Code First Girls is on a mission to transform tech by providing the skills, confidence, and inspiration for women and non-binaries to become kick-ass developers, data whizzes, and future tech leaders.
Our community of coders, instructors, and mentors is one of the largest in the UK. We’ve trained over 70,000 women to code for free - and we’re just getting started.
Code First Girls answers to the growing demand for developers by connecting top female and non-binary talent with global organisations, enabling businesses to find elite candidates whilst closing the tech gender gap.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 201-500
Total raised: $5.14M
Founded date: 2013
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.09.2022 | Series A | $5.14M | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.05.2024 | Displaced Ukrainian Women Embark On Scottish Tech Careers | A training programme helping displaced Ukrainian women to develop the skills needed to start a career in tech is celebrating its first anniversary with a host of permanent job offers. Royal Bank of Scotland’s Women in Tech pilot – delivered... |
| 12.06.2023 | Report: Actions to Retain Female Tech Talent, Bridge the Skills Gap | The report, D&I for Tech Leaders: How to Hire, Retain and Progress Women in Tech report, mainly draws from data uncovered in Code First Girls’ and TTC’s recent surveys regarding the UK tech landscape and women’s position in it. When it ... |
| 18.01.2023 | 6 best small business ideas for 2023 | 6 best small business ideas for 2023. Image: iStock With the pandemic behind us, climate goals to reach ahead of us and a recession staring us in the face, here are six small business ideas to consider in 2023 A new year tends to be the mos... |
| 04.11.2022 | How to switch jobs and create a future-proofed career | Fears of a recession are rising in Europe. As inflation soared to 9.9% across the bloc, the ECB has increased the cost of borrowing to help. Even though ECB president, Christine Lagarde has said she will bring inflation back down to 2%, the... |
| 12.09.2022 | 15 U.K.-Based Venture Capital Investors Supporting Underrepresented Founders | These 15 U.K.-based angels and venture capital investors are worth following on the topic of ... [+] investment in underrepresented foundersVARIOUS |
| 11.09.2022 | Обзор технологических стартапов в образовании за последнюю неделю | Соучредители Docquity Амит Витал (Директор по росту), Индранил Ройчоудхури (Генеральный директор), Абхишек Кабам (Организационный директор) 1 комментарий 43 просмотров Что стало известно об инвестировании в стартапы EdTech за прошедшую неде... |
| 07.09.2022 | Code First Girls Raises £4.5M in Series A Funding | Code First Girls, a London, UK-based business that supports women into coding education and employment, raised £4.5M in Series A funding. Backers included Active Partners, and female angels such as Michelle Kennedy, Former Director at Bumbl... |
| 31.08.2022 | UK Spy Agency Launches Course to Attract More Female Coders | Designed to appeal to women, newly launched ‘nanodegree’ courses by social enterprise Code First Girls includes a 14-week course sponsored by the UK’s main intelligence agency for dealing with cyber-threats. Jo Cavan, Director of Strategy P... |
| 09.07.2022 | Levelling the playing field for women coders in UK, Code First Girls picks up £4.5 million | There is a stark gender gap in the tech industry, with women making up just 21% of the U.K.’s tech industry and black women making up less than 3%. The U.K.’s tech job market is projected to be worth £30 billion by 2025 – six times larger t... |