Simplilearn

Simplilearn
Type Private
Founded April 2009 (2009-04)
Headquarters Scotts Valley, California, USA
Area served 150+ countries
Founder(s) Krishna Kumar [1]
CEO Krishna Kumar
Industry Online education
Online training
e learning
Products Online Certification
Online Training
Employees 500-1000
Subsidiaries Market Motive
Slogan(s) Get Certified. Get Ahead.
Website www.simplilearn.com
Available in English
Launched April 2010
Current status Online

Simplilearn is an online education provider of professional certification training, based in Scotts Valley, California, USA. They have trained more than 450,000 customers globally while it offers more than 400+ professional certification training courses across 20 verticals through its multiple-modes of training – Self-Learning Online Training and Instructor-Led Online Classroom Training. The multiple-mode training was initiated by Simplilearn to suit the different needs of working professionals.[2]

History

Simplilearn was founded in 2009 as Simplilearn.com, a project management blog, by founder and CEO Krishna Kumar after his company TechUnified was acquired by ORG Informatics in 2007[3][4][5] The blog provided project management tips as well as information on certification and professional training, and was accessed by three thousand people in 150 countries over the site's first nine months.[6][7] In April 2010, Simplilearn introduced a “blended model” approach to Project Management Professional (PMP) training, which employed a mixture of classroom and online training.[8][9] This included additional courses, including online training, blended classroom training and exam practice tests in areas like IT service management, IT security management, finance management, quality management, and certification Microsoft and Cisco.[10] Simplilearn has trained over 400,000+ professionals across 150+ countries.[2] Moreover in 2013 the company had acquired a US-based SAP training organization, adding SAP training to its programs and also raised USD 10 million in series B round led by Helion Venture Partners and its existing investor Kalaari Capital.[11] In 2015 Simplilearn raised $15 million in Series C funding.[12] and now offers professional training courses on Big Data and Analytics, Digital Marketing, Project Management and Quality Management to name a few.

Acquisition

In June 2015, they acquired a US based digital marketing training company Market Motive[13] for $10 Million. Although Market Motive will work as an independent part of Simplilearn.

References

  1. ↑ Team TC (2012-08-27). "Online training platform Simplilearn raises funding from IndoUS Venture Partners | Techcircle.in - India startup news, internet, mobile, e-commerce, software, online businesses, technology news, funding". Techcircle.vccircle.com. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  2. 1 2 "Simplilearn works with companies and working professionals to address their unique learning needs.".
  3. ↑ "Bangalore-based Simplilearn offers online courses for executives to scale up skills". M.economictimes.com. 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  4. ↑ Jha, Kartik (2013-11-29). "Simplilearn helps working professionals get certified and scale up". Thetechpanda.com. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  5. ↑ "Simplilearn – a PMP preparation portal". Vcbytes.com. 2010-05-02. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  6. ↑ "E-Learning Startup Simplilearn Raises $10 mn in Series B from Helion Venture Partners & Kalaari Capital". NextBigWhat.com. 2013-09-18. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  7. ↑ Venkatesh Ganesh (2013-02-07). "Training young guns | Business Line". Thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  8. ↑ Punj, Deepshikha. "Shop for courses at these portals". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  9. ↑ Chandran, Pradeesh (2012-12-10). "Simplilearn taps the urge to learn and rise". Business Standard. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  10. ↑ Pankaj Maru (2013-09-18). "Online edu-training startup Simplilearn gets $10M in funding". Techinasia.com. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  11. ↑ Gopalakrishnan, Hema (2013-09-18). "Simplilearn Raises Second Round of Funding | Vyapaari". Vyapaari.in. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  12. ↑ Ha, Anthony (2015-04-22). "Simplilearn Raises $15 Million in Series C funding". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  13. ↑ Mukherjee, Riddhi. "Simplilearn acquires digital marketing training company Market Motive for $10M". Medianama. Medianama.

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