
Craftsy Stock
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About Craftsy Stock
Founded in 2010, Craftsy provides passionate makers with an extraordinary learning experience through broadcast-quality video classes, inspirational kits and patterns, and a wide assortment of complimentary physical products. Courses are taught by world-renowned instructors and delivered through a proprietary online education platform, which enables users to access the courses anytime and from any Internet connected device. Craftsy’s mission is to become the premier global online education destination for the 85 million enthusiast “makers” globally. The executive team and co-founders are seasoned business executives whose backgrounds include leadership roles at eBay, GE, ServiceMagic, and Bain Capital. Craftsy currently offers over 400 classes in quilting, sewing, knitting, cake decorating, art, photography, cooking and many more categories. Craftsy’s high quality courses are internally produced and filmed in the company's Denver studios. Each course includes 3-D models, motion graphics, and course materials to explain key techniques and methods in the videos. Students can post questions or photos and get help from instructors and fellow students while taking a course, fostering an even more robust learning and community experience.
Investors
Harrison Metal
Guild Education, PagerDuty, CircleCI, Good Eggs, Grand Rounds Health, AltSchool, Pocket Gems, Craftsy, Birchbox, LightStep
Tiger Global Management
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Funding History
June 2010 | $842K |
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February 2011 | $1.3M |
September 2011 | $6.0M |
April 2012 | $15.0M |
December 2013 | $35.0M |
November 2014 | $51.2M |
Management
Cofounder and CEO
John Levisay
Cofounder and COO
Josh Scott
Board Member (Foundry Group)
Jason Mendelson
Press
Business Wire - Nov, 13 2014
Craftsy Lands $50 Million Series D to Continue Investing in GrowthXconomy - Dec, 19 2013
Sympoz Closes $35M Series C Round Backed by Adams Street PartnersBusiness Journal - Apr, 19 2012
Craftsy parent Sympoz raises another $15MEquityZen does not have an affiliation with, formal relationship with, or endorsement from any companies featured above. This profile is based on publicly available information and is intended to be informative in nature.
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