A couple of things about online learning service Platzi immediately set it apart from the other companies in Y Combinator's latest batch. First, it is from Latin America -- Colombia to be precise ...

PLATZI has raised $2.1 million in seed funding, with Omidyar Network, 500 Startups, Nazca Ventures and Amasia Ventures and Y Combinator investing. The Mexico City-based startup, founded in 2013, makes ...

Platzi has served one million students to date, and the company claims its students' course completion rates hover between 50 and 70 percent. The company also boasts a sizable headcount of 117 ...

Platzi announced today the closing of a $62 million Series B, led by Prosus with participation from Foundation Capital, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, FJ Labs, FundersClub and others.

Freddy Vega, founder of Platzi: “Latinos don't want to be criminals and on top of that programming pays better than stealing” The creator of the educational platform thinks that success in the ...