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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – SELF LEARNING
- Byju’s, a test preparation & learning platform has raised $50M in Series C round from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Times Internet, Sofina, Aarin Capital, InnoVen Capital, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Link
- Pluralsight, provider of online programming & creative learning courses has raised 600K according to its SEC filings. Link
- OpenClassrooms, online courses & MOOC platform has raised $7M in Series B funding from Alven Capital, Bpifrance & Citizen Capital. Link
- Coorpacademy, an online courses provider, has raised $11M in Series B funding from Serena Capital, Debiopharm, Nextstage. Link
- Ablesky, a marketplace for live online courses , has raised $15M in Series C funding. Link
- Studysoup, a peer-to-peer marketplace for study materials, has raised $1.7M in Seed funding. Link
- Kadenze, an online learning platform for arts and creative technology, has raised $1.84M in Series A round. Link
- Benchling, a provider of cloud-based tools for biotech research, has raised $7M in Series B funding from Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Link
- Makerist, an Online marketplace for handcraft tutorials, has raised $5M in Series A funding. Link
- Eneza Education, an educational services provider has raised Seed round of funding from Safaricom. Link
- SoloLearn, an interactive learning platform for programming & business skills, has raised $1.2M in Seed round from Learn Capital. Link
- Prozo, a marketplace for study material, has raised $315K in Seed round from Earlsfield Capital. Link
- Nomad Education, a learning apps provider for Children has raised $896K from Bpifrance and Coface. Link
- Zuoyebang, a mobile learning platform, has raised $60M in Series B round from Sequoia Capital, legend Capital & GGV Capital. Link
- The Student Hub, an eLearning solutions provider, raised $300K in Seed round Link
- Unacademy, an online learning platform, raised $1M in Seed round from Tracxn Labs, WaterBridge Ventures, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs India & Blume Ventures. Link
- Meishubao, an online platform for Art students, raised $8M in Series C round of funding. Link
- Ishuidi, a mobile based teaching app, raised $4.5M in Series A round. Link
- Youshikoudai, a mobile app for Kindergarten teachers, raised $1.5M in Seed round. Link
- Notesgen, a marketplace for study material, received $100K in Angel round from Riju Gupta.Link
- Ace Career, a vocational training platform, raised $450K in Series C round of funding. Link
- Boolan, an online platform for IT courses, received Seed funding from Hujiang. Link
SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND
LEADER BOARD – SELF LEARNING
Online Courses
Lynda (1995, Carpinteria, $289M, Acq.) – Online video courses in software, creative and business skills. Backed by Accel Partners, Spectrum Equity, Meritech Capital Partners and TPG Capital. Acquired by Linkedin in 2015 for $1.5B.
Hujiang (2001, Shanghai, $257M) – Provider of a web platform, a social media network, an online shop, and an online school which offers courses for ten different languages as well as vocational skills and various arts.
Pluralsight (2004, Cedar Valley, $204.5M) – Online video courses in programming and creative learning. Backed by Insight Venture Partners, Iconiq Capital, Felicis Ventures, Sorenson Capital.
Udemy (2010, SF, $173M) – Marketplace for online courses. Backed by 500 Startups, MHS Capital, Lightbank, Signia Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Learn Capital, Norwest Venture Partners.
General Assembly (2011, NYC, $173M) – Offers online and offline courses in technology, business and design streams. Backed by Advance Publications, Wellington Capital Management, IVP, Learn Capital, Maveron, Rethink Education and GSV Capital.
MOOCs
Udacity (2011, Mountain View, $160M) – A professional development nano degree courses provider. Backed by Bertelsmann, CRV, Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Drive Capital, Emerson Collective, Valor Capital Group, Recruit Holdings, Cox Enterprises and Baillie Gifford.
Coursera (2012, Mountain View, $146M) – MOOCs and certificate courses provider. Backed by EDBI, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GSV Asset Management, GSV Capital, Laureate Education, International Finance Corporation, Learn Capital, Times Internet and Yuri Milner.
Online Content
Teacherspayteachers (2006, NYC, $64M) – Marketplace for teachers to buy and sell teaching resources like lesson plans, assessment ideas, powerpoints and more. Backed by Spectrum Equity, Tiger Global and True Ventures.
Zuoyebang (2012, Beijing, $60M) – AmMobile based 1-1 doubt clarification & learning tool. Backed by Sequoia Capital, GGV Capital and Legend Capital.
Leaderboard includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.
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