Platzi Raises $60M in Series B Funding
- Platzi, a professional education platform in Latin America, raised $60m in Series B funding
- The round was led by Prosus with participation from Foundation Capital, YCombinator, 500 Startups, FJ Labs, FundersClub, Hans Tung from GGV and Darian Shirazi from Gradient
- The company provides an education platform for lifelong learners, regardless of their background or prior skills
- The platform consists of thousands of courses including Web development, programming, digital marketing, English, cryptocurrencies, soft skills and more
- Thousands of companies use the platform every day to upskill their workforce, along with more than 2.5 million individual students starting their careers in technology within the Platzi community
- The company currently has offices in Mexico City, Bogota and San Francisco with over 200 employees
