codeSpark develops visual, no-words web and mobile games (notably The Foos Coding) designed to teach coding to kids aged 4–9, including those who cannot yet read. Its approach emphasizes accessibility and gender-equitable characters and storylines to engage boys and girls equally. The Foos has been played by 4 million kids across 201 countries, and children have created 7 million games using Foos Studio. The company makes its games free to public schools, libraries and nonprofits while offering paid downloads for individual users and a new premium subscription, codeSpark Academy, on iOS and Android. codeSpark plans to use its seed funding to develop new curriculum, expand its international user base, and run third-party efficacy studies with academic researchers. Down the line the team is considering curriculum beyond coding basics, including entrepreneurship content.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Sep 2016