Kodea

Name

Kodea

Legal name

Fundación para la Inclusión Tecnológica Kodea

Website

https://kodea.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Education and Workforce Training

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Tutoring + Learning Content Platforms (Curriculum + Tutors) (EDANAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Open Educational Resources (OER) & Curriculum Repositories (EDAFACAJ), Workshops, Webinars & Live Masterclasses (MPACALAD)

Keywords

• Digital skills education
• Nonprofit education foundation
• Computer science training
• Workforce digital reconversion
• Digital inclusion programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Corporate Partnerships and Philanthropic Funding: Kodea operates as a charitable foundation (ONG) relying on funding from corporate partners and philanthropic organizations. Strategic partners (BHP Foundation, Google.org, Microsoft, BlackRock, Meta, Ardian, BID, and others) provide financial support for program delivery. Programs are provided free of charge to beneficiaries.
2. Government Grants and Public Funding: Programs are co-designed and co-funded with government bodies including MINEDUC, MinCiencia, SENCE, CORFO, and international organizations such as the Banco Mundial and BID. Funding supports national policy initiatives such as Talento Digital para Chile.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kodea is a Chilean non-profit foundation (Fundación para la Inclusión Tecnológica Kodea) that designs, develops, and delivers free digital skills education programs across Latin America. Its initiatives cover school-based computer science curricula (IdeoDigital), teacher AI training (MentorIA), women's digital empowerment (Empoderamiento Digital Femenino, Emprendedoras Conectadas), digital workforce reconversion (Talento Digital para Chile), and citizen engagement (Nuestra Voz), all funded through corporate sponsorships and public-private partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IdeoDigital School-based computer science education initiative that integrates computational thinking and programming into K-12 classrooms across Chile through teacher training and curricular content, targeting public and subsidized schools.
• Los Creadores Annual digital talent competition and award program recognizing school students for digital skills and innovation, delivered in Chile, Colombia, and Argentina, with national broadcast coverage.
• Emprendedoras Conectadas Digital entrepreneurship program for women microentrepreneurs in vulnerable communities, providing training in online sales, marketing, and business digitalization, delivered through municipal partnerships.
• Hora del Código (Hour of Code Chile) National coordination in Chile of Code.org's Hour of Code campaign, delivering introductory computer science sessions to students and teachers in schools across the country.
• Empoderamiento Digital Femenino Digital inclusion and empowerment initiative targeting women, particularly those in underserved and vulnerable populations, with a focus on building digital confidence, capabilities, and resilience in technology use.
• Talento Digital para Chile National workforce digital reconversion program providing bootcamp-based training scholarships for unemployed and underemployed individuals, targeting tech career pathways through co-funding with SENCE and CORFO.
• MentorIA AI literacy and pedagogical training program for primary and secondary school teachers, equipping educators with the skills to integrate artificial intelligence into classroom teaching across Peru and Chile.
• Edu[K] — Academia Digital Open digital academy providing free educational resources for learning fundamental concepts of computer science, programming, and computational thinking, used by teachers, students, and the general public.
• Nuestra Voz AI-powered collaborative citizen engagement platform that collects and analyzes opinions, particularly from women, to inform public policy debate. Uses AI to process voice and text submissions via WhatsApp.
• Índice de Empoderamiento Digital Femenino (IEDF) First-of-its-kind index in Chile measuring women's relationship with technology, including their confidence in digital capabilities and resilience in technology use, developed with support from Accenture and BHP Foundation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,300,000+ people developed digital skills over 10 years
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MicrosoftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology and programs partner for IdeoDigital, supporting the integration of computer science in Chilean public schools. Provides cloud and learning platform resources.
• American Tower ChileminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in 'Comunidades Digitales' initiative, supporting the installation of computer labs in public schools in Valparaíso.
• TikTokminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnered for #GivingSzn campaign, leveraging TikTok's platform for social impact fundraising and digital skills awareness.
• Code.orgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKodea is the official representative of Code.org in Chile and the regional coordinator for the Hora del Código campaign. Also joined the TeachAI Advisory Board initiated by Code.org.
• SENCE (Servicio Nacional de Capacitación y Empleo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner co-implementing Talento Digital para Chile, providing public scholarships for digital reconversion training using bootcamp methodology.
• MinCiencia (Ministerio de Ciencia, Chile)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developer of 'Futuros Docentes en IA' program alongside CRUCH, CENIA, and Kodea, to integrate AI into teacher training curricula (2026–2029).
• CENIA (Centro Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical partner in AI education programs, co-developing content with Kodea for the 'Futuros Docentes en IA' initiative.
• Empresarios por la Educación (ExE) — PerucoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplementation partner for MentorIA Peru program, executing AI teacher training in partnership with Kodea and the Peruvian Ministry of Education.
• Fundación Carvajal — ColombiaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner for Los Creadores international category in Colombia, supporting school digital talent programs.
• Municipalidad de Córdoba — ArgentinaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner for Los Creadores international category in Argentina, supporting school innovation programs.
• Universidad Unifranz — BoliviaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSigned collaboration agreement to develop female digital empowerment initiatives in Bolivia, including application of the IEDF index.
• SofofaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChilean industrial federation partner in Talento Digital para Chile governance and digital workforce initiatives.
• ACTI ChileminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Digital Appropriation Study launch with CNC of Colombia, and in Talento Digital para Chile governance.
• CNC (Cámara Nacional de Comercio de Colombia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint partner with ACTI Chile and Kodea for the Digital Appropriation Study in Chile, comparing Chile's digital adoption with regional benchmarks.
• Fundación ChileminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost venue for Talento Digital para Chile Summit 2025, supporting the new stage of the public policy initiative.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Laboratoria: Latin American non-profit running bootcamps that train women from low-income backgrounds in web development and tech careers. Directly comparable to Kodea's Talento Digital para Chile and Emprendedoras Conectadas, with similar geography (Peru, Chile, Mexico, Brazil) and a shared mission of digital workforce inclusion for women.
• Code.org: Global non-profit promoting computer science education; Kodea is Code.org's official Chilean representative and regional coordinator for Hora del Código, and both organizations jointly operate the TeachAI Advisory Board. Direct mission overlap in K-12 CS education and shared content/programmatic methodology.
• Digital House: Latin American coding bootcamp focused on digital workforce training with operations in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and other LatAm markets. Closely comparable to Kodea's Talento Digital para Chile on bootcamp methodology, target learners (job seekers), and corporate/government partnership model.
• Generation: Global non-profit offering free, employer-aligned bootcamp-style training in tech and digital trades with placement support. Highly comparable to Talento Digital para Chile on methodology (bootcamp), target learners (unemployed/underemployed adults), and outcome metrics (employment placement, scholarships managed).

Broad incumbents

• Khan Academy: Global non-profit providing free online educational content, including computer science and AI lessons, available in Spanish. Directly comparable to Kodea's Edu[K] open educational resources platform and Hora del Código campaign in delivering free CS/digital content to underserved learners in Latin America.
• Platzi: Latin America's leading online professional learning platform, offering courses in programming, AI, and digital skills. Overlaps with Kodea's curriculum content (CS, AI literacy, digital skills) and target learner segments (Spanish-speaking workforce), though Platzi is a commercial platform whereas Kodea is free for beneficiaries.
• Fundación Telefónica Movistar: Major LatAm and global foundation promoting digital education, employability, and inclusion through corporate-funded programs. Comparable organizational model to Kodea (corporate-anchored non-profit), with overlapping missions in digital skills, teacher training, and vulnerable populations.
• Plan Ceibal: Uruguay's government-led program providing laptops and digital education to every public school student, including coding curricula. Compares to Kodea's IdeoDigital on policy-level digital inclusion and CS-in-schools mission; both operate at national scale in Latin America and target underserved school communities.

Regional players

• Fundación Evolución: Argentine foundation focused on technology access and digital literacy for vulnerable communities across Argentina. Comparable regional player to Kodea's Argentina operations (Municipalidad de Córdoba partner), with similar digital inclusion and underserved-population mission.

Emerging players

• Enseña por Chile / Teach For All: Part of the global Teach For All network, placing talented graduates into underserved schools as teachers. Comparable to Kodea's school-community focus and IdeoDigital teacher-training model, though Enseña por Chile focuses on general education quality rather than CS/AI specifically.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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