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01 Founders
Free-to-access coding school
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Education
- SaaS
- DevOps
- Social Impact
- London, UK
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Company mission
To redistribute access to opportunity in tech, by helping people from all backgrounds learn software engineering and find employment in technical roles across start-ups, scale-ups and corporates.
50% female employees
Our take
01 Founders is a network of free-to-access on-campus coding schools offering two years of full-stack developer training followed by a job guarantee at a leading partner company. By challenging the high fees associated with existing coding schools, 01 Founders aims to be a catalyst for greater diversity within UK tech whilst tackling the deepening UK skills shortage.
In the programme, students learn through an innovative peer-to-peer pedagogy with gamified learning. 01 Founders also have set a target of achieving 50% women, 30% ethnic minorities and 50% individuals from underrepresented backgrounds on its course, in a drive to remove the barriers to job-ready technical training.
The company is supported by Founders Forum, 01Edu & Capital City College Group and partner companies include Peloton, Faculty & Nominet. 01 Founders aim to have trained 100,000 software engineers by the end of the decade.
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Benefits
- Pension and health insurance
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Work from home opportunities
- Performance-linked bonus
Company values
- Curiosity
- Inclusivity
- Integrity
Leadership
Brent Hoberman
(Co-founder)Co-founder and Chairman of Founders Factory, firstminute capital and Founders Forum.
People progressing
Fergal Kilroy
Fergal is Chief Marketing Officer of 01 Founders. He has an advertising and marketing background, and is committed to broadening diversity and opportunity in society and business.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at 01 Founders
Joysy John (CEO)
- We run all hiring CV blind and ensure candidate quotas at each stage of the process
- We are building an inclusive coding fellowship, aiming for 50% female, 50% from disadvantaged backgrounds and 30% minority ethnic in each cohort
- We are raising scholarships for our students to support those who cannot afford to fund their time at 01 Founders
- We have an external D,E&I advisory board who meet quarterly to hold us to account on our commitments and pledges