Codestarter
closedNonprofit providing laptops for children to learn code.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | investor | €0.0 | round |
| N/A | N/A | Seed | |
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
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Codestarter was a nonprofit organization co-founded by Tom Preston-Werner, a co-founder of GitHub, and Theresa Preston-Werner. The organization's mission was to give every child the opportunity to learn how to code by providing them with the necessary hardware, primarily laptops. Codestarter focused on serving underrepresented children to promote diversity in the tech industry across gender, race, and class.
The business model was based on donations to fund the purchase of computers for kids. However, this reliance on donations proved to be a challenging model to sustain. The organization announced it was winding down in August 2015.
Keywords: learn to code, nonprofit, coding for kids, computer donations, diversity in tech, STEM education, Tom Preston-Werner, Theresa Preston-Werner, learn to program, educational technology, underrepresented youth, social impact, computer literacy, digital divide