CourseHorse

CourseHorse is like Amazon for classes—the easiest way to discover, compare and enroll in local personal and professional classes.

  • Stage $1M in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Education
  • Location New York City, NY, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded May 2011
  • Employees 7
  • Website coursehorse.com

Company Summary

CourseHorse is the first marketplace that helps people discover & enroll in trusted local classes, (examples include cooking, Spanish, finance, coding, etc). We partner with the high quality providers of these classes and earn a commission every time a student books a seat. So far, we've partnered with about 800 class providers, totaling about 40K classes in NY & LA, with revenue continually growing 7X per year (currently at a $3.5M run-rate).

Team

  • Evan Fain
    Director, BD

    Evan Fain manages business development for CourseHorse, including both school acquisition and consumer marketing. Most recently, he led the local sales strategy team at Patch, a nationwide network of community news and information sites owned by AOL. Previously, he co-founded Deals For Deeds (since acquired by Recoup) and worked in management consulting in Washington, DC. Evan graduated Magna Cum Laude from UPENN.

  • Nihal Parthasarathi
    CEO

    A marketing / finance major at NYU (’08), Nihal Parthasarathi joined Capgemini as an education & technology consultant. He was placed on a project to determine the future of online education for a large provider of test-prep. He helped lead the overhaul of the website that enabled students to find & buy classes, as well as the implementation of a Learning Management System that made managing classes easier. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from NYU

  • Katie Kapler
    EVP Product

    An economics / journalism major at NYU (’07), Katie joined the team at Biz2Credit, a startup that connects small businesses with credit. Katie architected & managed the development of an online marketplace that connects businesses with lenders using a financial analysis algorithm. She developed the concept, hired & managed the dev team, and then conducted all marketing & partnership efforts. The company is Katie graduated Magna Cum Laude from NYU

  • Nihal Parthasarathi
    CEO

    A marketing / finance major at NYU (’08), Nihal Parthasarathi joined Capgemini as an education & technology consultant. He was placed on a project to determine the future of online education for a large provider of test-prep. He helped lead the overhaul of the website that enabled students to find & buy classes, as well as the implementation of a Learning Management System that made managing classes easier. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from NYU

  • Katie Kapler
    EVP Product

    An economics / journalism major at NYU (’07), Katie joined the team at Biz2Credit, a startup that connects small businesses with credit. Katie architected & managed the development of an online marketplace that connects businesses with lenders using a financial analysis algorithm. She developed the concept, hired & managed the dev team, and then conducted all marketing & partnership efforts. The company is Katie graduated Magna Cum Laude from NYU

  • Evan Fain
    Director, BD

    Evan Fain manages business development for CourseHorse, including both school acquisition and consumer marketing. Most recently, he led the local sales strategy team at Patch, a nationwide network of community news and information sites owned by AOL. Previously, he co-founded Deals For Deeds (since acquired by Recoup) and worked in management consulting in Washington, DC. Evan graduated Magna Cum Laude from UPENN.

Advisors

  • Gunderson Dettmer
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Eisner Amper
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • NY Angels
    Unconfirmed
    Golden Seeds
    Unconfirmed
    Harbor Road Ventures
    Unconfirmed

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