Blinkist is acquired by Go1

Blinkist, the app for short summaries of books, has teamed up with the Australian B2B education service Go1. The common goal is to create a holistic offering for lifelong learning.

As a provider of learning and development resources, Go1 has direct access to education and training for some global companies and their employees. With the acquisition of Blinkist, the company is laying the foundation for a new, holistic offering. This aims to help people around the world integrate lifelong learning into their professional and personal lives.

The combination of Go1 and Blinkist offers something unique in the corporate learning marketplace: a continuous learning experience that serves professional goals while also being personally engaging

Andrew Barnes, Co-CEO of Go1

Holger Seim will join Go1 as COO Learners, and the Blinkist team will continue to operate under its own brand name and focus on learners. The goal is to expand the consumer-facing service globally from Berlin.

Details of the acquisition are not known, only that Seim says it is a three-digit million deal.

We started Blinkist as a service for learners, but in recent years have seen a growingInterest from companies.

Holger Seim, CEO Blinkist

Go1 is a global learning content company that provides education and training for a wide range of industries and topics by aggregating content. Over 8 million learners from more than 60 countries use Go1. They can access a library of 80,000 courses from more than 350 content partners. Go1 is a Y-Combinator 2023 top company, an SAP partner, and an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award nominee. Key investors include Seek, Softbank, M12 (Microsoft's venture capital arm), Madrona Venture Group and AirTree Ventures, as well as Blinkist investors such as Insight Partners, Greycroft, Headline, IBB Ventures and MGO.

Blinkist's offering expands the existing learning opportunities for Go1 customers and results in strong synergies.

Thilo Semmelbauer, Managing Director Insight Partners

Blinkist is a German company founded in 2012 by Holger Seim, Tobias Balling and Niklas Jansen. The platform provides a summary of non-fiction books and allows users to learn about the key insights and ideas of a book in a short period of time. Blinkist has over 20 million registered users and is available in multiple languages. The company has gone through several investment rounds in recent years and has been backed by Insight Partners, Greycroft and IBB Ventures, among others.