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June 19, 2012 03:01 pm GMT

Codecademy Plans Global Code-Teaching Expansion With $10M From Branson, Milner, Kleiner, Index, Union Square

Screen Shot 2012-06-19 at 12.17.20 PMCodecademy, the New York startup that wants to teach the world to code, has capitalized on widespread interest by raising a second venture round of $10 million from top investors -- Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, Union Square Ventures and Yuri Milner -- and serial entrepreneur Richard Branson.It's been at the right place at the right time.Thousands of people now want to start their own tech companies, but haven't learned the necessary technical skills. And software is eating the world -- millions of people are finding code useful for their other jobs, anything from setting up form emails to crunching data in spreadsheets.

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