Articulate Raises $1.5 Billion in Series A Round Led by General Atlantic, With Participation From Blackstone Growth and ICONIQ Growth

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“We strategically selected General Atlantic, Blackstone, and ICONIQ Growth as investors for their combined strengths, including deep operational expertise, proven experience growing cloud-based SaaS companies, and an extensive network of resources to help us scale rapidly,” said Lucy Suros, President of Articulate. “Moreover, all three partners support our passionate commitment to building a human-centered organization.” “It’s rare that a company achieves the level of success Articulate has without any prior institutional backing,” said Anton Levy, Co-President and Global Head of Technology Investing at General Atlantic. General Atlantic currently has over $53 billion in assets under management and more than 175 investment professionals based in New York, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Munich, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore and Stamford. Our unique investment platform harnesses the power of ICONIQ Capital’s vibrant ecosystem of founders, pioneers, and business leaders with the goal of delivering tangible value and amplifying our portfolio companies’ success from early growth stage to IPO and beyond. ICONIQ Growth’s portfolio of innovators includes Adyen, AirBnB, Alibaba, Alteryx, Automattic, BambooHR, Braze, Chime, Collibra, Coupa, Datadog, Docusign, Gitlab, Marqeta, Miro, Procore, Red Ventures, Relativity, ServiceTitan, Snowflake, Sprinklr, Truckstop, Uber, Wolt, and Zoom, among others.

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Amount $1.5B Total raised
Date July 1, 2021 Announcement date
Investors The Blackstone Group LP, General Atlantic Lead investors
Company http://www.articulate.com Funded company

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SaaS E-Learning Software Authoring Tools

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Articulate
$25M to $50M