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DataCamp

Data science learning platform

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1001+ employees
  • B2B
  • Education
  • Big data
  • Training
Midtown South, New York, NY

Company mission

Our mission is to democratize data skills for everyone.

Top investors

76% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

While competitors (like CodeAcademy and Khan Academy) feature extensive courses on Python and web development, DataCamp delivers career-specific routes tailored to the modern job market. In a world hungry for technology talent, their "R for Finance" and "Quantitative Analyst" courses enable job-applicants to differentiate themselves.

DataCamp generates much of its revenue working with businesses, with clients from Deloitte to PayPal. Industries around the world are desperate to up-skill their talent with the latest analytics tools: this product is quickly becoming key to the on-boarding and training regimes of many firms. The company has also worked to develop its fraud and regulatory risk analytics courses. Financial services firms are keen to automate their compliance systems as AML becomes increasingly a process of data mining.

Recent developments include mobile training courses, mirroring Duolingo-style on-the-go learning apps that have proved revenue-generating on a subscription model -- targeting the busy-professional demographic with limited time in the day to up-skill. These bite-size lessons might be the key to its growth.

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Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Stock options
  • Generous healthcare benefits
  • Fully paid parental leave
  • Personal development budget
  • Personal office equipment budget
  • International company trips and trainings
  • Free lunch and healthy snacks

Company values

  • Data-driven decision-making - Data skills are our business. We believe in making decisions based on data and facts
  • Action - We are a fast-moving company that understands the importance of taking action
  • Transparency - We believe that being transparent leads to improvement and success
  • Act like an owner - We take initiative and embrace accountability
  • Customer focussed - We prioritize meeting learners and members needs above everything else

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Dec 2018

$25m

EARLY VC

Jul 2017

$4m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $31.2m

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Leadership

Dieter De Mesmaeker

(Co-Founder & Board Member)

Previously took part in Techstars. Recently co-founded and acts as CTO for Offered.ai.

Jonathan Cornelissen

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Wrote much of the original course material for DataCamp, particularly R and its econometrics applications.

Martijn Theuwissen

(Co-Founder & COO)

Previously gained experience in sales & marketing experience in brands such as Coca-Cola.

People progressing

Hadrien joined DataCamp in 2017 as a support specialist, answering customer service queries and coding questions. Following an impressive performance (over just 10 months), he was promoted to Content Developer, now responsible for building Python and R courses on topics ranging from regulatory fraud detection to supply chain analytics. Two years on, he was promoted to Data Science Curriculum Manager, primarily being in charge of data engineering topics.

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