Funmedia
| Limited liability company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | e-learning |
| Founded 📆 | 10th of July 2009 |
| Founder 👔 | Bartłomiej Postek, Krzysztof Wojewodzic |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Kiełczowska 70, Wrocław , |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Bartłomiej Postek (CEO) |
| Products 📟 | e-learning courses, mobile applications |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | http://fun-media.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Funmedia Sp. z o.o. (previously named FunEnglish.pl) - Polish e-learning company headquartered in Wrocław. The company was founded on 10 July 2009 by two graduates of Wrocław University of Economics - Bartłomiej Postek and Krzysztof Wojewodzic. In 2011, as the first company in Poland, Funmedia received accreditation from the Ministry of National Education for its first online English coursebook for children. Since 5 August 2013, Funmedia has been a member of PIIT.[1]
Products
The company creates and sells language and specialized e-learning courses. In September 2013, the first mobile application to learn five foreign languages, Kursy123, was launched.[2] In November 2013, the international version of the mobile application, Courses123, was created.[citation needed] Phandroid included Courses123 on its list of best language learning apps in 2014.[3]
Funmedia's products have been sold on 24 markets around the world (among others the US, Australia, Russia, the Czech Republic).[4]
Social initiatives
Funmedia carries out Polish nationwide social projects.
The National Programme for the Development of E-learning 2.0
The initiative is co-organized with Centre for educational development. It aims at popularizing e-learning within the educational system by raising the awareness of new technologies in education among its representatives. During the program one of the three e-learning language courses is made available. Beneficiaries are school headmasters, university lecturers, teachers and administrative staff.[citation needed]
FunEnglish.pl in a library
The program is carried out in cooperation with Fundacja Rozwoju Społeczeństwa Informacyjnego. It enables free access to the English course for children aged between 6–12 in public libraries. In 2013, the III edition of the program has started.[citation needed]
Angielski123 in a library
The program is carried out in cooperation with Fundacja Rozwoju Społeczeństwa Informacyjnego. It enables free access to the English course for youth, adults, seniors in libraries all around Poland. The aim of this program is improving language-computing skills and increasing awareness of e-learning among Polish general public. In 2013, the II edition of the program has started.[citation needed]
Awards
In 2011 and 2012, Funmedia received an award of European Language Label (ELL) - European label of innovativeness in teaching and learning foreign languages presented by The Foundation for the Development of the Educational System.[citation needed]
In 2013 Funmedia won the “Houston, mamy start-up” contest organized by Lewis PR agency with the support of Polish Science Parks.[5]
Other founder endeavors
According to Postek's LinkedIn page, as of 2023, the company is known as Hanza Group.[6] Hanza markets itself as an online business developer.[7] FunMedia's FlashIntel page lists a similar description.[8]
As of December 2023, Krzysztof Wojewodzic is the CEO of Escola SA,[9] a company that presents a similar business model to Hanza.[10] He also lists himself as a volunteer with the Polish chapter of the Entrepreneur's Organization.[11][12] He left FunMedia in July 2012.[13]
References
- ↑ "Application for PIIT: Funmedia sp. z o.o. from Wrocław". Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications (in Polish). 2013-08-06. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2023-12-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Kłosowski, Łukasz (2013-09-11). "Kursy123 to zaawansowana aplikacja do nauki aż pięciu języków. Do końca września za darmo" [Kursy123 is an advanced application for learning as many as five languages. Free until the end of September]. GoMobi.pl (in polski). Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ↑ Fedewa, Joe (2014-07-09). "Best Android Apps for learning Spanish, Japanese, and other languages". Phandroid. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ↑ "Krzysztof Wojewodzic | MERIT | Executive Education Summit". MERIT Summit. 2017. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ↑ Miecznikowski, Grzegorz (2013-11-18). "Houston, we have a winning start-up!". Innovation Portal of the Polish Government (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2023-12-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Hanza Group - wcześniej Funmedia". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ↑ "Cofounder as a Service | Hanza". www.hanzagroup.com. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ↑ "Funmedia - E-Learning Providers -". FlashIntel. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ↑ "About Us - We Develop Apps - We Share Knowledge | Escola". escolasoft.com. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ↑ "ESCOLA | 🤖 AI 📱 Mobile 🖥️ Web | Software Developer". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ↑ "EO Poland". Entrepreneur's Organization - Poland chapter. 2021-03-31. Archived from the original on 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2023-12-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Wojewodzic, Krzysztof (2021-03-31). "Krzysztof Wojewodzic". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ↑ Wojewodzic, Krzysztof. "Krzysztof Wojewodzic | experiences". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
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