# A Cloud Guru

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/a-cloud-guru

- Industry: Education/Training
- Headquarters: Austin, US
- Website: www.acloudguru.com
- Total disclosed funding: $40M
- Latest round: Series B (Apr 29, 2019)
- Investors on record: 3

## About

Founded in 2015 and based in Texas, US, A Cloud Guru, Ltd. is a social learning platform that develops cloud computing training solutions for various cloud training courses that are used by approximately 2.5 million people across 4,500 organizations, businesses, and by individuals in the US, the UK, and Australia. The company was founded by its CEO Sam Kroonenburg, Ant Stanley, and Ryan Kroonenburg. The company was provided an investment by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities in December 2019 and in July 2021, Pluralsight, LLC acquired A Cloud Guru, Ltd.

A Cloud Guru, Ltd. offers end-to-end cloud computing software solutions, and reviews for certification exams, as well as digital and cloud innovation for different fields and courses such as Amazon Alexa, AWS Lambda, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CodeDeploy, and other related platforms that are widely used in the market. The company mainly specializes in providing learning materials, support, and guides to build its client's abilities in handling modern and advanced cloud-based technologies.

The company generates its revenue through its paid membership, and subscriptions to access the web applications. Its membership packages range from USD 35 to USD 49 per month and also has a free version that lacks paid features such as practice exams, interactive diagrams, and quizzes.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Apr 29, 2019, $33M — Summit Partners, AirTree Ventures, Elephant
- Series A, Jul 31, 2017, $7M — Elephant

## Investors

- Elephant (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/elephant) — Series A, Series B
- Summit Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/summit-partners) — Series B
- AirTree Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/airtree-ventures) — Series B