StayQrious vs Skillshare
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India YC accredited virtual school with project-based curriculum and Parent NPS 85; $2.12M LearnStart/Draper/YC seed transitioning from after-school to full-time school in 2023-2024, winning Times Now Most Innovative School 2024 with 27 employees.
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StayQrious is an India-based accredited virtual school — backed with $2.12 million in total funding including a $2 million seed in September 2020 led by LearnStart with Draper Associates, Y Combinator, and Lavni Ventures — providing children (K-12 equivalent) with a project-based, accredited online school experience focused on real-world problem-solving and small-group collaborative learning as an alternative to traditional classroom education. After transitioning from an after-school enrichment model to a full-time accredited online school (the pivot occurring from late 2023 to mid-2024), StayQrious has achieved an exceptional Parent NPS (Net Promoter Score) of 85 and won the Times Now 'Most Innovative School' award in 2024, operating with 27 employees as of July 2025 (+59% year-over-year headcount growth).
Creative learning platform with 12M+ users and $78M revenue (+15% 2024); 38K+ video courses on design, illustration, and photography competing with LinkedIn Learning and MasterClass via subscription access.
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Skillshare is a New York-based online learning platform focused on creative and professional skill development — offering 38,000+ video courses in graphic design, illustration, photography, video production, writing, entrepreneurship, and technology taught by working practitioners and industry professionals to a global community of learners. Founded in 2010 and backed by Union Square Ventures, Omidyar Network, OMERS Growth Equity, and Burda Principal Investments with $235 million in total funding (Series D in 2020 led by NewSpring), Skillshare generated $78 million in revenue in 2024 (up 15% from $68 million in 2023) with 12 million+ registered users and 500,000+ paid subscribers.
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