Coursera Garners $20,000,000 Series B Financing Round
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Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=654536bd-200c-4709-9126-4b33c5180597
Date 11/23/2013
Company Name Coursera
Mailing Address 1975 El Camino Real West Mountain View, CA 94040
Company Description We offer high quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone. We currently host courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Pennsylvania. We are changing the face of education globally, and we invite you to join us.
Proceeds Purposes The financing announced today will further support these initiatives, which focus on ongoing technological developments, strategic partnerships and the build-out of Coursera’s product and recruiting teams, including the recent hiring of tech industry leaders John Ciancutti and Tom Willerer to develop Coursera’s global offerings and enhance the user experience.