CodeCombat

<h2 id="company">Company</h2>
CodeCombat was founded in February 2013 by George Saines, Scott Erickson, Matt Lott, and Nick Winter, who had previously developed the language-learning application Skritter.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> The company is based in <a href="/facts/San_Francisco%2c_California/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco, California</a> and makes two <a href="/facts/Programming_games/6z1Bwlon">programming games</a>, Ozaria and CodeCombat, for schools and learners. In 2014, the company received $2 million in <a href="/facts/Seed_money/RDEjrBJ6">seed stage</a> funding from firms such as <a href="/facts/Y_Combinator_(company)/LR8YYHFs">Y Combinator</a>, <a href="/facts/Andreessen_Horowitz/cQNASC0T">Andreessen Horowitz</a>, and <a href="/facts/Allen_%2526_Company/kVb0Jlz7">Allen & Company</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> In 2019, the company received $6M in <a href="/facts/Series_A/uzd006jy">Series A</a> funding, led by Hone Capital.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a> It announced a partnership with the Chinese internet company, <a href="/facts/NetEase/KE30RyJC">NetEase</a>, on April 18, 2018.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a> The company currently employs 29 people.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a>

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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://codecombat.com/">Official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:12">Chase, David (18 April 2018). "CodeCombat Launches in China with NetEase". blog.codecombat.com (Press release). CodeCombat. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019. <a href="https://blog.codecombat.com/codecombat-partners-with-netease-to-launch-in-china/" target="_blank">https://blog.codecombat.com/codecombat-partners-with-netease-to-launch-in-china/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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<li id="fn:14">"CodeCombat: Learn to Code by Playing a Game". CodeCombat. Retrieved 26 February 2019. <a href="http://codecombat.com/" target="_blank">http://codecombat.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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