Who invested in Skillshare

7 rounds we have observed, with the 17 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

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$52Mraised across 7 rounds since 2011, from 7 sources

$550KSeries A$550KSeed$3.1MSeries A$1.0MVenture$6.1MVenture$28MSeries C$13MDebt

Latest round: Debt, $13MOct 2025
Biggest round: $28MSeries C · Jul 2018
Investors: 17

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20112013201520172019202120232025

$550KSeries A$550KSeed$1.0MVenture$6.1MVenture$28MSeries C$13MDebt

First round: Series A, $550K
Biggest round: $28M
Usual gap between rounds: 18 months

The rounds

Oct 2025
Debt$13M5 returning
Source recorded
Jul 2018
Series C$28M2 new
- Spero Ventures
- Amasia/ Burda
Reported by DealStreetAsia
Feb 2014
Venture$6.1M1 new2 returning
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $6.1M sold, first sale Feb 2014
Jan 2013
Venture$1.0M1 new
- VegasTechFund
Reported by techcrunch.com
Aug 2011
Series A$3.1M2 new1 returning
Reported by bits.blogs.nytimes.comSEC filing: $3.1M sold, first sale Aug 2011
May 2011
Series A$550K11 new
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $550K sold, first sale Jan 2011
May 2011
Seed$550K9 returning
Reported by sec.govSEC filing: $550K sold, first sale Jan 2011

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

Anand GhandiExecutive Officeri
Matt CooperExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediAlbert WengerMichael KarnjanaprakornRamanan RaghavendranSaar Pikar

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 A2011Seed2011Series A2011Venture2013Venture2014Series C2018Debt2025

Union Square Ventures

Collaborative Fund

David Tisch

Jason FingerKarl JacobScott Heiferman

Everyone who backed them

SV AngelVC firm3rounds

BoxGroupVC firm3rounds

Founder CollectiveVC firm3rounds

Spark CapitalVC firm3rounds

Union Square VenturesVC firm3rounds

Collaborative FundVC firm2rounds

David TischVC firm2rounds

Jason FingerAngel2rounds

Karl JacobAngel2rounds

Scott HeifermanAngel2rounds

Phil GordonAngel2rounds

Rafe FurstAngel2rounds

VegasTechFundPrivate equity1round

Oliver JungAngel1round

Spero VenturesVC firm1round

Citrus Ventures, Inc.VC firm1round

Amasia/ Burdano record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 8 firms list Skillshare 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.