Coursera Lands $43M For Online University Courses
Mountain View-based Coursera, the startup which is providing free, online classes from universities, said today that it has raised $43M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from GSV Capital, International Finance Corp., Laureate Education, Learn Capital, as well as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New Enterprise Associates, and Yuri Milner. The startup offers up classes from top tier, well known universities, and now has 400 courses from 83 different institutions. The company said it hopes to use the funding to double the size of its team. The company has now raised nearly $63M in funding.
posted on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 (Link to more information)
Related companies:
Coursera
Related stories:
> Coursera Raises $3.7M For Online Education
> Coursera Gets $49.5M For Online Education
> Coursera Gets $20M More In Series B
> Coursera Finds $16M For Online Education
> Udacity Scores $15M
silicontap.com Home