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    Our Story

    The Busuu for Business story

    Busuu is an online learning platform delivering internationally recognised professional language courses to corporations and businesses across the world.

    Busuu was co-founded in 2008 by Bernhard Niesner and Adrian Hilti, based on their passion for languages and frustration with traditional language learning methods. In January 2022, Busuu was acquired by US leading online learning company, Chegg (NYSE: CHGG).

    Busuu for Business is the chosen language supplier to over 600 global businesses and educational establishments, who trust our integrated, proven, measurable method to deliver real and sustainable language learning results.

    Our approach

    About Busuu for Business

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    120m registered global users
    Learn 14 languages in expertly-crafted courses with support from the Busuu Community of native language speakers
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    600+ corporate clients
    Join clients from some of the world’s best known brands who trust Busuu for Business to deliver their corporate learning objectives
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    Tech-enabled Self-paced & Live Lessons
    Experience tailored, bite-sized learning to fit all work schedules, with teacher-led lessons to improve speaking confidence for faster fluency
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    Internationally certified teachers
    Trust our teams of certified teachers who deliver internationally recognised content with bespoke courses designed to meet your business needs
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    Awards

    Our awards and accolades

    Busuu has won multiple awards, recognised for its intuitive usability and goal-based learning model.

    Busuu - Best use of social and collaborative learning technologies 2025
    Learning Technologies Awards 2025
    Best use of social and collaborative learning technologies 2025
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    eLearning Award 2023 – Best Rollout Project
    Best Rollout Project awarded for Busuu’s flexible language learning solution, shared with 16,000 Puma employees
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    World Future Awards – Best Language Learning Platform
    Best Language Learning Platform 2023 in this celebration of outstanding products and services to positively impact society in the future.
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    Most Innovative Language Learning Platform 2023
    Recognized as the Most Innovative Language Learning Platform 2023 by SME Magazine
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    ELTons Innovation Awards
    Busuu's AI-powered Smart Review won the Digital Innovation category in the British Council's ELTons Innovation Awards 2020
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    Global EdTech 50
    Busuu was listed as one of the 2020 top transformational growth edtech companies in GSV Ventures' Global EdTech 50.
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    EdTech Breakthrough Awards
    Busuu was named Language Learning App of the Year in the EdTech Breakthrough Awards 2020.
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    Independent - 'IndyBest' Best Buy
    'Best Buy' language learning app by the Independent in 2021
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    Independent - 'IndyBest' Best Buy
    'Best Buy' language learning app by the Independent in 2021
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    Independent - 'IndyBest' Best Buy
    'Best Buy' language learning app by the Independent in 2021
    ISO certification

    Busuu is proudly ISO 27001 certified.

    Busuu is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified as of September 2022, recognising our business’ commitment to operate a secure Information Security Management System, across our entire learning platform.

    The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an independent, non-governmental international organisation with an international membership of 167 national standards bodies.

    Our certification recognises our work to maintain a rigorous security programme, applicable to both our corporate business partners, educational establishments and the consumers who learn with us.

    Find out more more about the ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards here.

    Customer SUCCESSES

    What Busuu for Business customers say

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    “The biggest benefit of Busuu for PUMA is enabling lifelong learning. We see that people are happy that they have more possibilities to learn. People can travel more, get to know new people and make new connections through different languages.”
    Polina Ivanova
    Manager of People Development & Organisational Learning, PUMA
    “It is important that our employees understand the company's goals, and the messages we send. For this we need good language skills”
    Estelle Guiot
    Fulfilment & Development Specialist, PayFit
    “So far, the results are stellar. We are delighted with the results we get from our employees on Busuu”
    François Debois
    Global Director for Learning Excellence & Innovation, L'Oréal

    Busuu for Business connects people with languages, and our dedicated teams champion this goal.

    Our global clients are supported by a multilingual Customer Success teams based in and covering the USA, Spain, UK, DACH, Italy, France, BENELUX and Latin America.

    Our team understands the complex educational challenges faced by international brands, and work closely with regional client operations to ensure global business goals are met.

    We’ll help set your course content, drive and measure engagement, and manage your learning goals to maximise your ROI.

    If you have any questions our Customer Success team is always here to help. Please use the contact form below to get in touch, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

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    Global support, local knowledge

    Busuu’s Customer Success team -
    ongoing support to drive success

    Busuu for Business connects people with languages, and our dedicated teams champion this goal.

    Our global clients are supported by a multilingual Customer Success teams based in and covering the USA, Spain, UK, DACH, Italy, France, BENELUX and Latin America.

    Our team understands the complex educational challenges faced by international brands, and work closely with regional client operations to ensure global business goals are met.

    We’ll help set your course content, drive and measure engagement, and manage your learning goals to maximise your ROI.

    If you have any questions our Customer Success team is always here to help. Please use the contact form below to get in touch, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

    ESG

    Environmental, social
    responsibility and governance

    Our parent company, Chegg, sets clearly defined ESG pillars that explore its social responsibility and governance commitments. You can download the latest Chegg ESG Report here.