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Verbling
Language learning with native speakers
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Verbling connects language learners with native speakers using in-browser video. Within moments of signing up, an American learning Spanish, for instance, will be matched up with an Argentine learning English for a ten minute conversation.

The participants speak for five minutes in each language, so each person benefits from the exchange. Topic suggestions remove awkwardness, and timers enforce fairness. Social features encourage repeat conversations between partners. And that's just so far.

Founders
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  • Jake Jolis
    COO at Verbling. Stanford dropout. Taught English, Spanish, translated French-English for UN.
  • Mikael Bernstein
    CEO of Verbling, the instant way to practice a language. Served as Swedish-Russian military interpreter. Stanford Econ/Russian.
Previous Investors
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  • Felix Shpilman
    Partner at Start Fund
  • Amir Banifatemi
    Managing partner at Bayspring Group, Founder K5Launch. Board Member and President / Investor at Tech Coast Angels.
  • Nathaniel Whittemore
    Investor in edu startups (Learn Capital), entrepreneur (@assetmap), writer (@change, @incmagazine + more), Live in the Mission, SF.
  • Mark Friedgan
    Manager at CatapultFund; Angel Investor; CTO at FundScience Inc.; BS/MS Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; CIO Top 100/InfoWorld Top 25 CTO
  • Ray Chan
    Founder @ K5Launch, member and board member @ Tech Coast Angels, deal committee ACE Fund, COO of Vokle, active investor.
  • Meyer Malka
    Entrepreneur and deal maker. Understanding how to be an investor and founder.
Incubator
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  • Y Combinator
    Y Combinator runs two three-month funding cycles a year. Each cycle culminates in Demo Day, at which the startups present to the world's top startup investors.
Advisors
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  • Garry Tan
    Partner at Y-Combinator. Co-founder of Posterous. Early designer / engineering lead at Palantir.
  • Harj Taggar
    one day i will learn to fly like superman. in the meantime im investing in startups with @ycombinator.
  • David Auerbach
    Founding Partner at Inspovation Ventures, co-founder IMPAC (IPO, acquired), co-founder CareCore (acquired)
Referrer
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  • Amir Banifatemi
    Managing partner at Bayspring Group, Founder K5Launch. Board Member and President / Investor at Tech Coast Angels.