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D2L's competitors and similar companies include Instructure, Turnitin, Gradescope and Hujiang.

	D2L D2L (also known as Desire2Learn) is a company that develops learning platforms.	Instructure Instructure is an education technology company that provides learning management systems (LMS).	Turnitin Turnitin is a company that develops software for the education sector.	Gradescope Gradescope is a technology company developing a grading platform.	Hujiang Hujiang (沪江) develops a foreign language educational platform designed to train candidates in various foreign languages.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1999	Founding Date 2008	Founding Date 1998	Founding Date 2014	Founding Date 2001
Type	Type Private	Type Subsidiary	Type Subsidiary	Type Subsidiary	Type Private
Tags	Tags Technology developer tools edtech e-learning learning management platform	Tags Technology content management edtech enterprise software it consulting learning management platform	Tags Technology artificial intelligence edtech platform skill assessment	Tags Technology artificial intelligence edtech platform	Tags Education Technology edtech e-learning language learning management platform
Locations	Locations Kitchener, CA HQ Melbourne, AU Toronto, CA Vancouver, CA Winnipeg, CA Singapore, SG London, GB see more	Locations Salt Lake, US HQ London, GB Durham, US Raleigh, US	Locations Oakland, US HQ Melbourne, AU Köln, DE Tokyo, JP Seoul, KR San Pedro Garza García, MX Amsterdam, NL see more	Locations Oakland, US HQ	Locations HQ
Employees	Employees 1,2631% increase	Employees 1,4962% increase	Employees 9661% increase	Employees 4	Employees 8401% increase
Operating ⚠
Partners	Partners N/A	Partners 900 (FY, 2023)	Partners 52 (Aug, 2023)	Partners N/A	Partners N/A
Funding
Latest funding round	Latest funding round $ 85m (almost 12 years ago)	Latest funding round N/A	Latest funding round N/A	Latest funding round N/A	Latest funding round $ 157m (over 10 years ago)
Total funding raised	Total funding raised $ 165m	Total funding raised $ 89.6m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 5.4m	Total funding raised $ 187m