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Coursera Acquires Udemy

On December 17, 2025, Coursera acquired education company Udemy for 2.5B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Coursera’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Coursera’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Coursera’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Coursera’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2025-12-17
Target Udemy
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Coursera
Deal Type Merger
Deal Value 2.5B USD
Advisor(s) Morgan Stanley (Financial)
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Wilkinson Barker Knauer (Legal)

Target

Udemy

San Francisco, California, United States
Udemy is an online education learning marketplace where 10 million students are enrolled in 40,000 courses across 190 countries. Udemy was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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Coursera

Mountain View, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 2011
Sector Education
Employees1,260
Revenue 695M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Coursera is an online learning platform that offers anyone, anywhere access to online courses and degrees from world-class universities and companies. The company partners with more than 200 leading universities and companies to bring flexible, affordable, job-relevant online learning to individuals and organizations worldwide. Coursera was founded in 2011 and is based in Mountain View, California.

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Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
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