Online Education Startup Coursera Raises $43 Million

By Melissa Korn. Forget about teacher’s pet. Online education company Coursera is fast becoming an investor’s pet with a new $43 million round of funding. Coursera, which provides hundreds of courses online, said Wednesday it raised the Series B financing from new investors Laureate Education Inc., the World Bank’s investment arm, LearnCapital Venture Partners, GSV Capital and venture capitalist Yuri Milner. Previous investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New Enterprise Associates, which invested $16 million in Coursera last year, boosted their stakes in the latest round. Read more...