Our Major Milestones
2008
Instructure got its “Inc.” and progressed from a big idea to a real-deal tech startup.
2009
The legendary pre-Canvas product validation tour went metro (Geo Metro).
2010
Josh Coates came out of techpreneur retirement to serve as Instructure’s CEO. Canvas became the statewide LMS for all Utah public schools, colleges, and universities.
2011
Instructure formally launched the Canvas learning management system, disrupting the LMS status quo for better and forever.
2012
Canvas Network began offering open, online courses for everyone, everywhere.
2013
Beyonce played the Super Bowl halftime show. (And Instructure moved its HQ to the Old Mill Corporate Center in SLC, UT.)
2014
Instructure went international with offices in London, Sydney, and São Paulo.
2015
Instructure went public on the NYSE (INST).
2016
Instructure launched Canvas Studio, a collaborative next-gen video-learning platform. Instructure also added Cinnamon Toast Crunch to its office cereal offerings.
2017
Instructure hit the $1 billion market cap and acquired Practice, the peer-feedback-driven, video-based professional learning tool.
2018
Instructure turned 10 and opened new markets in Latin America.
2019
Canvas reached more than 30 million global users. The online Canvas community surpassed 500,000 users. And Instructure acquired Portfolium and MasteryConnect.
2020
Instructure was acquired by Thoma Bravo, Steve Daly joined as CEO, and Instructure acquired Certica Solutions.
2021
Instructure went public as INST (Again!). And welcomed EesySoft to the family.
2022
Instructure acquires Concentric Sky: the Makers of Badgr, now known as Canvas Credentials and acquires LearnPlatform.
More Fun Facts
We love numbers here at Instructure, and it just so happens that numbers love us back. Here are a few we're especially fond of:
7,000+
global customers
99.9%
system uptime
6 million+
concurrent users—without a hiccup
over 90%
best-in-class customer satisfaction score
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