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September 7, 2022

Code First Girls raises £4.5m Series A to tackle tech’s gender gap

Coding school Code First Girls will use the fresh capital to provide one million free opportunities for women to learn to code in the next five years


Amy O'Brien

4 min read

Anna Brailsford, CEO of Code First

The only gap bigger than Europe’s developer talent gap is Europe’s developer gender gap. 

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Amy O'Brien

Amy O'Brien is a freelance reporter covering Italian tech. She was previously Sifted's fintech reporter

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