Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets. It focuses on seed, early-stage, later-stage, expansion-stage, start-ups, growth companies, and incubation, and specializes in debt financing for start-ups and growth companies. Lightspeed Venture Partners invests in various sectors that include enterprise, consumer, big data, bitcoin, enterprise technology, cleantech, mobile, internet, financial technology, cloud solutions, e-commerce, storage, media, networking, energy, and software, software-as-a-service, information technology, biotechnology, and social. It mainly invests in countries such as the United States, Europe, Israel, China, and India.

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Village Global is an early stage venture capital firm backed by some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.

Village Global

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, San Francisco, and Geneva, helping entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.  Since 1996, Index has partnered with exceptional entrepreneurs who are using technology to reshape the world. The companies they’ve started include Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack, and Supercell.

Index Ventures

Salesforce Ventures helps enterprising founders build companies that reinvent the way the world works. Since 2009, they’ve invested in and partnered with more than 400 of the world's tenacious enterprise software companies from seed to IPO, including Airtable, Databricks, DocuSign, Guild Education, Hopin, Monday.com, nCino, Snowflake, Snyk, Stripe, Tanium, and Zoom. Salesforce Ventures leverages decades of expertise in the cloud and long-term relationships with key decision-makers at thousands of businesses around the world to give portfolio companies an unfair advantage, help them build credibility, and accelerate growth.

Salesforce Ventures

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that provides early-stage and growth equity investments. The company provides ongoing momentum that accelerates ideas, careers, and companies toward standout success.

General Catalyst

23andMe is a human genome research company enabling users to study their ancestry, genealogy, and inherited traits. A startup co-founded by Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, 23andMe has plans to make the human genome searchable. Brin, along with Google, gave 23andMe $3.9 million as part of a series A in May of 2007. The company was named after the number of chromosome pairs in humans. They aim to help people understand what their genes mean by indexing them and highlighting significant findings. 23andMe allows its clients/users to study their ancestry, genealogy and inherited traits. The company also markets to researchers and scientists, for whom they provide neatly categorized and easily searchable data. One reason the Google investment in 23andMe made sense was that this company could enable the search giant to index another facet of the world's information. With the Biotech and Health Care industries growing rapidly, 23andMe could help Google get and maintain a market hold in these already multi-billion dollar areas.

23andMe

Google Ventures invests in sectors including life sciences, consumer, enterprise, crypto, climate, and frontier technology. With Alphabet as its sole limited partner, Google Ventures focuses on long-term investments. Its operating partners assist startups in design, equity, diversity & inclusion, talent, and engineering and help them connect with Google for technology and expertise. Founded in 2009 as Google Ventures, Google Ventures manages over $8 billion in assets with 400 active portfolio companies in North America and Europe. Some notable investments include Uber, Nest, Slack, GitLab, and One Medical. Google Ventures is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Cambridge, New York, and London.

Google Ventures

Latitude Ventures is the series B+ sister fund to UK-based seed fund LocalGlobe. Latitude invests in emerging break-out companies from LocalGlobe, as well as more widely in the most ambitious founders. Latitude and LocalGlobe have been early investor in iconic companies including Transferwise, Zoopla, Improbable, Robinhood, Citymapper and Secret Escapes, as well as emerging stars including Tessian, TravelPerk, Flow Commerce and Raisin.

Latitude

SemperVirens is an early-stage ecosystem fund investing in workforce technology, healthcare technology, and financial technology companies looking to solve employer needs. Its team members bring deep industry experience, relationships, and insights.

SemperVirens Venture Capital

Partnering with the most ambitious founders in technology and helping them achieve their most audacious goals

Audacious Ventures

D1 Capital Partners is an investment firm that deploys capital in both public and private markets. It invests on behalf of investors globally, including endowments and foundations, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, outsourced CIOs, hospitals, and pensions. D1 has a fundamental and research-intensive investment strategy with a focus on medium to long-term returns. Its research centers on the consumer, business services, financial services, healthcare, industrials, real estate and technology, media, and telecom sectors.

D1 Capital Partners

Bond is a venture capital firm that supports visionary founders of high-growth Internet companies throughout their life cycle of innovation and growth. The firm, a spinout of the Kleiner Perkins Digital Growth Fund, was launched in January 2019 and founded by Mary Meeker with Mood Rowghani, Noah Knauf.

Bond

Haystack is a venture capital firm that backs outlier founders at the earliest stages.

Haystack

StepStone provides investment services to institutional investors focused on achieving excess net (after fees) risk-adjusted private equity returns. StepStone builds private equity portfolios by accessing the market through a combination of fund investments, co-investments, and secondary purchases.

StepStone Group

Founders Circle Capital is a growth-stage investment firm that focuses on investing in people.

Founders Circle Capital

Multiverse

Multiverse is a tech startup that seeks to provide an alternative to university training. Multiverse ensures young people have access to the best career-focused apprenticeships on offer. Multiverse empowers and supports people to create their own realities as they journey through a fulfilling career. Multiverse is a true alternative to a one-track university route and often uninspiring corporate training.

<div>Founded by Tony Blair&rsquo;s son Euan Blair as WhiteHat in 2016, Multiverse (formerly Whitehat until January 2021) is a talent accelerator offering an apprentice training, networking, and matching platform. The company matches non-graduate talent with apprenticeship opportunities in professional services and digital roles in UK companies. In partnership with content providers, the company delivers job-relevant training on a one-on-one basis using technology-based tools over the course of an apprenticeship as an alternative to university education. Participants also join an online and offline community of other apprentices. In addition, WhiteHat upskills existing employees to bridge skill gaps.</div>

Modern tools to train and motivate staff, and bridge emerging skill gaps.

EdTech: Corporate Learning

Multiverse is an edtech company founded in 2016 by Euan Blair, son of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. The company provides professional apprenticeships as an alternative to university education and corporate training. Multiverse matches talented individuals with apprenticeship opportunities at top companies, offering paid, tuition-free programs in areas such as software engineering, digital marketing, and data analytics. These apprenticeships typically last 12-15 months and combine on-the-job training with education.

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Higher EdTech

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HCLTech

To upskill HCLTech employees in AI and generative AI, focusing on delivering business value, improving productivity, and fostering ethical AI deployment, aligning with HCLTech's goal to upskill 50,000 employees by 2025.

Northeastern University

To provide apprentices with a degree pathway that recognizes their on-the-job learning and experience, enabling them to earn a bachelor's degree from Northeastern University while working and receiving a full-time salary.

Learning content | Career development includes providers of content libraries and customized courses focusing on learning and developing skills directly related to job roles and careers (including hard skills, soft skills, and skills in demand). Delivery styles are varied and include in-person or virtual classrooms, mobile learning, and micro-learning. A variety of technologies may be employed such as video-based learning, artificial intelligence-based (AI-based) and adaptive learning, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR).

Mastercard

Mastercard, in collaboration with Multiverse, is launching apprenticeships to enhance employee skills, focusing on advanced part-time training in data analysis and decision-making using data.

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 Founded by Tony Blair&rsquo;s son Euan Blair as WhiteHat in 2016, Multiverse (formerly Whitehat until January 2021) is a talent accelerator offering an apprentice training, networking, and matching platform. The company matches non-graduate talent with apprenticeship opportunities in professional services and digital roles in UK companies. In partnership with content providers, the company delivers job-relevant training on a one-on-one basis using technology-based tools over the course of an apprenticeship as an alternative to university education. Participants also join an online and offline community of other apprentices. In addition, WhiteHat upskills existing employees to bridge skill gaps.
 
 
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 , Multiverse acquired Searchlight, a provider of AI-powered recruiting and assessment solutions, to use Searchlight's technology to develop new AI products to enhance its professional training services.&nbsp;
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 In March 2021, Multiverse partnered with New College of the Humanities (NCH) to launch a degree-level apprenticeship. The Advanced Data Fellowship allows apprentices to develop their data analysis and data science skills to add value at their workplace. In June 2022, the company reported that it had trained more than 8,000 apprentices via partnerships with 500 companies.&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In June 2022, the company raised GBP 176 million (USD 220 million) in a Series D funding round co-led by StepStone Group, and previous investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst, with a valuation of USD 1.7 billion. It planned to use the funds to scale its US expansion.
 
 
 In 
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 FY2022,
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 Multiverse reported a YoY revenue growth of 3x to GBP 27.3 million. The UK operations accounted for 95% of the total revenue and the US operations contributed the balance. The company reported its 6th consecutive year of losses, with net losses rising 30% YoY to GBP 14.2 million due to a rise in administrative spending.
 
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 Coursera is a massive open online course provider (MOOC) founded in 2012 by Stanford University professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. Coursera partners with universities and organizations to offer classes, courses, specialization programs, projects, certificates, degree programs, and workforce development products. The platform hosts classes from more than 200 universities and contains a suite of video lectures, auto-graded homework assignments, and discussion forums.&nbsp;
 
 
 Launched in 2016, Coursera for Business is the company's enterprise platform; Coursera for Government and Nonprofits, introduced in 2017, offers skill development courses for government and nonprofit workforces; and Coursera for Campus allows universities to offer online education to students, alumni, faculty, and staff. As of August 2021, the Coursera platform was being used by about 87 million learners, with Coursera for Business being used by more than 2,300 organizations and 550,000 enterprise learners as of September 2020.
 
 
 In April 2021, Coursera announced that it was testing a new program that allows learners to create courses by making its Guided Project teaching tool available to its learner community. In August 2021, the company announced a new fee structure for universities where fees paid to Coursera progressively reduce from 40% to 25% of total online tuition fees. The company also launched a Leadership Academy within Coursera for Business, to provide soft skills training to corporate leaders. &ldquo;LevelSets,&rdquo; an assessment tool with over 20 different machine learning-based skill assessments, was launched in November 2021 to enable learners to determine their current proficiency in business, technology, and data skills. More recently, in May 2022, the company launched Clips, a learning program that comprises 200,000+ videos for skill development for companies and universities. Additionally, the company released new tools, including personalized schedules, data-driven deadlines, lecture summaries, and adobe-guided projects. In conjunction with the release of new features, the company announced the launch of Career Academy for institutions, a career training program for learners that provide entry-level professional certification from notable corporations such as&nbsp; Google, IBM, and Meta.&nbsp;
 In February 2024, Coursera launched the Generative AI (GenAI) Academy in the UAE, partnering with top universities and companies like Microsoft and Google, to train executives and employees in AI skills.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 Coursera continues to deploy collaborations to introduce new courses and expand its audience. The company selected Persona, a provider of identity verification infrastructure, as its identity verification partner to ensure that learners receive their credentials. The company partnered with K16 Solutions, a specialist in LMS course migration, course design, and course archiving, allowing Coursera users to quickly move course content from their LMS onto the Coursera platform as a result of its integration with K16 Solutions' Scaffold Migration tool. In May 2022, the company partnered with several institutions and enterprises, including IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Indore, IIIT Bangalore, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Hero Mindmine, PwC India, and Tally Education, to meet the demand for job-relevant credentials.
 
 
 The company has entered into several notable client partnerships. In September 2021, it partnered with EFMD, a non-profit accreditation body, to provide business school students across 700 member institutions in 90 countries access to more than 4,000 courses and 1,900 Guided Projects on Coursera. The program will include courses from Google, Facebook, BCG, IBM, and Microsoft and they will be developed with support from partner schools and companies. In August 2022, Coursera partnered with corporate learning solution provider Skillsoft, to allow Skillsoft users access to Coursera for Business directly within Skillsoft Percipio.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In July 2020, Coursera raised USD 130 million as part of its Series F funding round, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). The funding will be used toward product development and engineering, expanding its job-relevant catalog, and furthering the company's overseas expansion. Specifically, the funding will allow the company to meet increased demand for two Covid-focused initiatives: Campus Response Initiative to help universities teach affected students, and Workforce Recovery Initiative to help governments reskill unemployed workers.&nbsp;
 
 
 In March 2021, Coursera went public and reportedly raised USD 519 million, with a post money-valuation of USD 5.86 billion.&nbsp;
 
 
 For the 
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 the company's revenue increased by 26% YoY to USD 523.8 million. However, the company also reported an operating loss of USD 177.4 million (up 24% YoY) and an adjusted EBITDA loss of USD 36.9 million (up 4.1% YoY), resulting in a net loss of USD 1.21 per share (down by 5.5% YoY). The company 
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 with revenue expected to range from USD 617 million&ndash;USD 623 million, and revised its adjusted EBITDA loss to range USD 19 million&ndash;USD 24 million.
 
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 Founded by David Blake, David Wiley, and Eric Sharp in 2012, Degreed is a professional and lifelong learning platform that provides curated educational content such as courses, videos, articles, books, and podcasts for employee skill building and skill certification. Degreed is free for individual users while Degreed for Enterprise, launched in 2014 as the company&rsquo;s corporate offering that links to companies&rsquo; internal training systems, is available for a fee. In addition to providing training and coursework, Degreed for Enterprise matches employees' skill profiles, roles, and goals with opportunities, projects, and gigs. As of April 2021, the platform had been used by more than seven million people across more than 350 organizations.
 
 
 &nbsp;In April 2024, It introduced &ldquo;The shift&rdquo;, an online community focused on the skills-first shift that shares stories, ideas, and advice from business leaders on the topic.&nbsp;
 
 
 Degreed&rsquo;s acquisitions include Gibbon, a Dutch platform for creating learning content playlists in 2016; Pathgather, a New York-based learning experience platform for enterprises in 2018; and London&rsquo;s Adepto, a contract and gig work platform in 2019. Its most recent acquisition was in June 2022, when it 
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 the upskilling-as-a-service platform, to strengthen Degreed&rsquo;s suite of services by integrating Learn In&rsquo;s solutions across the areas of user development, individual upskilling opportunities, and organizational innovation.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships&nbsp;
 
 
 The company has used collaborations and partnerships to expand its portfolio of offerings. In November 2020, Degreed announced a partnership with TED to launch TED@Work on its platform. TED@Work is a library of more than 500 TED Talks and TED-Ed animations&mdash;each including a business-focused framework designed to create actionable outcomes. In February 2021, Pluralsight, a technology learning platform, expanded its partnership with Degreed, allowing Pluralsight&rsquo;s enterprise users to incorporate assessment data from Pluralsight&rsquo;s Skill IQ into Degreed&rsquo;s skill analytics and gain greater visibility into individual and team technology skills. Historically, Degreed users were able to integrate Pluralsight&rsquo;s technology content. In April 2021, the company partnered with Watershed, a provider of learning analytics platforms and part of UK-based Learning Technologies Group, allowing Degreed users access to enhanced learning analytics and reporting. In May 2021, the company announced a collaboration with Credly, a digital credentialing company, to render Credly&rsquo;s digital credentials visible in Degreed&rsquo;s talent development programs. This allows organizations to build transparent, centralized records of skill gaps and learning opportunities. Degreed partnered with Learn In, a developer of marketplace and funding solutions for skill building through bootcamp and certificate programs. Degreed users gain access to a marketplace of learning experiences, tools for employer tuition assistance, and support via personal coaches. In June 2021, Degreed deepened its five-year old partnership with CredSpark, a provider of audience engagement and insights solutions. Existing &ldquo;CredSpark for Degreed'' users will gain access to additional tools and enhancements, and a new paid offering, &ldquo;CredSpark+&rdquo;, will give its users access to more sophisticated CredSpark tools. In May 2021, the company partnered with BoostUp.ai, the developer of a revenue intelligence and operations platform, to gain insight into its sales pipeline and improve pipeline management.&nbsp;
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In June 2020, the company raised USD 32 million in a Series C extension round led by Owl Ventures. The funds will be used to develop its career mobility product that helps companies train their employees to fill internal opportunities. Degreed will also allow employees to showcase their skills and connect with job opportunities. In April 2021, Degreed raised USD 153 million in Series D funding to accelerate product development, enhance data infrastructure, fuel global expansion, and pursue strategic acquisitions. In August 2021, the company appointed Wendy Steinle as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Janice Burns as Chief People Officer.
 
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 Founded in 2015 by Rachel Carlson and Brittany Stich, Guild Education partners with businesses, non-profits, and universities to offer education as a benefit in the form of online classes, programs, and degrees from more than 80 universities and more than a dozen community colleges. Companies may provide their employees with partial or full tuition support to upskill or earn a degree. Guild works with employers to select programs that are most relevant to its employees, earning a percentage of the fees paid to the universities. The universities then save the expense and effort involved in marketing and recruitment. The company also provides its own support and mentoring services to help students plan, apply for, and finish their programs. As of November 2019, about 400,000 working adults joined the program–around 3%-5% of employees at partner companies. As of May 2020, the Guild Education platform offered more than 1,600 online degree programs.
 
 
 In June 2021, the company announced the formation of a new Advisory Board of diverse business education leaders to generate insights and better serve all stakeholders.
 
 
 In May 2020, Guild Education launched Next Chapter, a program that replaces outplacement services by using algorithms to match employees with new roles in fields that are hiring and recommend programs for retraining. The company also acquired Entangled Group, an educational technology (EdTech) consulting and venture studio that also served as an initial investor in Guild Education. Entangled Group's portfolio of 21 EdTech companies will be managed independently of Guild Education.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 In February 2021, the company partnered with 2U, Inc., a developer of digital educational offerings in partnership with colleges and universities, to make 2U’s portfolio of more than 500 digital programs (including online degree programs, online short courses, and boot camps) available on the Guild Education platform. In March 2021, Ancora Corporate Training, a part of Ancora Education, an operator of private, post-secondary schools across the US, partnered with Guild Education by joining the Guild Education Learning Marketplace. In February 2022, the company partnered with UCHealth to launch the UCHealth Ascend Career Program, an educational and upskilling program investing up to USD 50 million for UCHealth employees. 
 More recently, In June 2022, Guild Education partnered with Snowflake, a cloud computing–based data warehousing firm, to deploy Snowflake’s new cybersecurity workload solution to strengthen its data security. 
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In June 2022, Guild Education reportedly raised 
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 USD 175 million in a Series F 
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 funding round led by Wellington Management. It planned to use the funds to expand into in-demand markets such as healthcare, childcare solutions, and career assessments. The company’s valuation rose to USD 4.4 billion from USD 3.75 billion a year ago. The company also reported that its annual recurring revenue (ARR) was more than USD 100 million in FY2020.
 
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 Strivr has developed a virtual reality (VR) product for workplace training that simulates real-world and on-the-job situations. Strivr was incubated at Stanford University when co-founder and CEO Derek Belch developed a VR application in 2014 to help football players train off the field. The company's focus later shifted to workplace training. Its products combine interactive 360-degree videos with computer-generated scenarios in which trainees must actively participate. Strivr exclusively uses Oculus headsets for its VR experiences. As of March 2020, Strivr’s 22,000 VR headsets in operation had registered 1.6 million sessions.
 
 
 In 2017, Strivr partnered with Walmart to bring VR instruction 200 “Walmart Academy” instruction centers and all Walmart stores. In March 2021, Bank of America announced that it was rolling out Strivr’s VR product to thousands of employees across its 4,000 banks after a pilot program with about 400 employees. The bank plans to incorporate VR into its corporate learning program, “The Academy,” and apply the technology across a range of training areas such as notary services, fraud detection, and practicing empathy with customers.
 
 
 In April 2022, Strivr raised 
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 USD 35 million in a funding round
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 led by Georgian Partners and will use the funds for platform development. The company also announced that it is part of Accenture Ventures’ Project Spotlight, a program focused on investing in developers of disruptive technologies. Additionally, the company is part of the Workday Software Partner Program, with plans to integrate its technology with Workday Content Cloud. 
 
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Strivr

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 Torch Leadership Labs is a leadership development platform founded by coaches, psychologists, entrepreneurs, and people managers. Torch conducts 360-degree interviews with executives, their direct reports, and peers, and scores them on empathy, visionary thinking, communication, conflict resolution, management, and collaboration. Torch lays out improvement goals and timelines, and arranges video chat sessions with specialized coaches. Sessions remain confidential and only performance goals and metrics are shared with the HR team through a dashboard on the platform. As of April 2020, Torch had worked with more than 10,000 leaders across more than 200 organizations.
 
 
 In April 2020, Torch launched Small Group Coaching, a month-long course that provides personalized coaching to small groups and individuals that also incorporates peer-to-peer learning.
 
 
 Funding and financials 
 
 
 In May 2022, the company raised USD 40 million in a Series C funding round 
 led by 137 Ventures. It planned to use the funds for product development and to scale operations. The round follows its USD 25 million Series B fundraise in February 2021.
 
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Torch Leadership Labs

Massive open online course (MOOC) platforms allow large numbers of users to sign up for various courses from multiple sources, offering a flexible and affordable means of upskilling and reskilling.

Coaching, tutoring, and mentoring platforms connect employees with experts and specialists who provide personalized training and development support.

Technology platforms such as learning management systems (LMS), learning experience platforms (LXP), and learning content management systems (LCMS) host in-house or third-party content, track progress, and generate analytics. Content development tools comprise authoring and course-building tools for instructional designers, corporate trainers, and educators. Content development tools comprise authoring and course-building tools for instructional designers, corporate trainers, and educators.

Learning and engagement tools include platforms that offer adaptive learning, gamification, immersive learning, and microlearning solutions that can be used by enterprises for the delivery of learning content.

Service providers include those offering digital credentialing and identity authentication solutions, among others.

Learning content | Supplementary skills includes providers of content libraries and customized courses focusing on learning and developing supplementary skills. Delivery styles are varied and include in-person or virtual classrooms, mobile learning, and micro-learning. A variety of technologies may be employed such as video-based learning, artificial intelligence-based (AI-based) and adaptive learning, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR).

Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality technologies create immersive and interactive learning experiences

Technologies use algorithms and data analysis to improve employee training and development

LLearning platforms and D&I learning modules to promote a more inclusive and equitable workplace culture

Solutions provide insight into employee performance and areas for improvement

Multiverse is an edtech company founded in 2016 by Euan Blair, son of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. The company provides professional apprenticeships as an alternative to university education and corporate training. Multiverse matches talented individuals with apprenticeship opportunities at top companies, offering paid, tuition-free programs in areas such as software engineering, digital marketing, and data analytics. These apprenticeships typically last 12-15 months and combine on-the-job training with education.
Multiverse's platform connects apprentices with over 500 partner organizations globally, including major companies like Cisco, Verizon, Google, and Morgan Stanley. The company employs coaches to support apprentices throughout their programs and provide personalized guidance. Multiverse generates revenue by charging employers recruitment fees and training costs. As of April 2023, Multiverse had worked with over 10,000 apprentices globally. The company reported that its programs have created USD 669 million in cost-saving or revenue-generating activities for client companies.
In June 2022, Multiverse raised USD 220 million in Series D funding at a USD 1.7 billion valuation, making it the UK's first edtech unicorn. However, the company has faced financial challenges, reporting a pre-tax loss of GBP 40.5 million for the year ending March 2023, its seventh consecutive year of losses. In October 2023, Multiverse announced a shift in strategy, moving away from school-leaver apprenticeships to focus more on upskilling existing employees at corporate clients. This pivot resulted in over 40 job cuts in its early talent division over a 12-month period.

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 Udemy is one of the largest online learning platforms globally, offering over 210,000 courses to more than 67 million learners worldwide. Founded in 2010, Udemy operates as a marketplace that connects independent instructors with students seeking to learn new skills or enhance existing ones.
 
 
 
 
 The platform covers a wide range of categories including business, technology, personal development, design, marketing, and more. Courses on Udemy are self-paced, allowing learners to start and complete them at their own convenience. Content is primarily delivered through on-demand video lectures, though some courses also include quizzes, assignments, and downloadable resources.
 
 
 
 
 Udemy uses a pricing model where individual courses can be purchased for a one-time fee, typically ranging from USD 11.99 to USD 199.99, though frequent sales and discounts bring many course prices down significantly. The platform also offers a subscription option called Udemy Personal Plan, which provides access to over 11,000 top-rated courses for USD 20 per month.
 
 
 
 
 One of Udemy's key features is its accessibility - courses are available in over 65 languages, and the platform can be accessed via web browsers as well as mobile apps for iOS and Android devices. Upon completing a paid course, learners receive a certificate of completion, though these are not accredited or officially recognized by external institutions.
 
 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 
 
 
 Udemy caters to both individual learners and businesses. Through its Udemy for Business program, the company offers tailored learning solutions for organizations of various sizes. These business offerings provide access to curated course libraries and additional features like analytics, custom branding, and learning path creation.
 
 
 
 
 Udemy has also partnered with various organizations to expand its reach. For instance, the platform collaborates with the Linux Foundation to offer courses in cloud computing and related technologies. Additionally, Udemy works with numerous instructors who are subject matter experts in their fields, allowing them to create and publish courses on the platform.
 
 
 
 
 As of 2023, Udemy reported having over 67 million learners and more than 75,000 instructors on its platform. The company continues to grow its user base and course offerings, solidifying its position as a major player in the online education market.
 
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Udemy

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 Coursera is one of the largest online learning platforms, offering over 7,000 courses, specializations, professional certificates, and degree programs. Founded in 2012 by two Stanford University computer science professors, Coursera partners with over 300 leading universities and companies to provide flexible, affordable online learning.
 
 
 
 
 Coursera's catalog covers a wide range of subjects including business, computer science, data science, health, social sciences, and more. Courses are primarily asynchronous, allowing learners to study at their own pace. The platform uses evidence-based online teaching strategies and has an average course rating of 4.7 out of five stars.
 
 
 
 
 Coursera offers various types of programs:
 
 
 - Free courses that can be audited
 
 
 - Paid individual courses with certificates (typically USD 49-USD 79)
 
 
 - Specializations and Professional Certificates (starting at USD 49/month)
 
 
 - MasterTrack Certificates (starting at USD 2,000)
 
 
 - Full online degree programs (starting at USD 9,000)
 
 
 
 
 In 2022, Coursera reported USD 524 million in revenue. The company went public in 2021, raising nearly USD 520 million in its IPO. As of 2022, Coursera had 118 million registered learners and employed 1,401 full-time staff.
 
 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 
 
 
 Coursera's university partners include institutions like Yale, Stanford, Duke and the University of Michigan. The platform also partners with major companies like Google, IBM, and Microsoft to offer professional certificates and other programs.
 
 
 Coursera's enterprise business provides online learning programs for organizations, with offerings for businesses, governments, and universities. Google's programs are estimated to generate around USD 100 million in annual revenue for Coursera. The company's user base spans 47% female and 53% male learners, with an average age of 31. Nearly half of Coursera's revenue comes from learners outside the US.
 
 
 
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 The Glimpse Group, founded in 2016, is a diversified virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) platform company headquartered in New York. The company operates as an ecosystem of enterprise-focused software and services subsidiaries, providing solutions across various industries. Glimpse owns and operates multiple subsidiary companies specializing in different aspects of VR/AR technology, including QReal, Immersive Health Group, Foretell Reality, XR Terra, Sector 5 Digital, and Brightline Interactive.
 
 
 
 
 The company's offerings include photorealistic 3D interactive digital models, evidence-based healthcare solutions, social VR platforms for behavioral health and soft skills training, immersive technologies for education and corporate experiences, and AR try-on technology for the beauty and cosmetics industry. Glimpse has also developed capabilities in artificial intelligence, facial recognition, and virtual try-on technologies through its acquisition of PulpoAR in June 2022.
 
 
 
 
 Glimpse's business model centralizes resources while allowing each subsidiary to specialize in particular use cases of immersive technologies. This approach enables the company to leverage its expertise across all subsidiaries while fostering innovation and collaboration. The company went public in July 2021, trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol VRAR.
 
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The Glimpse Group

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 Amesite Inc. (Nasdaq: AMST) is an artificial intelligence software company that offers a cloud-based learning platform for business and education markets. The company provides a single system that combines ecommerce, instruction, engagement, analytics, and administration using advanced infrastructure to serve multi-billion-dollar online learning markets. Amesite's platform enables businesses, universities, museums, and government agencies to deliver customized, white-labeled online learning programs. The company's technology leverages cutting-edge AI to offer an innovative out-of-the-box, AI-powered learning ecosystem, complete with 24/7 learner support, up-to-date content, and ready-to-go programs for quick deployment and revenue generation.
 
 
 
 
 Amesite's platform is designed to be easily integrated with existing educational tools and systems, including leading Learning Management Systems (LMSs). The company's solutions are scalable and flexible, allowing for rapid launch and implementation without requiring additional IT resources or expensive training. Amesite's V6 platform, launched in April 2023, incorporates expanded AI capabilities powered by GPT-4, enabling enhanced AI-assisted learning and new AI-driven, purpose-built features for users.
 
 
 
 
 In addition to its core platform, Amesite has ventured into the B2C AI mobile applications market with the beta release of NurseMagic in April 2024. This app is designed to provide AI-powered tools and continuing education programs for over 5.2 million nurses, aiming to make their daily tasks more efficient.
 
 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 
 
 
 Amesite has established partnerships with various educational institutions and organizations. In February 2023, the company launched its first pilot program at Benedict College in South Carolina. This program offers upskilling in technology, including internet protocols, data privacy and security, and cloud computing.
 
 
 
 
 In March 2024, Amesite announced a strategic five-year partnership with Joliet Junior College to expand workforce development. The company has also collaborated with Michigan Works! Southeast, launching 12 new courses focused on training in artificial intelligence technologies and their applications in the modern workplace.
 
 
 
 
 Amesite's partnership with Microsoft enables the company to deliver customized learning systems for organizations in as little as 24 hours. In January 2024, Amesite entered into a contract with Scottsdale Unified School District to provide teacher training on AI technology use, further expanding its reach in the education sector.
 
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Meazure Learning is a provider of high-stakes online testing services for the higher education and professional testing markets. The company offers a comprehensive suite of exam services, including test development, psychometric analysis, and secure exam delivery through both online proctoring and physical test centers. Meazure Learning's platform allows for multi-modal exam delivery, giving test-takers the flexibility to take exams remotely or at a traditional test center. The company's services extend to certification and licensure organizations, corporations, educational institutions, government agencies, and trade and professional associations.
In June 2022, Meazure Learning acquired Scantron Corporation's Certification and Licensure business, expanding its global test center network from 300 locations in Canada to over 1,600 sites worldwide. This acquisition also strengthened Meazure Learning's exam development and psychometric services by doubling the size of its expert team. The company emphasizes the security and reliability of its testing solutions, with a focus on safeguarding intellectual property and providing convenient options for test-takers.
Meazure Learning's approach involves understanding each client's program needs, goals, and challenges to curate tailored solutions. The company offers various resources to prepare test-takers, including information about test center locations, exam delivery previews, and access to practice exams where available. Meazure Learning's services are designed to support educational and professional credentialing programs, with the stated purpose of helping to move people forward in their educational, professional, and personal pursuits.
Key customers and partnerships
Meazure Learning serves a diverse range of clients across various sectors. The company's customer base includes higher education institutions such as Temple College and the University of Texas at Tyler, where it provides online proctoring services for students. In the professional certification realm, Meazure Learning works with organizations like the Global Information Assurance Certification Program and the Canadian Organization of Paramedic Regulators. The Society of Augmented Engineers & Scientists has also partnered with Meazure Learning for their certification program. Additionally, Meazure Learning collaborates with educational institutions like Thomas Edison State University to facilitate online degree completion for working professionals.

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Designers of learning programs and creators of learning content, aggregators and libraries of learning content and program, massive open online course (MOOC) platform operators, and providers of content development tools for authoring and course-building.

Providers of tools and features to improve learner engagement and learning effectiveness such as AR/VR platforms, interactive software, memory aids, and personalized student support platforms.

Technology platforms such as learning management systems (LMS), learning experience platforms (LXP), and learning content management systems (LCMS) that host in-house or third-party content, track progress, and generate analytics.

Providers of testing and assessment, identity authentication, proctoring, plagiarism-checking, digital credentialing, and feedback-gathering solutions.

Platforms that connect students with experts, specialists, and near-peers who provide academic coaching, development support, college admissions and career guidance, and career readiness support.

Platforms that facilitate communication and networking among students/faculty/alumni/institutions and those providing search, reference, and marketplace solutions.

Providers of campus operating infrastructure including enterprise resource planning (ERP), student information system (SIS), and data analytics solutions and those that support enrollment and marketing processes. Also includes technology solution providers offering security, communication, cloud, and managed services.

Companies that use GenAI as a core part of their higher EdTech product offering

Learning platforms and tools provide students with equitable access to education and improve career readiness

Higher EdTech companies use GenAI to enhance learning experiences, personalize education, and streamline administrative processes

AI technologies enable personalized learning and automation

Used for immersive campus experiences including learning, discussions, and simulations

AI and ML technologies are applied across learning management systems, student information systems, and assessments

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 UK-based Multiverse, an online apprenticeship matching program, has acquired Searchlight, a provider of AI-powered recruitment and assessment solutions. The move is part of Multiverse's plan to develop new AI products to improve its professional training offerings, by identifying specific skill sets companies need, creating tailored learning solutions, and aiding businesses and individuals in developing necessary professional skills.
 Searchlight offers AI-driven recruitment and assessment tools to help businesses simplify hiring processes. Its platform features a People Science Engine which improves hiring quality by analyzing candidate references and self-assessment information in correlation with post-hire outcomes. Searchlight's talent intelligence system also incorporations worker outcome data, like job performance and sense of belonging, into recruitment procedures. Companies like Udemy, Zapier, and Talkdesk use the system.&nbsp;
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