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Makers
Building routes into tech careers
- 201-500 employees
- B2C
- Marketplace
- Education
- Recruitment
- Training
- Learning
- Spitalfields, London, UK
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Company mission
Makers' mission is to produce valuable and pragmatic tech talent ready for the 21st century workplace.
Our take
Since the advent of the internet, professional work has changed drastically - evolving even faster now in the face of innovations like blockchain and web 3.0. What hasn't changed is the training available for people who need to take up jobs in the IT industry. The founders of Makers saw this gap and founded the company to enable thousands of graduates to "learn by doing" and secure careers in tech.
The company's integration of education and employment is of growing desirability in an era of worsening graduate unemployment. This means high demand, which is likely to keep increasing as more jobs require coding and other related skills. Not alone in the space, Makers is distinguished by its expertise in training developers remotely, which is well-placed in a market with the need for digitisation.
Even better is Makers' marketplace offering, which looks to help its students find placement in the industry. This has helped many students find placement in big-name companies, with many firms coming back for repeat recruitment. This is testament to Maker's value in the tech talent supply chain, as it moves to offer a wider variety of tech bootcamp and apprenticeship courses over the next few years.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Unlimited holiday allowance - employees are encouraged to take at least 30 days off per year
- BorrowMyDoggy corporate membership
- Perks @Work account giving access to discounts
- Yoga and meditation run for employees and students
- Personal Learning and Development budget
- Flexible working
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- Never stop learning
- Love what you do
- People first
- Mindset over education
- Health is wealth
- Inclusivity
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2022
$8.9m
EARLY VC
Jan 2014
$0.6m
SEED
Total funding: $9.5m
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Leadership
Evgeny Shadchnev
(Board Member)Completed a Master's in Advanced Computing at Imperial College London. Subsequently founded a number of companies relating to technology, product development and scientific research.
Robert Johnson
(Adviser and Board Member)Holds an MBA from Northern Michigan University. Worked as a Managing Director at Techstars for three years.