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Expanding developer education platform to address industry skill gaps with enhanced courses and certifications.

• Mission: Empowering software developers by providing accessible learning resources, certifications, and community engagement to bridge the growing skills gap in the tech industry.  
• Innovation: Offering specialized courses and proprietary certification technology to equip developers with up-to-date skills in popular programming frameworks and languages.  
• Market Opportunity: Targeting the $140 billion edtech market by addressing the increasing demand for skilled developers, with a focus on expanding JavaScript developer training and offering recognized credentials.  
• Business Model: Operating on a subscription-based model, offering courses, certifications, and community events to individual developers and enterprises, with clients such as Google, Apple, and Samsung.  
• Growth Strategy: Expanding course offerings, certification pathways, and platform features to meet the evolving needs of the global developer community while scaling its platform for wider impact.  
• Community Impact: Fostering skills growth and simplifying the learning journey for developers worldwide, supporting their professional development and addressing talent gaps within the tech industry.  

BitterBrains is raising funds to expand its educational platform aimed at empowering software developers with accessible learning resources, certifications, and community engagement. The company’s goal is to address the increasing demand for skilled developers by offering specialized courses and certifications in popular programming frameworks and languages. This expansion aims to build on BitterBrains’ existing partnerships and proprietary certification technology, positioning it as a leader in developer education.

The funds will support the development of new courses, certification pathways, and enhanced platform features to meet the evolving needs of the global developer community. By expanding its offerings and scaling its platform, BitterBrains aims to further its mission of simplifying the journey for developers, fostering skills growth, and filling the talent gaps within the tech industry.

Company Info

BitterBrains offers developer education and certification for technologies like Vue.js through courses, events, and partnerships.

BitterBrains is a developer education company that provides video courses, certifications, and community events for the global developer community. Since 2017, the company has grown to serve over 2 million developers with products like Vue School, covering popular technologies such as Vue.js, Nuxt, and Pinia. Through official partnerships and proprietary certification technology, BitterBrains offers high-quality, industry-recognized credentials and has built a strong developer community with resources aimed at easing the challenges of keeping technical skills up-to-date.

With a revenue model based on subscriptions, courses, and events, BitterBrains targets a $140B edtech market and plans further expansion into JavaScript developer training. Its customer base includes individual developers and enterprises, with clients from major corporations like Google, Apple, and Samsung.