Premium online learning platform featuring world-class instructors across creative, business, and lifestyle topics
MasterClass offers cinematic-quality video courses from celebrity instructors (Gordon Ramsay, Margaret Atwood, Serena Williams). Reportedly cut its valuation and headcount aggressively in 2022-23 to reach profitability. Launched On Call in 2024 for live small-group coaching with experts.
Consumer📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2014
Current Valuation
$2.8B
as of 2021-Q2
UNICORN
QL Price
$1.6B
-44% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for MasterClass, published 2026-10-07 — below the last disclosed round of $2.8B (2025-01).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$2.8B
2025-01
weight 0.29
Secondary market print
$879.2M
2026-06-27
weight 0.54
How this price has held up
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Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is MasterClass going public?
No. MasterClass has no imminent IPO plans on record. It is still private.
What is MasterClass' valuation in 2026?
MasterClass is valued at $2.8B as of 2021-Q2, set by its Series F ($225M, May 2021). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
MasterClass has raised $527M in total, most recently a Series F of $225M in May 2021.
Is MasterClass publicly traded — can you buy MasterClass stock?
No. MasterClass is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for MasterClass on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
David Rogier
Founded
2014
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~250
Total Raised
$527M
Last Round
Series F — $225M (May 2021) · Lead: Fidelity
IPO Status
no imminent plans
Fundraising Status
Series F · $225M · 5y 5mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $527M
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$10
Last round price / share
$31.88
vs last round
-68.6%
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series F
$225M
May 2021
Fidelity
—
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▲ Hiring uptrend
+100% vs 2026-08
Open roles
6
via greenhouse
Product-build share
17%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
go-to-market push — Only 17% of open roles build product — hiring is concentrated in sales/marketing/ops (3 of 6 open roles are other).
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Creative Director, CertificatesAI Project Reviewer (CONTRACT)Community ManagerEnrollment Advisor, MasterClass Executive (Temporary)Events ManagerSr. Social Media Manager
Counted from MasterClass's live job board as of 2026-09-15; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2021-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.