Israeli on-line freelance platform Fiverr (NYSE: FVRR) right now introduced its acquisition of Seattle-based on-line studying firm CreativeLive. No monetary particulars have been disclosed.
Fiverr cofounder and CEO Micha Kaufman mentioned, “Fiverr is greater than only a work platform – we basically consider in supporting your complete freelance way of life, and that features skilled training and coaching. The flexibility to amass new expertise in a quickly altering work surroundings after which have the ability to monetize them is a part of Fiverr’s position in main transformation for consumers and sellers on our platform.
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He added, “The acquisition of CreativeLive is a part of this broader technique. Chase and the staff’s experience in creating compelling studying experiences throughout industries is a pure match for us as we scale this a part of our enterprise. The depth and caliber of the programs that CreativeLive affords are distinctive and we stay up for providing them to our total group.”
Based in 2010 by Chase Jarvis, CreativeLive affords over 2,000 courses throughout quite a lot of inventive and enterprise classes and has helped greater than 10 million learners purchase new expertise for his or her profession, their hobbies, and their lives.
CreativeLive will stay an unbiased firm, based mostly in Seattle and Chase Jarvis will keep on as CEO. Fiverr’s present on-line studying platform, Fiverr Be taught, will probably be merged into CreativeLive to additional meet the wants of freelancers and companies the world over.
Fiverr’s share value is up 3.65% on the NYSE at $184.10, giving a market cap of $6.73 billion.
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