Platzi is an effective online education platform that offers classes on marketing, programming, business, and design.
Platzi is an effective online education platform that offers classes on marketing, learn coding, business, and design. It teaches courses on design, marketing, and programming with a 70% completion rate, to over 80,000 students worldwide. All of their classes are live-streamed and recorded, with real-time collaboration among students and industry leaders as teachers. It aims to be the professional home for lifelong learning of advanced skills.
Platzi also helps students from all over the world to acquire new, in-demand skills and stay up-to-date with the tech industry. It uses video and interactive lessons to teach tangible skills rather than academic education, in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
The platform was founded in July 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Dec 6, 2021 | Series B | $62M | 8 | Prosus | — | Detail |
Apr 17, 2020 | Series A | — | 1 | — | — | Detail |
Jun 7, 2019 | Series A | $6M | 5 | Foundation Capital | — | Detail |
May 22, 2018 | Series A | $8.27M | 2 | — | — | Detail |
Nov 22, 2016 | Non-Equity Assistant | $50K | 1 | Google Launchpad Accelerator | — | Detail |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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Prosus | Yes | Series B |
Google Launchpad Accelerator | Yes | Non-Equity Assistant |
500 Global | — | Series B |
Darian Shirazi | — | Series B |
FJ Labs | — | Series B |
Foundation Capital | — | Series B |
FundersClub | — | Series B |
Hans Tung | — | Series B |
Y Combinator | — | Series B |
Nazca Ventures | — | Series A |