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History

Outschool was co-founded in 2015 by Amir Nathoo, alongside former

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employee Mikhail Seregine and Nick Grandy, an engineer working for

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. Using seed money from startup accelerator

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, Nathoo and company created the platform's website in 2016; the first class was released shortly after in 2017. In September 2020, Outschool raised $45 million in a round of Series B funding led by Lightspeed. This was followed in April 2021 by $75 million of Series C funding, causing the company to become a

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valued at $1.3 billion. In October 2021, the firm raised $110M in Series D funding led by

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, which brought its valuation to $3 billion.

References

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