Udacity

Overview

Acquisitions: 1 Acquisition
Total Equity Funding: $160M in 4 Rounds from 13 Investors
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Description: Udacity provides online courses and credentials, built by AT&T, Google, etc. for data analysts, web or mobile developers.
Founders: David Stavens, Sebastian Thrun, Mike Sokolsky
Categories: Education, EdTech, Internet, E-Learning
Website: http://www.udacity.com

Company Details

Founded: 2011
Contact: social@udacity.com
Employees: 101 – 250 | 14 in Crunchbase

They are building “University by Silicon Valley”, a new type of online university that: – teaches the actual programming skills that industry employers need today – delivers credentials endorsed by employers, because they built them – provides education at a fraction of the cost and time of traditional schools.

With industry giants – Google, AT&T, Facebook, Salesforce, Cloudera, etc. -they offer Nanodegree credentials, designed to help professionals become Web Developers, Data Analysts, or Mobile Developers. Supported by their communities of coaches and students, their students learn programming and data science through a series of online courses and hand-on projects that help them practice and build a convincing portfolio.