A Cloud Guru
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Educational technology |
| Founded | 1 January 2015 in London, United Kingdom |
| Founder | Ant Stanley, Ryan Kroonenburg |
| Headquarters | Melbourne , Australia |
| Products | Cloud computing certification training |
| Parent | Vista Equity Partners (since 2021) |
| Website | acloudguru |
A Cloud Guru served as a digital education platform dedicated to cloud computing instruction, with a primary emphasis on certification preparation for leading providers such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Amazon Web Services.
History
The enterprise was initiated in 2015 in London, United Kingdom by Ant Stanley and Ryan Kroonenburg. The platform's development took place over four weeks within Ryan's bedroom, shortly followed by the involvement of his brother, Sam Kroonenburg.
In July 2016, Ant Stanley exited the company, after which Sam and Ryan Kroonenburg assumed full leadership responsibilities.
The business obtained $7 million in investment during July 2017 and later secured an additional $33 million in April 2019 to expand its offerings for corporate clients and cloud technology professionals.
On December 16, 2019, A Cloud Guru completed the acquisition of Linux Academy, thereby establishing itself as the most extensive cloud computing training resource worldwide.
On June 2, 2021, Vista Equity Partners purchased A Cloud Guru and integrated it with Pluralsight in a deal that valued the combined entity at more than $2 billion. Vista had earlier acquired Pluralsight in April 2021, utilizing a rollup acquisition approach to unify cloud skills education platforms.