With $7M, learn-to-code startup Treehouse eyes high school market
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Treehouse, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that offers online coding lessons, has raised $7 million in new Series B funding. Read more »
Why Will.i.am and Chris Bosh want to create a new generation of wannabe coders
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In a short film released by non-profit Code.org, sports and pop stars join Silicon Valley luminaries in encouraging more people to learn to code. Read more »
With $1M, Thiel-backed Thinkful builds a one-on-one tutoring business atop its online ed peers
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Thinkful, an online education startup co-founded by a Thiel Fellow, has raised $1 million from a group of investors including Peter Thiel’s FF Angel, RRE Ventures and Quotidian Ventures. Read more »
Codecademy expands API lessons with Twitter, Gilt Groupe, 23andme, Box
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Learn-to-code startup Codecademy is building on its recently-launched track of API classes with lessons created in partnership with Twitter Gilt Groupe, Box, 23andMe, Dwolla and others. Read more »
Former Zynga exec ‘Lo’ Toney lands at Khosla-backed learn-to-code startup LearnStreet as CEO
Laurence ‘Lo’ Toney has been named the new CEO of LearnStreet, a learn-to-code startup supported by Khosla Ventures. Previously, Toney was a general manager at Zynga, overseeing Poker and mobile publishing. Read more »
Coding Christmas: Codecademy lets you code your own holiday card
On the heels of a new set of project-based courses, New York-based Codecademy on Monday launched CodeCards, a program that enables anyone to create and share their own online holiday cards. Read more »
Codecademy’s Zach Sims is leading a movement; now can he build a business?
As the CEO and co-founder of Codecademy, 22-year-old Zach Sims has been enormously successful in raising the profile of the code literacy cause. But, as competition mounts, he needs to show that he can build a business on top of the emerging learn-to-code trend. Read more »
Khosla-backed LearnStreet takes on Codecademy with new learn-to-code site
With $1 million in seed funding from Khosla Ventures, Palo Alto-based LearnStreet is launching in public beta Wednesday to help beginners learn to code online. Inspired by the Maker Movement, LearnStreet describes coding as a vehicle for self-expression, not just a skill for professional advancement. Read more »
