Tech Company Financing Transactions

Udacity Funding Round

Andreessen Horowitz, CRV and private investors participated in a $15 million Series B funding round for Udacity. The round was announced on 10/26/2012.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
10/26/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$15,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Andreessen Horowitz (Lead Investor) (Peter Levine)

CRV (George Zachary)

private investors (Steven Blank)

Proceeds Purpose
With the new funding, the company said it plans to enhance its interactive course architecture, including adding new environments for programming classes and scaling course and student analytics.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
EdTech
Mailing Address
2440 El Camino Real 6th Floor
Mountain View, CA 94040
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Udacity is a totally new kind of learning experience. You learn by solving challenging problems and pursuing udacious projects with world-renowned university instructors (not by watching long, boring lectures).
Profile
Udacity LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Udacity Company Twitter Account
Company News
Udacity News
Facebook
Udacity on Facebook
YouTube
Udacity on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chairman
Sebastian Thrun
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Chief Executive Officer
Gabe Dalporto
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Chief Financial Officer
Seamus Hennessy
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Chief Marketing Officer
Kenny Kim
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Chief Technical Officer
James Richards
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Vice President
Hisham Elaraby
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Vice President
Blake Tablak
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VP - Human Resources
Grace Rhee
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VP - Product Management
Alper Tekin
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