FutureFunded is a crowdfunding platform to enable women to get easier access to learning tech skills. The platform was launched recently, and we are proud to be one of the first partners and join them in their great mission.
We at Codeworks believe that there are and should not be differences between female and male students. They are equally talented and capable of learning our (or any for that matter) curriculum and become kick ass developers — like it has been proven in every batch in the history of our short existence.
Still, we are only balancing around ⅓ to ⅔ female to male ratio in our bootcamp, so until this becomes a healthy ½, we have work to do, and give unfair advantage to the female population. For example we have a straight up 10% discount on the tuition fee for females. We also provide a few 100% scholarship places in our program. (Have you read Anna’s story yet?). And here is how this newpartnership comes into play as well.
FutureFunded was started by Barcelona-based coworking and creative moguls, Cecilia Tham, and Laura Fernández Giménez. The two have been running Makers of Barcelona for years, and what started out as spinning an interesting idea between them, became a burning passion growing. So much, that there was no other way: the duo decided to go all in and launch FutureFunded.
Their mission statement is to create the next generation of women in technology, and we are completely aligned with that. So after a couple of meetings learning about each other’s ideas, visions and methodologies, we shook hands on the partnership. In our case it means, that we offer the platform for our admitted female students as an alternative way of financing. After the admission is confirmed from our side, FutureFunded takes care of creating a compelling campaign for the candidates, and in their joint effort, they try to mobilise and activate the community around them. There is of course another side to this, where FutureFunded can actually provide more significant help is partnerships with companies.
Here FutureFunded plays a matchmaker role, holding ownership of a group of talented and eager to learn women and actively seeking connections.
Our first candidate, Sherezz Grant is on the platform already. She came through our application channels, but other aspirants can ask FutureFunded’s advice on what to learn and where to learn. On their list are skills such as coding, AI, VR/AR, big data, cybersecurity, but any other tech fields are legit.
But back to Sherezz. She popped up on our radar from the exotic Trinidad and Tobago, and successfully passed our famously tough application process. Now she is focusing on her pre-course work before she joins us, and lately on her crowdfunding campaign. Sherezz is a multifaceted talent, she not only writes a blog but also music, and has been developing websites for clients through UpWork and her freelance business. She is ready to take her career to the next level and join us at the bootcamp in our June batch.
We believe that she is a real gem, and hope that people and potentially also a company will find her interesting and help fund her campaign. So head over to the page, and show some support, especially on Women’s Day!
