Startup
Cremorne, VIC
Programs: SmartCompany (the 2022 Smart50 Awards)
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Code Like a Girl raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| SmartCompany | Accelerator | - |
Companies Code Like a Girl acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Ally Watson | CEO · Founder | SmartCompany (30 Aug 2024), SmartCompany (11 Dec 2023), SmartCompany (16 Nov 2022) |
Stories naming Code Like a Girl. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Melbourne data startup WhyHive is closing next month; founders T Guthrie and Matt Cohen couldn't sustain growth despite a $600,000 pre-seed round revealed last August with backing from Skalata Ventures and several tech founders.
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Weekly round-up of four Australian raises: Shift's $35 million Series D, Inform Ag's $7 million Series A, Cropify's $2 million round and WhyHive's $600,000 pre-seed.
Interview with Code Like A Girl founder Ally Watson on 2023's challenges — a federal grant, loyal partners, burnout — and 2024 plans for a new business-to-business product.
Weekly roundup of Australian raises: Bloom's seed round, Vedi's animal-health funding, Alii's pre-Series A, and Code Like A Girl's government grant, alongside other WiSE grant recipients.
Smart50 profile of Code Like A Girl, a Victorian social enterprise placing women into software engineering roles, noting its revenue growth, earlier backing from Colarus Ventures, Toyota grants, and expansion ambitions.
SmartCompany names its 2022 Smart50 winners: July tops the list, Ofload ranks second after a $60 million raise, and Mad Paws, Zero Co, Code Like a Girl and Hero Packaging take out category awards.