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campaign, and in April 2015 the company began sending out monthly subscription boxes with apps to code. In August 2015 Bitsbox closed a $ 500,000 funding round.
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contributor Michael Lindenmayer wrote, "Bitsbox sets kids up for success" because, "children need to know how to code." Tamara Chuang of
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commented that Bitsbox, " helping to buck gender stereotypes for kids" since around half of its users are girls.
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Scott Lininger and Aidan Chopra co-founded Bitsbox, which in 2014 participated in the Boomtown
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called Bitsbox, "a brilliant idea" and noted that the visuals are exciting for children.
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Boulder-based Boomtown startup accelerator launches second batch of companies
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in Longmont, Colo., to study how the coding could be used in the classrooms.
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Bitsbox Debuts Monthly Coding Projects That Teach Kids To Build Simple Apps
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Inside Bitsbox's quest to keep kids coding using the US Postal Service
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Boulder startup Bitbox helping to buck gender stereotypes for kids
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Boomtown Accelerator’s Second Batch of Startups Make Their Debuts
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In January 2015 Bitsbox raised $ 253,696 from 2,943 people in a
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Bitsbox donating kids’ coding kits to schools for Hour of Code
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Can coding become a second language for the next generation?
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In June 2017, it was reported that Bitxbox was working with
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Boulder's Bitsbox teaches kids to create apps and games
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Educational technology companies of the United States
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in Bitsbox in exchange for $ 20,000 in seed funding.
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schools, and conducted its first pilot program with
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Boulder's Bitsbox teaches kids to create apps and games
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Bitsbox Debuts Monthly Coding Projects That Teach Kids To Build Simple Apps
Colorado Stereo Gear Makers, Accelerator Grads Kickstart Growth
Tech that turns aubergines into submarines and other great gadgets


Free coding kits for the Hour of Code

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