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A global English speaking platform, explained in seven clear chapters.
The essential investment case first. Evidence and detail are available when you want to go deeper.
Recognised byTIME2026 World’s Top 500 EdTech Companies
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The opportunity
Children learn to speak English by speaking it. Schools cannot give every learner enough time to do that.
Class sizes constrain individual practice and feedback. Digital tools add activity, but are often disconnected from the curriculum and the classroom.
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Speakia focuses on young English learners in markets where English is a second or additional language. Its priority territories span ASIA, EMEA and AMER—countries representing approximately six billion people.
The technology shift matters because AI and speech analysis now make individualised speaking practice viable at scale. The defensible opportunity is not access to AI alone; it is the educational infrastructure that makes the technology structured, assignable, age-appropriate and useful inside real schools.
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The solution
AI-powered speaking practice, built around how schools actually teach.
Learners listen, speak, receive feedback and try again—progressing from vocabulary and sentences into sustained language use.
See children using Speakia
Student appAn interactive world of missions, characters and adventures.
Teacher dashboardAssign content, manage classes and track activity and progress.
Learning systemStructured curriculum, classroom resources and market mapping.
Responsible AIBounded, age-appropriate interaction with teacher oversight.
What makes the platform defensible? +
Speakia’s advantage lies in its curriculum architecture, child-focused content, classroom resources, teacher workflows and accumulated learning data. As the platform maps to more curricula and becomes embedded in school practice, its usefulness and replacement cost increase.
The development roadmap extends the curriculum from four to eight levels for ages 4–14, adds AI-character conversations, expands the aligned media library, and develops stronger reporting and speaking assessment. Speakia Life can later extend the journey beyond A2 for older learners and native speakers who want to communicate more confidently.
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Evidence of traction
Speakia is beyond concept. The platform is live, recognised and entering schools through partners.
Partner evidence and direct demand +
Beus Academy moved from a regional pilot to further licence purchases and planned expansion across its Turkish school network. In Vietnam, Giáo Dục Số has signed to launch Speakia with public schools and partners, using sponsorship to lower early adoption barriers and build evidence for a broader rollout.
Speakia also generated approximately 15 tutor and school pricing enquiries in six weeks without active promotion; four progressed to active sales conversations. The direct app channel provides country-level acquisition and performance insight while supporting markets without a national partner.
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The business model
Local market expertise. Central product leverage. Three routes to revenue.
Tiered licence purchase
Partners buy licences in advance and resell locally. Larger annual commitments receive lower per-learner pricing.
Operating in TürkiyeRevenue-share partnership
The partner funds local market development and pays Speakia an agreed share of revenue at agreed intervals.
Operating in VietnamDirect to consumer
Parents, tutors and smaller learning organisations buy through the app stores and Speakia website.
Global supporting channelPartners lead local sales, marketing, school relationships, onboarding and first-line support. Speakia provides the platform, product development, learning system and partner enablement.
How the capital-efficient model works +
The primary growth model is to appoint carefully selected partners across ASIA, EMEA and AMER. Commercial structures reflect local regulation, affordability, expected volume, localisation and implementation requirements.
This approach gives Speakia local reach while keeping the central operation relatively lean. Direct channels remain valuable for consumer insight, tutor membership revenue and territories where no exclusive distributor has been appointed.
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The scale opportunity
One learning platform. Market-by-market implementation across three global regions.
Current traction in Vietnam, a founder and technical base in China, and priority opportunities including India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Japan and Sri Lanka.
Priority markets across the Gulf, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Morocco and the United Kingdom.
Initial focus on Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Puerto Rico, supported by major education events.
2027Build regional sales capability · appoint partners · exhibit at BETT Brazil, Asia and USA2028Expand partners across all three regions · deepen direct-to-consumer capability
Explore markets and implementation +
The model is intentionally flexible. Licence purchase works where partners can forecast and fund demand. Revenue share works where regulation, affordability or implementation makes pre-purchase less suitable. Content and processes can be localised without rebuilding the core product.
The detailed investor site includes country-level market commentary and the full 2027–2028 implementation timeline.
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The team
Education, product, partnerships and technology—connected across three countries.
Madelize Bekker
CEO & Founder
New Zealand
Mel Cullen
Director of Product & Learning Innovation
United Kingdom
Darcy Vo
Digital Product Director & Regional Sales Director
New Zealand
Jinxin (Kane) Ma
Tech Lead
ChinaTogether, the team brings more than 60 years of experience across English-language education, curriculum, assessment, learning design, digital product development, engineering and international partnerships.
Why this team is equipped to deliver +
Madelize leads strategy, commercialisation, partnerships and investment. Mel leads product direction, learning innovation and AI application. Darcy connects digital product development with implementation and Asian market growth. Kane leads architecture, engineering and AI integration.
Their experience spans Australasia, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and Africa, with direct knowledge of the education systems and partnership environments Speakia intends to serve.
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The investment
Capital to turn proven foundations into a scalable global education business.
Speakia combines a real educational need, a live product, early market evidence, capital-efficient distribution and a globally experienced team.
AI-powered. Education-led. Built for schools.Financial context and next steps +
The round is designed to establish Speakia as a standalone company, accelerate product development and support market expansion through partners and selected direct channels. The current forecast shows a front-loaded investment period, operating breakeven in 2028 and increasing operating leverage as revenue scales.
Detailed assumptions, the current financial table, implementation plan, disclaimers and contact information remain available in the full investor site.