Udemy Receives $12 Million in Series B Financing Led by Insight Venture Partners

SAN FRANCISCO - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Udemy, the leading online education marketplace, today announced the completion of a $12 million Series B financing round led by Insight Venture Partners, with additional support from existing investors Lightbank, MHS Capital and Learn Capital, bringing Udemy's total funding to $16 million. The new capital will be used primarily for expanding the range and types of Udemy's content offerings as well as extending the content catalog across new platforms. Udemy will continue to bring on the best content from the world's leading experts, publishers and universities. In addition, the company announced the hiring of Dennis Yang as president and chief operating officer.

Launched in early 2010, Udemy is democratizing education by making top-quality content from the world's experts dramatically more affordable for anyone, anywhere. The site currently offers over 5,000 courses - with over 400 courses added in October 2012 alone - covering a wide range of subjects, including professional, business, technical, academic, creative and lifestyle. Courses are delivered on demand, so adult learners in particular can take them at their own pace when and where it is convenient for them. Those teaching via Udemy are able to build a curriculum based on videos, slide presentations, PDFs, documents, articles, links, photos and live conferences with their students.

Yang, who previously served as executive advisor to a number of start-ups and held leadership roles with 4INFO and Good Technology, will lead Udemy's business and operations-related activities, working closely with chief executive officer and co-founder Eren Bali.