# Udacity funding: rounds and investors > Udacity has raised $165M across 5 rounds since 2012. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, CRV and Drive Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/udacity (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Udacity* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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. AI Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$165M** raised across 5 rounds since 2012, from 5 sources **$5.0M** Series A **$15M** Series B **$35M** Series C **$105M** Series D **$5.0M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $5.0M Aug 2021 - **Biggest round:** $105M Series D · Nov 2015 - **Investors:** 14 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. 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 **$5.0M** Series A **$15M** Series B **$35M** Series C **$105M** Series D **$5.0M** Venture - **First round:** Series A, $5.0M - **Biggest round:** $105M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 23 months ## The rounds - **Aug 2021** Venture **$5.0M** *1 new* *4 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) [Valor Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-capital) [Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital) Source recorded - **Nov 2015** Series D **$105M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) [Bertelsmann](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bertelsmann) [Emerson Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerson-collective) From a historical funding record - **Sept 2014** Series C **$35M** *7 new* *2 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) [Valor Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-capital) [Bertelsmann](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bertelsmann) [Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings) [Cox Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-enterprises) [George Zachary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/george-zachary) Peter Levine From a historical funding record - **Oct 2012** Series B **$15M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Steve Blank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-blank) Reported by techcrunch.com - **Jan 2012** Series A **$5.0M** *1 new* [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) Reported by fastcoexist.com ## Founders and team From Udacity's own website: 1 on the team. - **Stanley Ze Ya** MSc in AI Student | Director/Principal Product Owner ## 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 A** 2012 **Series B** 2012 **Series C** 2014 **Series D** 2015 **Venture** 2021 [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) [Valor Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-capital) [Bertelsmann](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bertelsmann) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital) [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) [Emerson Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerson-collective) [Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings) ## Everyone who backed them [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **4** rounds [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) VC firm **4** rounds [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) VC firm **3** rounds [Valor Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Bertelsmann](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bertelsmann) Corporate VC **2** rounds [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round [Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital) Venture debt **1** round [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) Asset manager **1** round [Emerson Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerson-collective) Family office **1** round [Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings) Growth equity **1** round [Cox Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-enterprises) VC firm **1** round [Steve Blank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-blank) Angel **1** round [George Zachary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/george-zachary) Angel **1** round Peter Levine 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=udacity). ## Also claim to have backed them These 4 firms list Udacity 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. [InvestX Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investx-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Ripple Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ripple-capital) Family office Per its own site [VCFA Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vcfa-group) Private equity Per its own site [Vershina Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vershina-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Udacity ### Who invested in Udacity? Udacity's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, CRV, Drive Capital, Valor Capital Group and Bertelsmann, and 9 more on record. ### How much has Udacity raised? Udacity has raised $165M across 5 rounds since 2012. ### When did Udacity last raise? Udacity's most recent round was a Venture of $5.0M in Aug 2021. ### What was Udacity's biggest round? Udacity's largest round on record is $105M (Series D), in Nov 2015. ### Who backed Udacity first? Udacity's first round on record, in Jan 2012, was backed by CRV. ### What stage is Udacity at? Udacity's latest named round is a Venture, in Aug 2021. ### Where is Udacity based? Udacity is based in the United States. ## Companies like Udacity In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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