6 Learning Management App Business Success Stories [2023]
Here are some real life success stories of starting a learning management app business:
1. Disco ($1M/year)
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Chris Sukornyk and Candice Faktor (from Toronto, ON, Canada) started Disco about 3 years ago.
- Chris Sukornyk and Candice Faktor co-founded Disco, an all-in-one platform for knowledge creators and organizations to build their live learning empires.
- The platform unites various tools to create a premium and seamless learning experience for students, and a best-in-class scaling experience for creators of live learning domains is what Disco strives to provide.
- Started in August 2020, the company registered its first revenue in 2021.
- The co-founders raised initial capital of $750,000 through friends and family, and $5M pre-seed funding in 2021.
- The company recently closed a $15 million Series A funding round led by GSV Ventures.

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2. Instructure
Instructure built the preferred learning management system (LMS) and employee development software with Canvas and Bridge to maximize your growth from the first day of school to the last day of work. Find out what makes Instructure a great place to work for, and to invest in. Learn more.
- Business rank: #58
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Learn more about starting a learning management app business:
Where to start?
-> How much does it cost to start a learning management app business?
-> Pros and cons of a learning management app business
Need inspiration?
-> Examples of established learning management app business
-> Marketing ideas for a learning management app business
Other resources
4. Udemy
Udemy is an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 130,000 courses and 35 million students. Learn programming, marketing, data science and more.
- Website traffic: 110M/month
- Business rank: #107
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5. Coursera
Join Coursera for free and learn online. Build skills with courses from top universities like Yale, Michigan, Stanford, and leading companies like Google and IBM. Advance your career with degrees, certificates, Specializations, & MOOCs in data science, computer science, business, and dozens of other topics.
- Website traffic: 51.6M/month
- Business rank: #239
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