Mission Bit

http://www.missionbit.com/

Last activity: 10.08.2018

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Mission Bit is a 501(c)3 non-profit offering coding education and industry experiences to equip, empower and inspire public school youth to build products they dream up and broaden the opportunity horizon they envision for themselves.

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Total raised

$1M

Founded date

2012

Funding Rounds 1

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Mentions in press and media 16

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Apr 5, 2018	Mission Bit receives $1 million to expand computer science education in SF	Mission Bit, a nonprofit organization that teaches high school students computer science, has received a $1 million five-year grant from the San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Their Families. Each semester, Mission Bit offers a...
Nov 1, 2017	Apply to bring your school or organization to Disrupt Berlin	Applications are now open for student groups to attend Disrupt Berlin at Arena Berlin on 5 December (Tuesday). The program is part of Include, TechCrunch’s diversity program aimed at facilitating opportunities for underrepresented groups in...
Aug 15, 2017	Calling all teachers, educators and mentors: apply to bring your class to Disrupt SF	Applications are now open for student groups to attend Disrupt SF at Pier 48 on September 19 (Tuesday) or September 20 ( Wednesday). The program is part of Include, TechCrunch’s diversity program aimed at facilitating opportunities for unde...
Apr 10, 2017	Last week for youth groups to apply to come to Disrupt NY	Applications are open for student groups to attend Disrupt New York at Pier 36 in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 16th or Wednesday, May 17th. This is your last week to apply as applications close on Wednesday, April 19th, 2017. The program is pa...
Mar 28, 2017	Teachers, mentors and youth advocates: Apply to have your youth attend Disrupt NY	Applications are now open for student groups to attend Disrupt New York at Pier 36 in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 16th or Wednesday, May 17th. The program is part of Include, TechCrunch’s diversity and inclusion program aimed at facilitating ...
Mar 19, 2017	Stevon Cook went from public housing to empowering public schools through tech training	Ruben Harris Contributor Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta...
Dec 1, 2016	Remember when GZA performed at the Crunchies?	Way back in 2012, at the 6th Annual Crunchies Awards, GZA presented an award with then-writer Drew Olanoff. And then he performed. The video is above. Excuse the audio. It’s really bad for some reason. This February TechCrunch will host ano...
Nov 29, 2016	That time John Oliver roasted Silicon Valley at the Crunchies	Two years ago John Oliver returned to host the Crunchies for the second time. And he roasted the crowd. The video is below and it’s worth watching. This February TechCrunch will host another Crunchies award show. This is the 10th year. A lo...
Nov 21, 2016	Announcing the finalists for the 10th Annual Crunchies Awards	It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Today, we announce the finalists in each category for the 10th Annual Crunchies Awards show. The Crunchies is a long-standing tradition in the tech world, where readers nominate products, people a...
Jul 12, 2016	Teachers, mentors and youth advocates: apply to have your student youth attend Disrupt NY	Applications are now open for student groups to attend Disrupt New York at Pier 36 in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 16th or Wednesday, May 17th. The program is part of Include, TechCrunch’s diversity and inclusion program aimed at facilitating ...
Oct 18, 2015	MissionBit Teaches SF Public School Students How To Code; Needs Your Donations, Volunteers	A year ago, I checked in with a tiny non-profit called MissionBit that was bringing computer science education to San Francisco’s public schools after class. Considering that only five percent of the city’s high school students are even enr...
Sep 24, 2015	Oakland To Tech: Please Don’t Screw This Up Like Last Time	A few weeks ago, I was having lunch with Darrell Jones III, who heads up business development at Clef, at the southern restaurant Pican a few blocks away from the Oakland building that 3,000 Uber workers are slated to move into by 2017. Jon...
Sep 9, 2014	Meet Black Girls Code, The 2014 TechCrunch Include Grant Recipient	TechCrunch is excited to announce Black Girls Code as the recipient of the first TechCrunch Include Grant of $50,000. The mission of Black Girls Code aligns perfectly with the founding goals of the Include Grant by aiming to increase partic...
Feb 28, 2014	Google Sets Example By Trying To Offset Perils Of SF Gentrification	While San Francisco’s gentrification issues aren’t solely caused by the tech boom, the tech industry should aim to help the communities impacted by the influx of money and people it has brought to the city. Yesterday’s donation by Google is...
Feb 5, 2014	MissionBit’s Volunteer Hackers Close The Computer Science Education Gap In SF’s Schools	A couple days a week, 25-year-old Brian Clark (pictured above to the left) takes the Muni’s T line in from Bayview, where he lives in a house full of other founders through the NewMe Accelerator program. Yes, he’s a pretty recent computer s...

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FAQ about Mission Bit

When was Mission Bit founded?

Mission Bit was founded in 2012.

How much funding has Mission Bit raised?

Mission Bit has raised $1M in total across 1 funding round.

What has the press written about Mission Bit?

Parsers VC has collected 16 articles mentioning Mission Bit, among them “Mission Bit receives $1 million to expand computer science education in SF” (Apr 5, 2018) and “Apply to bring your school or organization to Disrupt Berlin” (Nov 1, 2017).

Is Mission Bit still active?

Yes, Mission Bit is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Aug 10, 2018.