Draft:Ankur Nagpal
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Ankur Nagpal | |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | venture capitalist |
| Known for | Founder, Teachable |
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Ankur Nagpal is an entrepreneur and founder of online learning platform Teachable.
Early life and education
[edit]Nagpal is from Mumbai and grew up in Oman before moving to the United States to attend University of California, Berkeley, studying economics and computer science.[2] During college, he built Facebook apps that generated up to $50,000 per day at their peak.[2]
Career
[edit]After graduating, Nagpal moved to New York where he taught marketing courses through General Assembly. He also taught online courses through Udemy. Nagpal started his own online platform called Fedora in 2013, which was renamed Teachable in 2015.[2] He sold the company to Hotsmart in 2020 for an estimated $250 million.[3]
In 2021, Nagpal used funds from the sale of Teachable to launch Vibe Capital, a $60 million venture fund.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Cheng, Candy; Russell, Melia (24 September 2021). "Meet the 30 solo capitalists writing a lot of checks to startups who every founder should scramble to pitch". Business Insider. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ a b c Adams, Susan (16 April 2018). "How A Millennial Entrepreneur Built A Learning Platform With A $134m Valuation". Forbes. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Crichton, Danny (16 March 2020). "Edtech notches a win as Teachable is acquired by Hotmart". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Mascarenhas, Natash (20 October 2021). "Vibe Capital is a new venture firm built for scrappy international founders". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 25 April 2024.