# Duolingo funding rounds and investors

As of 13 Oct 2026, Duolingo has raised $180M across 7 verified rounds on record; latest: $35 million funding round, announced 18 Nov 2020.

Duolingo sells language learning courses and tools primarily targeted at consumers seeking to learn new languages through engaging and gamified methods.

Website: https://www.duolingo.com  
Headquarters: Pittsburgh  
Page: https://fireround.dev/companies/duolingo.com

## Verified rounds

| Announced | Round | Amount | Lead investors | Other investors | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2020-11-18 | Funding round | $35 million | not stated | Durable Capital Partners, General Atlantic | [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/duolingo-raises-35-million-to-fuel-continued-global-growth-301175316.html) |
| 2020-04 (reported) | Funding round | $10 million | not stated | General Atlantic | [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/27/understanding-duolingos-quiet-10m-raise) |
| 2019-12-04 | Series F | $30 million | Alphabet's CapitalG | Union Square Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, New Enterprise Associates, Drive Capital, Ashton Kutcher, Tim Ferriss | [axios.com](https://www.axios.com/2019/12/04/google-duolingo-pittsburgh) |
| 2017-07-25 | Series E | $25 million | Drive Capital | none named | [siliconangle.com](https://siliconangle.com/2017/07/25/language-learning-app-duolingo-raises-25m-700m-valuation) |
| 2015-06-10 | Series D | $45 million | Google | Union Square Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Ashton Kutcher, Tim Ferris | [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/10/duolingo-raises-45-million-series-d-round-led-by-google-ventures-now-valued-at-470m) |
| 2014-02-18 | Series C | $20 million | Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers | none named | [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/18/duolingo-raises-20m-series-c-round-led-by-kleiner-perkins-wants-to-dominate-online-language-learning) |
| 2012-09-17 | Series B | $15 million | New Enterprise Associates | Union Square Ventures | [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/duolingo-raises-15m-series-b-round-lead-by-nea-will-expand-to-more-languages-and-to-mobile-soon) |

Source: Fireround (https://fireround.dev), an open-source funding feed. Each round is checked against the pages listed with it.