# Crack the Code

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/crack-the-code

- Industry: Education/Training
- Headquarters: Lima, Peru
- Website: www.crackthecode.la
- Total disclosed funding: $2.7M
- Latest round: Seed (Dec 13, 2021)
- Investors on record: 1

## About

Based in Lima, Peru, and founded in 2021 by CEO Maria del Mar Velez, Crack The Code operates as an ed-tech company that offers coding classes to 5–18-year-old kids. In December 2021, Crack the Code raised USD 2.7 million in seed funding led by Kaszek Ventures. As of January 2022, the company has more than 5,000 children and adolescents in 22 countries and a team of 31 employees. 

Crack The Code platform offers programs such as Learning Routes, composed of several courses according to the age and interests of the students where they learn programming and technology; Tech Vacations, a program designed for children's vacations focused on technology and programming, approaching it from different themes such as design, art, and video games. The company provides educational experiences in computational thinking and implements programming for students from public and private schools and universities. It has a specialised program for girls, promoting the inclusion of women in tech from an early stage.

Crack the Code will use the seed funding to make coding accessible to kids and teenagers throughout Latin America.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Dec 13, 2021, $2.7M — Kaszek Ventures

## Investors

- Kaszek Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kaszek-ventures) — Seed