Code First Girls secures £4.5m Series A funding led by Active Partners to expand coding education for women.
The Series A round was led by Active Partners alongside a group of prominent female angel investors.
Code First Girls provides free coding education and employment pathways for women aiming to enter the technology sector. The organization bridges the gender gap in technology through training programmes and corporate partnerships.
Code First Girls has secured £4.5m in Series A funding led by Active Partners, alongside backing from prominent female angel investors. The capital will be deployed to accelerate the company growth, close the gender gap in technology, and provide one million learning and employment opportunities for women over the next five years. The enterprise has transitioned from a social enterprise into a commercial business, scaling its revenue and user base significantly.
From the founder
"At Code First Girls, our mission is to close the serious, long-term gender gap in the tech industry by giving women the opportunity to learn to code and get jobs in tech, at no cost to them. We’re growing at an incredibly fast pace, with businesses, government and universities across the country getting on board because they recognise we’ve found a model that works."
Anna Brailsford
CEO at Code First Girls
Investor perspective
"Traditional education providers are failing to address the significant tech talent shortages across the industry today, as well as the huge lack of diverse talent. Code First Girls offers the solution to this problem. By providing free coding courses for all women and supporting them into employment at some of the world’s biggest companies, Code First Girls is facilitating social mobility, boosting the diverse tech talent pool and addressing the tech skills gap. We have been very impressed by what Anna and the team have achieved so far and the company’s transformative impact on so many women’s lives. We look forward to joining Code First Girls on this exciting next phase of growth and supporting the team to achieve its mission to close the gender gap in the tech industry."
Tom Profumo
Partner, Active Partners
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Code First Girls
Code First Girls provides free coding education and employment for women entering the technology sector.