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We are a creative learning company and our mission is to inspire a generation of makers, fixers & problem solvers.

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Location: United Kingdom, England, London

Total raised: $20.36M

Investors 3

Date	Name	Website
14.06.2022	Syndicate ...	syndicater...
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-	Entreprene...	joinef.com

Funding Rounds 2

Date	Series	Amount	Investors
13.07.2018	-	$16M	-
03.11.2016	Series A	$4.36M	-

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21.11.2023	The 20 best STEM toys and games to gift young learners and curious minds	There’s no doubt the STEM toys category has lost a bit of its magic. The hype that started about a decade ago, powering a wave of startups to launch creative and experimental products — pitching parents on dedicated connected hardware and a...
06.11.2023	The 20 best STEM toys to gift coders-in-training	There’s no doubt the STEM toys category has lost a bit of its magic. The hype that started about a decade ago, powering a wave of startups to launch creative and experimental products — pitching parents on dedicated connected hardware and a...
23.06.2023	RasPad — DIY-планшет из Raspberry Pi	На Хабре можно встретить разные статьи про одноплатные компьютеры и проекты на их основе: от потрясающего БабаГрам до крутейшей цифровой панели приборов и хитроумной клубничной чудо-коробки. Все они — результат кропотливой работы не только ...
17.11.2021	Gift Guide: 20+ STEM toy gift ideas for aspiring young builders	Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2021 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We’ve got lots of them. We’re just starting to roll out this year’s gift guides, so check back from now until the end of December for more! For this year’s STEM toy...
23.01.2019	pi-top’s latest edtech tool doubles down on maker culture	London-based edtech startup, pi-top, has unboxed a new flagship learn-to-code product, demoing the “go anywhere” Pi-powered computer at the Bett Show education fare in London today. Discussing the product with TechCrunch ahead of launch, co...
06.11.2018	The ultimate guide to gifting STEM toys: tons of ideas for little builders	Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2018 Holiday Gift Guide! Need more gift ideas? Check out our Gift Guide Hub. The holiday season is here again, touting all sorts of kids’ toys that pledge to pack ‘STEM smarts’ in the box, not just the usual battery-...
13.07.2018	Pi-top raises $16 million for modular PCs that teach you how to code	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Pi-top, a fledgling ed-tech startup that encourages anyone to build their own computers and learn to code, has closed a $16 million rou...
13.07.2018	Pi-Top Closes $16M Round to Make Coding Fun for Kids	People of a certain age may not remember learning how to turn a computer on and take the initial steps toward using it. But they sure do recall "The Oregon Trail" and that fording the river is always a risky prospect. So perhaps a...
13.07.2018	Learning Company pi-top Closes $16M Funding Round	pi-top, a London, UK-based learning company, closed $16M in funding. The round, which brought total funding to $22.5m to-date, was led by Hambro Perks and Committed Capital. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand its cap...
13.07.2018	Pi-top raises $16 million for modular PCs that teach you how to code	Pi-top, a fledgling ed-tech startup that encourages anyone to build their own computers and learn to code, has closed a $16 million round from U.K. investment firms Hambro Perks and Committed Capital. Founded out of London in 2014, Pi-top o...
13.10.2017	pi-top launches new generation laptop to set kids up for future	The new pi-top modular laptop introduces a breakthrough combination of hardware, software and tools, creating an ideal electronic design platform for inventors, designers and makers of the future. London, UK, 13th October – Education techno...
13.10.2017	Pi-Top é um laptop fácil de montar para aprender programação	A startup britânica Pi-Top é conhecida por seus computadores que usam como base o Raspberry Pi, uma placa do tamanho de um cartão de crédito. É uma ferramenta interessante para quem quer aprender programação. Desta vez, a Pi-Top anunciou um...
26.01.2017	33 of the UK’s Most Promising Tech Companies Join Upscale 2017	This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website. Today we’re announcing 33 companies joining Upscale in 2017. The Upscale programme from Tech City UK will power some of the fastest growing UK tech companies on their scaling ...
07.11.2016	Term Sheet — Monday, November 7	Et cetera A G Thing: When Google reorganized itself as Alphabet last year, it immediately struck the “Google” brand from a number of its divisions. Google X, its “moonshot” division, became simply “X,” and Google Ventures, its VC arm, becam...
03.11.2016	Learn to code startup pi-top pulls in $4.3M to fund a global edtech push	London-based computing and learn-to-code startup pi-top has closed a £3.5million ($4.3M) Series A round of funding, led by Hambro Perks and with Committed Capital also participating. The startup — which began life as a student project in 20...
03.11.2016	pi-top Raises £3.5m in Series A Funding	pi-top, a London, UK-based edtech startup providing Raspberry Pi-powered laptop and desktop building kits, raised £3.5m in Series A funding. The round was led by Hambro Perks, with participation from Committed Capital. The company intends t...
24.11.2015	3D Slash Brings 3D Design To The Raspberry Pi	3D Slash, a free 3D design application, is now fully Raspberry Pi-compatible and works on the Pi-Top, an educational minicomputer based on the Raspberry Pi. The program allows students to design 3D objects on the single board computer, a fe...
12.03.2015	In Bid To Get British Kids Coding, BBC To Give Away 1 Million ‘Micro Bit’ Computers	In a move that will bring a nostalgic smile to some British kids (and teachers) of the 80s, the BBC has announced that it is to produce a new educational mini-computer — codenamed the ‘Micro Bit’, a play on the broadcaster’s original ‘BBC M...
11.11.2014	Pi-Top launches: Get your own DIY Raspberry Pi laptop for $285	The Pi-Top, which is a do-it-yourself Raspberry Pi laptop, has now been launched, and has already easily surpassed its crowd-funding target. If you missed this one when it first hit the headlines back in September, the invention is a 3D-pri...
21.10.2014	Raspberry Pi Founder Shows Off Incoming Touch Panel For Making DIY ‘Pi Pads’	Eben Upton, the founder of the Raspberry Pi microcomputer, has shown off a new piece of hardware that’s likely to expand the ecosystem around its single board computer — namely a touchscreen display. So, in other words, get ready for DIY ‘P...
24.09.2014	The Pi-Top is a 3D-printable Raspberry Pi laptop that anyone can make	DIY laptop building is about to hit the mainstream thanks to a new project based on the Raspberry Pi that uses 3D printing to bring a revolutionary concept to the Kickstarter crowd-funding site. Pi-Top is a 3D-printable fully-fledged laptop...
19.09.2014	UK Engineers 3D Print Their Own Raspberry Pi Laptop	Is there anything a robotic system for the extrusion of plastic in to solid forms over time can’t do? We present to you today the Pi-Top, a Raspberry Pi-based laptop that is completely 3D-printed and lasts hours on a single charge. The kit,...
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