It has already been a year since Peter Thiel called our attention to the bubble that has grown around American higher education. Yet, the costs inherent to receiving a college degree have continued to grow, as student debt in the U.S. today has pushed over $1 trillion, with the average debt per student standing at more than $25,000. Mountain View-based Coursera is one of the many young edtech startups looking to help solve the rising costs in higher education by offering Ivy League-caliber courses online -- for free. To help steer it down this path, the startup is today announcing that it has raised $16 million in venture funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and New Enterprise Associates (NEA). As part of its investment, veteran investor, KPCB partner, and education reform advocate John Doerr and NEA General Partner Scott Sandell, have joined the startup's board of directors.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Online Education Startup Coursera Lands $16M From Kleiner & NEA, Adds John Doerr To Its Board
It has already been a year since Peter Thiel called our attention to the bubble that has grown around American higher education. Yet, the costs inherent to receiving a college degree have continued to grow, as student debt in the U.S. today has pushed over $1 trillion, with the average debt per student standing at more than $25,000. Mountain View-based Coursera is one of the many young edtech startups looking to help solve the rising costs in higher education by offering Ivy League-caliber courses online -- for free. To help steer it down this path, the startup is today announcing that it has raised $16 million in venture funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and New Enterprise Associates (NEA). As part of its investment, veteran investor, KPCB partner, and education reform advocate John Doerr and NEA General Partner Scott Sandell, have joined the startup's board of directors.
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