Read Bean
Learn language with real-world content, at your level
About Read Bean
Read Bean helps intermediate-advanced language learners and heritage speakers improve their literacy using real-world content. The app measures your initial reading level and automatically transforms texts into bite-sized lessons at your level. It adapts to your progress, reinforcing vocabulary and tailoring content to ensure continuous improvement.
Company details
Funding
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
Maggie Zhang
Studied CS at MIT. Previously bootstrapped an e-commerce business to 200k followers, quant traded at Virtu, built software at Bloomberg, and was in management consulting at Bain.
LinkedInPearl Li
Savannah Liu
COO at Read Bean. Built a payment pipeline at Amazon that did $2B in TPV and made a security layer at Flatiron health.
LinkedInWhat happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.