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CodeCombat Scores $2 Million Seed Round to Bring Programming Adventure to Schools

When it comes to learning to code, Nick Winters believes it’s not enough to drag, drop and snap blocks together, which many kids do when they use online coding tools including Scratch. They should learn how to write commands—brackets, parentheses, semicolons and all.

So it’s time to to put away the blocks—and bust out the swords. Winters’ company, CodeCombat, offers a swashbuckling game that teaches kids to write code in order to guide their avatars through deadly mazes and battles with hostile ogres. The San Francisco-based team has scored a big victory: raising a $2 million seed round from Third Kind Venture Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Allen & Company.

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