[5] In 2018, the company raised a $6.1 million Series A from Foundation Capital[6] and it expanded to Spain[7] and Brazil.

[10] The platform uses video and interactive lessons to teach tangible skills rather than academic education, in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

[12] Platzi has also created employee training courses for corporations, including Microsoft, IBM, Facebook and Google.

[3] In addition to its courses, Platzi runs conferences[16] and news broadcast channels for the tech world.

[13] In 2019, Platzi launched 1,000 scholarships in collaboration with Facebook for Brazilian,[20] Colombian[21] and Mexican students from underrepresented populations in technology.