Forget about teacher’s pet. Online education company Coursera is fast
becoming an investor’s pet with a new $43 million round of funding.
Coursera, which provides hundreds of courses online, said Wednesday it raised the Series B financing from new investors Laureate Education Inc., the World Bank’s investment arm, LearnCapital Venture Partners, GSV Capital and venture capitalist Yuri Milner. Previous investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New Enterprise Associates, which invested $16 million in Coursera last year, boosted their stakes in the latest round.
Read more at : http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/07/10/online-education-startup-coursera-raises-another-43-million/
Coursera, which provides hundreds of courses online, said Wednesday it raised the Series B financing from new investors Laureate Education Inc., the World Bank’s investment arm, LearnCapital Venture Partners, GSV Capital and venture capitalist Yuri Milner. Previous investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New Enterprise Associates, which invested $16 million in Coursera last year, boosted their stakes in the latest round.
Read more at : http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/07/10/online-education-startup-coursera-raises-another-43-million/
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