Company Growth (employees)
Coursera was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, US
Key People at Coursera
Jeff Maggioncalda
CEO
Daphne Koller
Co-Founder
Andrew Ng
Co-Founder
Coursera Office Locations
Coursera has an office in Mountain View
Mountain View, US (HQ)
381 E Evelyn Ave
Coursera Data and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2012 |
Total Funding | $210.1 m |
Latest funding size | $64 m |
Time since last funding | 4 months |
Investors | International Finance Corporation, GSV Asset Management, Learn Capital, New Enterprise Associates, GSV Capital, World Bank, EDBI, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Inc., Lampert Foundation, Yuri Milner, Laureate Education |
Coursera's latest funding round in June 2017 was reported to be $64 m. In total, Coursera has raised $210.1 m. Coursera's latest valuation is reported to be $800 m.
Coursera Financial Metrics
USD
Market valuation | 800 m |
Coursera Operating Metrics
Coursera's Registered Users was reported to be 26 m in Jun, 2017
| Feb, 2017 | Jun, 2017 | |
|---|---|---|
Registered Users | 24 m | 26 m |
Courses | 2 k | |
University Partners | 150 | |
Specializations | 180 |
Source: github.com
Coursera Median Salaries
Source: 83 public H-1B filings from Coursera
Market Position of Coursera
Traffic Overview of Coursera
Coursera Online and Social Media Presence
Coursera News and Updates
August 08, 2017
Coursera cofounder Andrew Ng launches online deep learning courses
Andrew Ng is returning to the world of online education with a bang. He’ll be teaching a set of courses on deep learning through Coursera, the online education site that he cofounded, with the aim of helping people get up to speed on key developments in artificial intelligence. Ng’s courses will cov…
August 08, 2017
Deeplearning.ai is Andrew Ng’s new series of deep learning classes on Coursera
When Andrew Ng announced Deeplearning.ai back in June, it was hard to know exactly what the AI frontiersman was up to. In his time since departing as Baidu’s chief scientist, Ng has been developing a sequel of sorts to his popular introductory machine learning Coursera class. This go around, he is …
June 13, 2017
Coursera gets a new CEO: former Financial Engines CEO Jeff Maggioncalda replaces Rick Levin
Online education company Coursera has announced that CEO Rick Levin is stepping down to be replaced by Jeff Maggioncalda, former CEO of asset management company Financial Engines. Levin, an economist and the president of Yale University from 1993 to 2013, exited retirement to join Coursera as CEO in…
June 07, 2017
Online learning startup Coursera raises $64M at an $800M valuation
As the cost of in-class education continue to rise, and the cost for computing continues to fall, we’re seeing a flourishing of startups that target the market for online learning. As one mark of the trend, one of the leaders in this space, Coursera, is today announcing $64 million in a Series D ro…
June 07, 2017
Coursera raises $64 million to expand its corporate e-learning business and master’s degree programs
Online education company Coursera has raised $64 million in a series D round of funding led by GSV Asset Management, with participation from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers (KPCB), Learn Capital, and the Lampert Foundation. Founded in 2012, Coursera partners with univ…
March 03, 2017
Google and Coursera launch Cloud Platform training courses for businesses
Google has turned to online education platform Coursera to launch a handful of training courses centered on the Google Cloud Platform. Founded out of California in 2012, Coursera partners with businesses and educational institutions to serve more than 20 million online students a range of courses ac…