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October 12, 2011 04:58 pm GMT

Crowdsourced Learning Platform Udemy Raises $3 Million From Lightbank And Others

Screen Shot 2011-10-12 at 3.29.19 AMGroupon investors Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell have led a $3 million Series A vote in Udemy, an online platform that allows anyone to host and learn from online classes. 500 Startups and MHS Capital also participated in the round.Competing with Lynda.com, Udemy offers classes ranging from "Product Developement at Facebook" to "14-Day Total Yoga Body: Lose Weight, Detox and Tone, Fast!" to Eric Ries' "The Lean Startup" talks and way way more. The platform presently boasts over 6,000 free and paid courses.

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