Kurt Pedersen

Lingit

Lingit is a leading educational software company which develops and provides assistive technology to individuals with reading and writing disabilities. Lingit Group is the largest European provider within this area and provides products both through partners and its own presence in the Nordic and West-European region. Combining complex speech, language- and predictive technology Lingit offers a range of software-based multi-platform products for reading and writing support in Norwegian, English, German, French and Spanish. The company was founded by linguistics experts at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and possesses unique knowledge in the field of language technology. Nordic private equity company Verdane Capital acquired Lingit in 2017. The acquisition will support an ambition to accelerate growth and launch the technology internationally. Lingit acquired the UK based company, Claro Software Ltd, in March 2018 in alignment with an international growth strategy.