Hallo Raises $1.4 Million To Create The Future Of Language Learning

Hallo Raises $1.4 Million To Create The Future Of Language Learning

Learning a new language is difficult and time-consuming. Yet, once one does so, one's ability to appreciate and experience a culture is fundamentally augmented. Whether someone heads to Ibiza for vacation or conducts business in Beijing, being able to speak the native language enhances one's interactions. Benjamin Dent, 30, and Joon Beh, 29, are two entrepreneurs who have built a platform and community called Hallo to democratize English language learning. 









Hallo cofounders Benjamin Dent (left) and Joon Beh (right).



Benjamin Dent



Dent recollects, "During my birth, my mom experienced complications that left me blind in my left eye. However, my parents didn't know until my kindergarten teacher expressed concern when he watched me struggle to find a crayon I dropped. For the next nine years, I wore glasses with a patch covering my strong eye to strengthen my damaged eye, eventually switching to a less conspicuous black contact lens. It was a bumpy and lonely road. From being called 4 eyes to running into walls, this experience endowed me with a new kind of vision: to dream and to create."



His vision manifested Hallo.



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