Pre-IPO MasterClass

The MasterClass platform allows you to learn from the most famous and successful people in the world: cook with Gordon Ramsay, make movies with Martin Scorsese or James Cameron, play tennis with Serena Williams and many other things. The platform offers more than 100 online courses. The investment risk is medium. The expected yield is 130%.

The content of the platform is aimed at a wide audience — it is both informative and entertaining. The learning process is organized in the form of video lessons of top Hollywood quality, after which a user can do the homework and share the results with other students.

The company simultaneously operates in two promising spheres: online education (the market is expected to reach $370 billion by 2026) and online entertainment ($652.5 billion by 2027). The company plans further expansion in the international market and the launch of a new direction of work with corporate clients.

Over 8 investment rounds, MasterClass has raised a total of $461.4 million in funding, with the last round held in May 2021. The investors include Fidelity Management, UTA Ventures, Baillie Gifford. The company's private market capitalization is $3.3 billion. According to our forecasts, MasterClass will hold an IPO in 2022, with the company's private market capitalization of $6-8 billion.