online education

Lynda.com Raises a Whopping $103M in First Outside Funding for Video Lessons

Liz Gannes in News on January 15 at 9:00 pm PT

Investors tend to like companies that had than $100 million in revenue last year.

In a Twist, Udacity Will Offer Cheap, Remedial Public School Algebra Courses

Liz Gannes in News on January 14 at 10:42 pm PT

Udacity’s MOOCs aren’t just for aspirational personal enrichment anymore.

Education Site Pluralsight Raises First Outside Funding Ever: $27.5M

Liz Gannes in News on January 3 at 12:00 am PT

The thing about suddenly hot start-up categories is that they’re often home to under-the-radar companies that have been around for years just making it happen.

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Udemy Raises $12M for Online Education Clearinghouse

Liz Gannes in News on December 7, 2012 at 9:00 am PT

Udemy, the marketplace for on-demand online courses, has attracted $12 million in Series B funding led by Insight Venture Partners and including Lightbank and MHS Capital. The San Francisco-based company says it has 5,000 courses and 500,000 students, with instructors collectively earning millions of dollars.

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Coursera Signs 12 More Universities to Bring Classes Online

Liz Gannes in News on July 17, 2012 at 12:00 am PT

Coursera, part of the current bumper crop of college-level online education projects, seems to be off to a quick start. The company is announcing that it has 1.5 million enrollments, will add courses from 12 more universities, and has raised $3.7 million more from investors including Caltech and University of Pennsylvania.

UniversityNow: Another VC-Backed Online College, but This One’s Not Elite

Liz Gannes in News on June 21, 2012 at 12:11 am PT

UniversityNow has $17.3 million in new funding to open its network of affordable online colleges for adults.