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Competitor Articulate sold 40 percent of shares for $1.5 billion

Casper Spiro · Course Creation Tool Doubles in 6 months to $7m ARR · Jul 29, 2021 · at 10:23

Easygenerator CEO Casper Spiro discusses e-learning authoring valuations and recent market deals with host Nathan Latka.

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“So one of our competitors articulates, they got an investment in their first investment after 20 years of business, and the investment was 1.5 billion for 40% of the shares.”

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The claim, plainly

Articulate raised a $1.5 billion investment for 40% of the company's shares as its first institutional round after 20 years in business.

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Assessment

On July 1, 2021, Articulate announced a $1.5 billion Series A funding round led by General Atlantic, with participation from Blackstone Growth and ICONIQ Growth, at a post-money valuation of $3.75 billion. This mathematically equals exactly 40.0% equity. The round marked Articulate's first institutional capital raise since its founding in 2002 (approximately 19 years of bootstrapped operation). Every element of the claim is corroborated by primary press releases and independent reporting.

Business Wire press release (July 1, 2021) confirming Articulate's $1.5 billion Series A round at a $3.75 billion post-money valuation ($1.5B / $3.75B = 40% equity).
Crunchbase News and Business Insider reporting (July 1, 2021) confirming this was Articulate's first outside institutional funding round since its founding in 2002 (~19 years bootstrapped).

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[1] businesswire.com [2] texau.com [3] businessinsider.com [4] crunchbase.com [5] businessinsider.com [6] siliconangle.com

Articulate raises 1.5 billion Series A bootstrapped 20 years Articulate 1.5 billion Series A funding 2021 3.75 billion valuation

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