Dive Brief:

• Taiwan-based education app developer QLL has raised $450,000 to assist efforts to expand to the United states, Canada, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.
• The company's language learning apps aim to provide a personalized learning experience, and to let educators share and exchange digitized learning materials. According to TechCrunch, QLL will test the waters in Singapore before branching out to the states and Canada.
• QLL, an alumnus of accelerator program AppWorks, has developed about 150 iOS and Android apps since its inception in 2007.

Dive Insight:

QLL is best known for Pocket Chinese Tutor and bilingual storytelling apps, and it utilizes analytics to personalize learning in each of its programs. For example, with Pocket Chinese Tutor, users are corrected for their pronunciation of Chinese terms.

The funding was led by B Dash Ventures with participation from Incubate Fund, Pinehurst Advisors, Viling, and Coent Venture Partners.