The online teaching service was valued at $800m in a Fidelity-led round, adding to earlier funding from investors such as Bloomberg Beta, WME Ventures and Novel TMT.

Investment and financial services group Fidelity led a $100m series E round yesterday for MasterClass, a US-based online education provider backed by corporates Bloomberg, Novel and William Morris Endeavor.

Owl Ventures, 01 Advisors, IVP, Atomico, NextEquity Partners and New Enterprise Associates (NEA) also took part in the round, which valued the company at more than $800m according to TechCrunch.

MasterClass has built an online education portal where well-known experts and celebrities, such as author Neil Gaiman, actors Natalie Portman and…

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Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
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