Airtable, a platform that enables anyone to build custom apps to support their businesses, today announced that the company has raised $52 million in Series B funding. The round was led by existing investors CRV and Caffeinated Capital, with participation from Freestyle Capital and Slow
Code.org, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding student participation in computer science, announced the close of $12 million in financing. Three investors participated in the round: Infosys, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and PwC. Code.org’s vision is that every student in every school should have the
Recime, a platform that allows for the code-free creation of chatbots, has released their 2.0 product version. New features include an upgraded interface, as well as a new “cloud code” module which enables developers to extend existing chatbots with JavaScript (ES6), yet without provisioning or
Zeroqode, a web and mobile app development platform, provides no-code app templates to create apps faster. Users can learn how to build apps without coding by taking one of the courses provided by Zeroquode. It also allows users to convert an existing web application to
Gamebuino META’s Arduino-compatible, retro console for gamers allows users to make their own games and learn programming by hooking up sensors, motors, and lights. The pocket-sized console comes with free exclusive games and a continuous 24-hour battery charge.
Artificial intelligence startup Pienso announced the completion of $2.1 million in seed financing led by Eniac Ventures, with participation from SoftTech VC, Indicator Ventures, and E14 Fund. Pienso is a machine learning platform for non-programmers to create and train their own machine learning models without the
Progate is an education web service where everyone can learn to code. It offers a fully equipped coding environment to get users started, along with a total of nine courses and 36 lessons, including HTML & CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Ruby, and Python. The Tokyo-based company
Coworking space provider WeWork announced yesterday that it has acquired edtech startup Flatiron School. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Flatiron is an accelerated programming school whose mission is to enable a better life through education. Founded in 2012 by Adam Enbar and Avi
Web Sequence is a chrome extension design tool that saves users time and helps them avoid mistakes when drawing sequence diagrams. Users don't need to drag and drop or resize -- the tool’s built-in UML Diagram Editor converts text to sequence diagrams, accepting C-like pseudo
Sourcegraph announced the completion of $20 million in Series A financing from Redpoint Ventures and Goldcrest Investment. Sourcegraph helps development teams search, review, and edit code in order to ship better software faster. Sourcegraph integrates with multiple code hosts, editors, and code review tools to increase