Company:Codementor

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Codementor
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OwnerWeiting Liu
Websitewww.codementor.io

Codementor is an online platform that connects coders with mentors and clients for projects on a freelance basis.[1][2] The company is based in Taipei, Taiwan, and San Francisco , California .[3]

History

Codementor was founded in 2013 by Weiting Liu.[4]

Codementor received the initial funding from Kai-Fu Lee’s venture capital firm TMI and participated in the Techstars accelerator program in Seattle in 2013.[5][6] It was officially launched in 2014.[6]

In 2015, Codementor launched Live Group classes[7] and partnered with online learning platform Udemy.[8]

Codementor was one of the startups chosen by the Taiwanese Government to represent Taiwan in the 2016 TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon in San Francisco.[9] In March 2016, Codementor partnered with Africa-based startup Andela.[10]

In 2016, Codementor raised $1.6 million in a seed funding round.[11]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Codementor launched an initiative designed to match coders with software projects in the fight against the virus.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem" (in en-US). https://www.techinasia.com/blockchain-reputation-system-codementor. 
  2. ↑ Shu, Catherine. "Codementor Is An Open Marketplace That Provides Developers With One-On-One Programming Help". https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/01/codementor/. Retrieved 29 June 2016. 
  3. ↑ Horwitz, Josh. "Codementor, a startup that connects frustrated developers with live coding gurus, nabs $600K in seed funding.". https://www.techinasia.com/codementor-startup-connects-frustrated-developers-live-coding-gurus-nabs-600k-seed-funding. Retrieved 29 June 2016. 
  4. ↑ Horwitz, Josh (24 March 2014). "Codementor, a startup that connects frustrated developers with live coding gurus, nabs $600K in seed funding" (in en-SG). Yahoo News. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/codementor-startup-connects-frustrated-developers-150649388.html. 
  5. ↑ Gat, Aviva (25 March 2014). "Taiwanese Codementor gets its own mentorship in the form of $600k". http://www.geektime.com/2014/03/25/taiwanese-codementor-gets-its-own-mentorship-in-the-form-of-600k/. Retrieved 20 March 2017. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Shu, Catherine. "Techstars-Backed Codementor Launches To Provide Programmers With One-On-One Help". https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/11/techstars-backed-codementor-launches-to-provide-programmers-with-one-on-one-help/. Retrieved 29 June 2016. 
  7. ↑ Shu, Catherine. "Codementor, A Learning Platform For Developers Launches Live Group Classes.". https://techcrunch.com/2015/08/26/codementor-live-classes/. 
  8. ↑ Schmidt, Will. "Elevation Online Coding Education Vio On Demand Mentorship". http://tech.co/codementor-udemy-partnership-2015-12. Retrieved 29 June 2016. 
  9. ↑ 蔡, 靚萱. "英皇室資金, 南非富豪 找上台灣共享新秀". http://www.businessweekly.com.tw/KArticle.aspx?id=59524. Retrieved 21 July 2016. 
  10. ↑ Henry, Zoe (March 2016). "How These 2 Startups Are Connecting African Programmers With IBM and Microsoft". http://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/codementor-andela-african-programmers.html. Retrieved 29 June 2016. 
  11. ↑ Kolodny, Lora. "Codementor raises $1.6 million to become elite marketplace for freelance developers" (in en). TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/codementor-raises-1-6-million-to-become-elite-marketplace-for-freelance-developers/. 
  12. ↑ "Codementor launches Code Against COVID-19 to match volunteers with software projects" (in en-US). https://social.techcrunch.com/2020/04/17/codementor-launches-code-against-covid-19-to-match-volunteers-with-software-projects/. 

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