Perlego - About the company
Perlego is a series B company based in London (United Kingdom), founded in 2016 by Gauthier Van Malderen. It operates as a Provider of digital subscription access to academic textbooks and resources. Perlego has raised $92.7M in funding from investors like Founders Factory, Mediahuis and Accelerated Digital Ventures, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 46 active competitors, including 7 funded and 1 that has exited. Its top competitors include companies like BibliU, RedShelf and Kopykitab.
Company Details
Provider of digital subscription access to academic textbooks and resources. This service offers a library of educational materials across various disciplines. Users access content through web browsers or mobile applications to support research and study requirements. The platform includes search tools to locate specific passages and academic concepts within the collection. Study guides created by subject matter experts are available to assist with understanding academic topics.
- Website
- www.perlego.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@perlego.com
- Registered Address
- 138 Holborn, London, England, EC1N 2SW
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2016
Location
London, United Kingdom
Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$92.7M in 8 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Jan 09, 2020
Investors
Ranked
2nd among 46 active competitors
Annual Revenue
£10M - £50M as on Apr 30, 2025
Employee Count
100 as on Jul 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Perlego
Perlego is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PERLEGO LIMITED CIN: 10155026 , United Kingdom, Active | Apr 28, 2016 | £10M - £50M (As on Apr 30, 2025) | 83 (As on Apr 30, 2022) |
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Perlego's funding and investors
Perlego has raised a total funding of $92.7M over 8 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 01, 2016. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Oct 08, 2024 for $*****. 5 investors participated in its latest round. Perlego has 20 institutional investors and 31 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Perlego:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Oct 08, 2024 | 3374613 | Series B | 4700186 | 5378915 | 9005605 | 8613204 |
Mar 15, 2022 | 7841870 | Series B | 7002921 | 1056545 | 1798572 | |
Nov 19, 2019 | 6565020 | Series A | 3822700 | 8784732 | 4668197 |
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Perlego's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Perlego is Gauthier Van Malderen. Gauthier Van Malderen is the CEO of Perlego.
Here are the details of Perlego's key team members:
- Gauthier Van Malderen: Co-Founder & CEO of Perlego and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address and 1 phone number
Perlego's Board of Directors
Perlego's board has 2 active members. Gauthier Van Malderen is part of team and Caspar Ysbrand Wilhelmus Van Rhijn is independent board member.Here is the list of Perlego's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | - | Current | 10y 4m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 7y 0m |
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Perlego's employee count trend
Perlego has 100 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Perlego's employee count trend over the years:
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Perlego's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Perlego include BibliU, RedShelf and Kopykitab. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Perlego, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | BibliU 2014, Greenville (United States), Series C | Provider of digital learning content and campus store management solutions | $102M | 71/100 | |
2nd |  Perlego 2016, London (United Kingdom), Series B | Provider of digital subscription access to academic textbooks and resources | $92.7M | 63/100 | |
3rd | RedShelf 2012, Chicago (United States), Series D | Platform offering digital textbooks for students | $83.5M | 48/100 | |
4th | Online platform to rent and read eBooks | $3.54M | 48/100 | ||
5th | Flat World Education 2007, Boston (United States), Series C | Digital textbook distribution platform for universities | $43.5M | 46/100 | |
6th | Biblioteca Virtual 2005, Campinas (Brazil), Unfunded | Provider of virtual books and virtual library for institutes | - | - | 46/100 |
7th | Lix Technologies 2015, Aarhus (Denmark), Deadpooled | Online learning platform for students to access eTextbooks | $8.38M | 43/100 | |
8th | zyBooks 2012, Los Gatos (United States), Acquired | Digital books for STEM education | $4M | 41/100 | |
9th | Digital bookstore that offers different ebooks and physical books | - | - | 37/100 | |
10th | Poly eBook 2022, Bangladesh, Unfunded | Provider of E-books for students | - | - | 35/100 |
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Perlego's Investments and acquisitions
Perlego has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Perlego
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News related to Perlego
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WestBow Press Partners with Perlego for Expanded Distribution of Christian BooksPR Newswire•Aug 13, 2025•Perlego, WestBow Press
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Perlego raises $20M to scale up its edtech with AITech.eu•Oct 08, 2024•Perlego, ITHAKA, Jstor, Mediahuis and 3 others
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‘Milestone’ university partnership with digital learning platformTheBusinessDesk.com•Sep 23, 2024•University of Leeds, Perlego
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Bango adds Perlego educational subscriptions to Digital Vending Machine®GlobeNewswire•Oct 31, 2023•Bango, Perlego, Academic Software
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KPN Ventures invest in companies offering online textbooks, cybersecurity trainingTelecompaper•Apr 24, 2023•KPN Ventures, Perlego, RangeForce
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Verizon adds Age of Learning, Perlego to +play content platformTelecompaper•May 25, 2022•Verizon, Perlego
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Perlego raises $50M to build out its vision of being the ‘Spotify for textbooks’TechCrunch+•Mar 15, 2022•Evli Growth Partners, The Raine Group, Mediahuis, Perlego and 1 other
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Perlego raises $9M Series A for its textbook subscription servicetechnewsuniverse.com•Nov 19, 2019•Perlego, Mediahuis, Umicore
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Perlego raises $4.8M for its 'Spotify for textbooks'TechCrunch+•Sep 10, 2018•Perlego, Accelerated Digital Ventures, Peter Hinssen, Peter Hinssen and 1 other
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