Online retailer Lastminute.com co-founder Brent Hoberman has invested in online language learning specialist busuu.com as part of a €3.5m fund-raising.

PROfounders Capital and a group of private investors are leading a Series A funding round into busuu.com.

busuu.com, which has 25 million users in 200 countries, will use the investment to improve its existing products, develop new ones and expand its global reach.

Hoberman and his partner Rogan Angelini-Hurll run PROfounders and other investments for the entity include made-to-order furniture site Made.com and luxury home rental business OneFineStay.