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Scrimba

We turn people into hireable devs for 1% of the price of code…

Y CombinatorSummer 2020ActiveEducationEducationeLearning

What they do

Problem

People who want to become employable software developers often face coding education that is too expensive and not effective or engaging enough.

Solution

Scrimba provides an interactive screencast-based coding course platform that teaches programming skills at low cost and helps learners become hireable.

Who it's for

Individuals learning to code, especially aspiring developers seeking job-ready skills.

Founders

Per Harald Borgen
Founder

Co-founder of Scrimba.

Sindre Aarsaether
Founder

CTO & Co-founder of Scrimba. Creator of Imba.

Frode Jensen
Founder

I have been working many roles within online business the last 15 years including - Cto, Full stack developer, infrastructure/ops - Co-founder of an adtech company with clients like Condé Nast - PM for mass customization projects with EA Games, Boston Marathon - Head of marketing in a digital agency I appreciate nice and odd things. Latest hobbies: digging out a mountain; creating concrete furniture; wet-stone knife sharpening; italian pizza making.

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