A Cloud Guru

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A Cloud Guru
Founder(s)Sam Kroonenburg, Ryan Kroonenburg, Ant Stanley
Key peopleSam Kroonenburg (CEO)
Industrye-learning
CommercialYes
LaunchedMay 2015; 6 years ago (2015-05)
Current statusActive

A Cloud Guru is an online training platform for people interested in Information Technology. Most of the courses offered prepare students to take certification exams for the three major cloud providers (Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Amazon Web Services).

History[]

The company was established in London, United Kingdom in 2015 by Ant Stanley, and Ryan Kroonenburg, who built the online training provider in four weeks from his bedroom, with Ryan's brother Sam Kroonenburg joining shortly after.[1] In July 2016 Ant Stanley left A Cloud Guru, leaving Melbourne brothers Sam and Ryan to run the business.[2]

A Cloud Guru raised $7 million in funding in July 2017,[3] and an additional $33 million in April 2019[4]

On December 16, 2019, it was announced that they would acquire Linux Academy.[5] The acquisition was asserted by A Cloud Guru to make it "the largest cloud computing training library in the world".[6]

On June 2, 2021, A Cloud Guru was acquired by Pluralsight[7] in a deal that values the company at more than $2 billion.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "A CLOUD GURU LTD - Officers (free information from Companies House)". May 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "The last fourteen months". July 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "A Cloud Guru raises $7 million in its first round of funding". July 31, 2017.
  4. ^ "A Cloud Guru raises $33M growth equity round led by Summit Partners to scale its leading online cloud training platform for enterprises and cloud professionals". April 29, 2019.
  5. ^ Carlson, Kara (December 16, 2019). "Austin IT company A Cloud Guru acquires Fort Worth-based tech firm". Austin American-Statesman. Gannett. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  6. ^ Swan, David (17 December 2019). "A Cloud Guru Acquires largest competitor, Linux Academy". The Australian. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Pluralsight to Acquire A Cloud Guru to Accelerate Solving the Single Biggest Challenge in IT Today: The Growing Cloud Skills Gap" (Press release). Pluralsight. December 2, 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  8. ^ Waters, Cara (June 3, 2021). "Aussie brothers strike it rich after US firm snaps up 'bedroom startup' for $2bn".
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