What Encode Club does

Encode Club (legal entity: Encode Club Education Limited) is a London-based private education and ecosystem-building platform focused on training developers in Web3, blockchain, and AI technologies. Founded in 2019/2020, the company delivers multi-format programmes including 12-week and 4-week live online workshops, weekend in-person bootcamps, and global hackathons, all hosted on its proprietary Encode Club Platform. The platform includes a proprietary AI and human-voting judging system that evaluates developer checkpoint submissions. Encode Club also operates the Encode London Hub, a physical coworking and event space at 41 Pitfield Street that anchors in-person programming and the London startup community.

The company monetizes through two principal professional-services streams: (1) developer training programmes delivered directly to individuals and via protocol partners (Avalanche, Polkadot, Solana, Polygon, EigenLayer, Chainlink, Arbitrum, zkSync, NEAR, and 15+ others), and (2) startup ecosystem development for blockchain protocols seeking to grow developer communities. Since inception, Encode has trained 15,000 developers globally and has had over 200 startups raise funding directly out of its events. The go-to-market model is community-led and event-driven, leveraging Discord, LinkedIn, X, hackathons, and protocol partner co-marketing.

In April 2025, Encode Club expanded beyond pure education services by joining the Flare Network as a registered Infrastructure Provider, performing proof-of-stake validation and supplying off-chain price data to the Flare Time Series Oracle. The company had previously raised a $5 million seed round in May 2022, led by Galaxy Digital and Lemniscap. Last disclosed revenue was $2 million for fiscal 2021, reported alongside the seed raise.

Name

Encode Club

Legal name

Encode Club Education Limited

Website

https://encode.club

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Encode Club is a London-based education and ecosystem platform that trains developers in Web3, blockchain, and AI through online bootcamps, in-person programmes, and global hackathons. It partners with 19+ blockchain protocols and has trained 15,000 developers since 2020, with 200+ alumni startups raising funding directly from its events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain and Web3 Education

NAICS

Computer Training (61142)

akta.pro primary industry

Coding, Game Design & Computer Science Camps (EDAMALAD)

Keywords

• Blockchain education
• Web3 bootcamp
• Developer training
• AI judging platform
• Crypto hackathons

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Developer Training Programs: Revenue generated through global workshops and bootcamps training developers in web3 technologies and blockchain programming. Programs include 12-week, 4-week, and weekend intensive formats delivered online or in-person.
2. Startup Ecosystem Development: Partnership-driven revenue working with blockchain protocols to deliver educational programs. Company has helped over 200 startups raise directly out of their events.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Encode Club runs cohort-based online programmes, in-person bootcamps, and hackathons that train developers in Web3 and AI, using a proprietary platform that combines AI scoring with expert human judging. It also operates the Encode London Hub as a physical co-working and event space for Web3 founders and developers.

Product overview

Encode Club is an education-focused startup that operates a multi-format product portfolio for web3 and AI developer training. The core offering consists of Online Programmes (12-week or 4-week live lectured workshops) and In-Person Bootcamps (intensive weekend events), both delivered through the Encode Club Platform which incorporates a proprietary AI scoring system for checkpoint judging. The company also operates the Encode London Hub, a physical coworking and event space in London that hosts in-person programmes and serves as a networking hub for the startup community. Since 2020, Encode Club has trained 15,000 developers through these programmes, with over 200 startups having raised funding directly out of Encode events. Partnerships with major blockchain protocols (Avalanche, Polkadot, Solana, Polygon) and infrastructure providers (EigenLayer, Chainlink, Arbitrum, zkSync) support the educational content delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Web3 and AI Programmes

Quantifiable outcome

• 15,000 developers trained in web3 and blockchain technologies since 2020
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Flare NetworkcoreTechnology or Integration · 24 April 2025Encode Club has joined Flare's Infrastructure Provider network as one of three new IPs added in April 2025, bringing the total to 83 registered providers. Encode Club performs dual functions: running proof-of-stake validators and providing off-chain price data to the Flare Time Series Oracle. This represents a critical step toward Flare 2.0 where consensus extends across chains to empower interoperable dApps.
• AvalanchecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Blockchain protocol partner for Encode Club's training programs. Encode Club runs workshops and bootcamps for Avalanche's developer community as part of their global developer education initiatives.
• PolkadotcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Protocol partner delivering blockchain development training. Encode Club collaborates with Polkadot to educate developers on the Polkadot ecosystem.
• SolanacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Major blockchain partner for developer training programs. Solana partners with Encode Club to provide education and grow its developer ecosystem.
• PolygoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Ethereum scaling solution partner for Encode Club's educational programs. Training initiatives help grow Polygon's developer community.
• EigenLayercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDisplayed as a trusted partner on Encode Club's website, indicating collaboration on educational initiatives and ecosystem development.
• ChainlinkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOracle infrastructure partner listed as a trusted partner, collaborating on educational content around decentralized oracle technology.
• ENS (Ethereum Name Service)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcosystem partner displayed on Encode Club's partner page, indicating collaboration on Ethereum naming and identity-related education.
• 1inchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeFi protocol partner collaborating on developer education around decentralized exchange aggregation.
• DymensionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRollup infrastructure partner working with Encode Club on developer ecosystem development.
• EnviominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlockchain infrastructure partner for indexing and data solutions education.
• NEAR ProtocolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLayer 1 blockchain partner for developer training programs on the NEAR ecosystem.
• FuelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFuel Labs partner for education on the fastest modular execution layer.
• AuroraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEthereum Virtual Machine solution on NEAR partner for cross-chain developer education.
• ArbitrumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLayer 2 scaling solution partner for Ethereum developer training programs.
• zkSynccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZero-knowledge rollup partner for education on ZK technology and zkSync ecosystem development.
• MultiversXminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHigh-performance blockchain partner for developer ecosystem education.
• Gnosis ChainminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovation-driven Ethereum sidechain partner for developer training.
• EvmosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEthereum Virtual Machine compatible Cosmos chain partner for cross-chain developer education.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ETHGlobal: ETHGlobal organizes major Ethereum-focused hackathons worldwide and curates startup talent — overlapping directly with Encode Club's hackathon-driven developer acquisition and ecosystem-building model.
• Alchemy University: Alchemy's free developer-education platform trains engineers on web3 and Ethereum development. It directly overlaps with Encode Club's core offering of structured developer training in blockchain protocols, with similar cohort-based and online formats.
• buildspace: buildspace runs cohort-based web3 developer bootcamps where founders ship a project in weeks and demo to investors. It is the closest direct competitor to Encode Club's model of intensive, project-driven training with a startup-funding pipeline.
• LabLab.ai: LabLab.ai runs AI hackathons and bootcamps in partnership with major tech companies, producing startup pipelines. Its AI hackathon focus and partnership-driven model are directly comparable to Encode Club's AI/web3 programmes.
• Figment Learn: Figment's blockchain infrastructure arm operates educational programmes for developers learning to run nodes and build on supported protocols. It overlaps with Encode Club's protocol-partnered training and infrastructure-service expansion (e.g., Flare validator role).
• Moralis Academy: Moralis Academy delivers structured web3 developer courses and bootcamps covering Solidity, dApp development, and DeFi. It competes with Encode Club for the same upskilling developer persona, primarily through self-paced and cohort online formats.
• Devpost: Devpost is a leading hackathon-hosting platform used by enterprises to run online and in-person coding competitions. It is comparable to Encode Club as event-driven developer-engagement infrastructure, though Devpost sells the platform while Encode Club delivers the events themselves.

Emerging players

• ChainCademy: ChainCademy offers blockchain and smart-contract training courses and bootcamps targeting career changers. It is a smaller, emerging competitor in the same web3 developer-education category that Encode Club operates in.
• Metana: Metana runs intensive web3 developer bootcamps with mentor-led cohorts and job placement, similar in format to Encode Club's 12-week and 4-week online programmes targeting career-transitioning engineers.

Broad incumbents

• Thirdweb: Thirdweb provides a full-stack web3 development platform with extensive learning resources and tutorials. It overlaps with Encode Club as a developer enablement channel for the same protocols, though it monetizes tooling rather than training cohorts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/encodeclub
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/encode-club

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors6 records

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M&A

Investments8 records

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