OUR MISSION
We help people get licensed. And it changes lives.
Driver's ed. Real estate. Insurance. Mortgage. Behind every license is a first car, a new career, a fresh start. We built Aceable to make those moments possible.
20M +
students licensed
1.5M
students per year
40+
states accredited
4
verticals — and counting
WHAT WE DO
The courses nobody knew could be this good.
Licensing education has a reputation for being dry content, clunky, and courses designed to check a box rather than actually teach anything. We decided that was a problem worth solving. Our courses are mobile-first, fully accredited, and built around one obsessive question: what’s the most effective, engaging way to get someone to actually learn this? We’re proud that our students consistently outperform competitors on pass rates.
OUR STORY
Over a decade in, and still swinging.
We started with one app, one state, and one very stubborn belief that education could be built better. Here’s how it went.
THE BEGINNING
Blake starts Aceable at Capital Factory, Austin.
One idea, a domain name (that his mom didn’t like), and a healthy naivety for how hard this was going to be.
FIRST COURSE
Texas Parent-Taught Driver’s Ed launches.
Real students. Real licenses. The mission becomes real too.
VALIDATION
Series A funding secured from Silverton and Floodgate.
Turns out, investors like it when the model works. Aceable raises its Series A and starts building for scale.
EXPANSION
AceableAgent launches, our first real estate course.
Driver’s ed was just the beginning. The platform that powered one vertical could power many. We set out to prove it.
SCALE
Series B with Sageview. Acquires I Drive Safely & Driversed.com.
One funding round. One acquisition. One very busy year. Aceable becomes the market leader in driver’s education.
INNOVATION
First audio-only course. PrepAgent acquired.
Not everyone learns the same way. We built for that, and deepened our real estate offering while we were at it.
GROWTH
Real Estate Institute joins Aceable, unlocking Mortgage and Insurance licensing.
Another great team, another strategic acquisition. Our real estate platform gets even stronger.
WHAT’S NEXT
The best part is still ahead.
20M students licensed. 4 verticals. 40+ states. An AI-powered platform and a team that still shows up every day like it matters. Because it does.
MEET OUR FOUNDER
The founder behind the mission.
Blake Garrett Founder & CEO
“Action expresses priorities.”
Gandhi
The quote that started it all. In 2013, Blake started Aceable at Capital Factory in Austin because he believed licensing education was broken and he had the stubbornness to do something about it. He stacked his daily actions to building the company students and employees deserved. Before Aceable, he spent six years at Ernst & Young.
Over a decade and 20 million students later, he’s still the most energized person in the room. And these days, that energy is almost entirely directed at using AI to serve students better than anyone thought possible. Blake believes intelligent, adaptive education isn’t a feature or a roadmap item but the whole point. He’s a husband, a dad of three, a California kid who found his home in Austin.
BACKED BY THE BEST
$100M+ raised from investors.
We’ve raised over $100 million from investors who know the space, know what good looks like, and have been with us through every stage of growth.
HOW WE OPERATE
Not wall art. How we actually make decisions.
#HELPOTHERSSUCCEED
Your win is our win.
We measure success by our students’ — and each other’s.
#BEAUTHENTIC
Say what you mean.
Do what you say. No performance, no politics. Just the honest thing, said early.
#CREATEDELIGHT
Good enough isn’t.
Licensing education has a low bar. We set a higher one on purpose.
#SEEKTOUNDERSTAND
Listen first. Then build.
The best solutions come from understanding the real problem, not the stated one.
#EXHIBITGRIT
Hard problems are the job.
Regulated markets are complicated. We find a way through.
#PURSUEGROWTH
Get uncomfortable on purpose.
Curiosity isn’t optional. Neither is learning something new every week.
#GETS#ITDONE
A good decision today beats a perfect one next quarter.
We ship, learn, adjust, and do it again. Urgency isn’t a personality type, it’s a practice.
RECOGNITION
Best places to work, multiple years running.
We don’t chase awards. But we’re glad the people who work here think it’s worth mentioning.
