Pi-top Raises $4.3M to Focus on Coding For Kids

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Pi-top Raises $4.3M to Focus on Coding For Kids

Nov 3, 2016

TIME FOR PI: London-based pi-top has raised $4.3 million in Series A funding to continue efforts in teaching kids to code in the U.S., India and China. The round was led by Hambro Perks, with Committed Capital participating, according to TechCrunch. The startup started as a project to print a Raspberry-Pi laptop using a 3D printer, which then took off as a crowdfunded campaign for the hardware. Pi-top also makes software to make learning coding easy for kids aged 10 to 16.

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