Today’s Deals – Codecademy, the free online coding school, raises another $30M led by Naspers

A kid learns how to build a video game using code on an Apple Inc. iPad Mini during the Hour of Code workshop at an Apple store in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. Hour of Code, a free one-hour introduction to the basics of computer programming, is a special event for kids ages six and up hosted by Apple Inc. in conjunction with Computer Science Education Week. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Codecademy, an online coding school with 16 million registered users, has built out its footprint without charging its students a single penny to use it. Now, as more questions arise about how and when the startup might start monetizing its services, the startup is announcing $30 million in new funding that could be an indication of what might come next. Naspers, the (for-profit) media… Read More

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