# MasterClass funding: rounds and investors > MasterClass has raised $35M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include New Enterprise Associates, Gaingels and Coatue. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/masterclass (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *MasterClass* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 13 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Edtech Web3 & Crypto Valuation: $2.8B, Mar 2026 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$35M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Venture Jul 2021 - **Biggest round:** $35M Series C · Mar 2017 - **Investors:** 13 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 **$35M** Series C **?** Venture - **First round:** Series C, $35M - **Biggest round:** $35M - **Between rounds:** 4.3 years ## The rounds - **Jul 2021** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* *1 returning* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) [Atomico](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atomico) Source recorded - **Mar 2017** Series C **$35M** *9 new* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [Bloomberg Beta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bloomberg-beta) [Javelin Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/javelin-venture-partners) [Advancit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advancit-capital) [Novel TMT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novel-tmt-ventures) [SAM LESSIN](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-lessin) IVP/ GSV Acceleration Matthew Rutler Reported by FinSMEs ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Series C** 2017 **Venture** 2021 [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) [Atomico](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atomico) [Bloomberg Beta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bloomberg-beta) [Javelin Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/javelin-venture-partners) [Advancit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advancit-capital) [Novel TMT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novel-tmt-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) VC firm **2** rounds [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) VC firm **1** round [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) VC firm **1** round [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) VC firm **1** round [Atomico](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atomico) VC firm **1** round [Bloomberg Beta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bloomberg-beta) VC firm **1** round [Javelin Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/javelin-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Advancit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advancit-capital) VC firm **1** round [Novel TMT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novel-tmt-ventures) VC firm **1** round [SAM LESSIN](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-lessin) VC firm **1** round IVP/ GSV Acceleration no record of our own yet **1** round Matthew Rutler no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=masterclass). ## Also claim to have backed them These 15 firms list MasterClass as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Owl Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/owl-ventures-3) VC firm Per its own site [Manhattan West](https://millionrounds.com/fund/manhattan-west) Family office Per its own site [Akkadian Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/akkadian-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Locus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/locus-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Accedo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accedo) Investment firm Per its own site [Arctic Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arctic-ventures-2) VC firm Per its own site [Brighter Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brighter-capital) Family office Per its own site [Creative Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-capital) VC firm Per its own site [For Good Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/for-good-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Grant Park Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grant-park-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Permutation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/permutation) VC firm Per its own site [Tribeca Early Stage Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribeca-early-stage-partners) Angel network Per its own site [Unanimous Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unanimous-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Vershina Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vershina-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Very Serious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/very-serious-ventures) Angel network Per its own site ## Quick answers about MasterClass ### Who invested in MasterClass? MasterClass's investors include New Enterprise Associates, Gaingels, Coatue, IVP and Quiet Capital, and 8 more on record. ### How much has MasterClass raised? MasterClass has raised $35M across 2 rounds since 2017. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did MasterClass last raise? MasterClass's most recent round was a Venture in Jul 2021. ### What was MasterClass's biggest round? MasterClass's largest round on record is $35M (Series C), in Mar 2017. ### Who backed MasterClass first? MasterClass's first round on record, in Mar 2017, was backed by New Enterprise Associates, Coatue and Bloomberg Beta and 6 others. ### What stage is MasterClass at? MasterClass's latest named round is a Venture, in Jul 2021. ### Where is MasterClass based? MasterClass is based in the United States. ## Companies like MasterClass In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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