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June 14, 2019

Polish edtech company Brainly has 150m users - but can it make money?

The homework help company is up against Asian rivals that have raised ten times more funding


Maija Palmer

6 min read

Fronted adverbial? Inverse vector? Trying to help children with baffling homework questions often involves tears (for the parents) and a lot of searching on Google. But in places like the US, India, Indonesia, and Russia students are turning to Brainly, a social platform where they can ask their peers for online help.

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About 10% of Indian students use Brainly
About 10% of Indian students use Brainly
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