and the Food Export Organization.

  • Jorge Benjamin Hernandez Zetter
    Co-Founder - Back-End

    Benjamin graduated in 2005 with a degree in Computer Science from Tec de Monterrey. After graduation, he worked as a software engineer for Appian Corporation in Virginia. Soon, though, he took a more entrepreneurial path by founding a company called In2Teck that specializes in making interactive social apps for large corporations including Nestle and Jose Cuervo.

  • Diego Miramontes Valencia
    Co-Founder - Front-End

    Diego also graduated in 2005 with a degree in Computer Science from Tec de Monterrey. Diego co-founded In2Teck with Benjamin after working in IT with a large Mexican bank, IXE Banco. He also participated in Telcel's entrepreneur community CTIN with Benjamin after all three founding members of Moolango won StartupWeekend Mexico City in November 2011.

Advisors

  • Carol Worley
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • 10xelerator - a member of the Global TechStars Network
    Unconfirmed

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