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Skillshare
Online classes to fuel your creativity and career
About Skillshare
Skillshare is an online learning platform that provides a wide range of creative classes designed to fit into users' daily routines. The platform serves individuals looking to explore new skills or deepen existing passions, as well as teams seeking professional development. Skillshare operates in the e-learning market, targeting creative professionals, hobbyists, and businesses. Its business model is subscription-based, offering a free trial followed by a premium membership that grants unlimited access to all classes. Revenue is generated through these subscriptions, as well as team plans and partnerships. The platform also supports a community of teachers who earn money by sharing their expertise.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2010
- Headquarters
- New York City, United States
- Employees
- 550
- Open positions
- 2
- Dealroom signal
- 70.1/100
- Sub-industry
- Education Providers
- Sector
- Edtech, SaaS, On-Demand, Community, Freemium, Platform, Student, Online Courses, Lifelong and Consumer Learning, Upskilling and Reskilling
- Technology
- Mobile app
- Business model
- Marketplace & ecommerce
- Client focus
- b2b, b2c
- Investment activity
- 1 company, latest Jan 2024
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
Knowledge graph
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES EOther financing | Nov 2022 | $78M | $314M | OMERS Ventures | — |
| LATE VCOther financing | Apr 2022 | $5M | $20M | Sopoong Ventures · Halmos Ventures | — |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Skillshare is 2.2M monthly website visits, down 15.4% over the last three months. Skillshare's team declined 0.7% over the past year.
Open positions
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Investments and acquisitions
Recent portfolio relationships for companies that also act as investors or acquirers.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series A15 investors entered at this stage
Founder Collective
SV Angel
Davidtisch- EPEric Paley
- CSCraig Shapiro
- JFJason Finger
Union Square Ventures
Spark Capital
VTF Capital
Oliver Jung
Omidyar Network
Amasia
Collaborative Fund
BoxGroup
David Tisch
Series B and later10 investors entered at this stage
Burda Principal Investments
Spero Ventures
Armentum Partners
OMERS Growth Equity
OMERS Private Equity
Adobe Systems
NewSpring Capital
Sopoong Ventures- HVHalmos Ventures
OMERS Ventures
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Global footprint
team presence
Market sentiment
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