Platzi

About

Platzi is an effective online education platform that offers classes on marketing, programming, business, and design.

San Francisco,California,United States
251 - 500
https://platzi.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series A
Last Funding Money Raised: $6M
Industries: EdTech,Education,Edutainment,Recruiting,Training
Founded date: Jul 1, 2012
Number Of Employee: 251 - 500
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Platzi Inc
Also Known As: Mejorando.la,Mejorandola

Platzi is an effective online education platform that offers classes on marketing, learn coding, business, and design. It teaches courses on design, marketing, and programming with a 70% completion rate, to over 80,000 students worldwide. All of their classes are live-streamed and recorded, with real-time collaboration among students and industry leaders as teachers. It aims to be the professional home for lifelong learning of advanced skills.

Platzi also helps students from all over the world to acquire new, in-demand skills and stay up-to-date with the tech industry. It uses video and interactive lessons to teach tangible skills rather than academic education, in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.

The platform was founded in July 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

8

$78.42M

Platzi has raised a total of $78.42M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 6, 2021 from a Series B round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Dec 6, 2021	Series B	$62M	8	Prosus	—	Detail
Apr 17, 2020	Series A	—	1	—	—	Detail
Jun 7, 2019	Series A	$6M	5	Foundation Capital	—	Detail
May 22, 2018	Series A	$8.27M	2	—	—	Detail
Nov 22, 2016	Non-Equity Assistant	$50K	1	Google Launchpad Accelerator	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

5

0

Platzi has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 16, 2022, when GoZayaan raised 0.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Feb 16, 2022 GoZayaan	Seed	—	Hospitality	—
Jan 1, 2019 Nearside	Seed	$5M	Financial Services	—
Nov 6, 2018 CRED	Seed	$30M	Credit Cards	—
Jun 19, 2018 Brex	Series B	$50M	Banking	—
Jun 4, 2015 Swiggy	Series B	$16.50M	Delivery	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

3

26

Platzi is funded by 26 investors. Prosus and Google Launchpad Accelerator are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Prosus	Yes	Series B
Google Launchpad Accelerator	Yes	Non-Equity Assistant
500 Global	—	Series B
Darian Shirazi	—	Series B
FJ Labs	—	Series B
Foundation Capital	—	Series B
FundersClub	—	Series B
Hans Tung	—	Series B
Y Combinator	—	Series B
Nazca Ventures	—	Series A