Name

Tinkercademy

Legal name

Tinkertanker Pte Ltd

Website

https://tinkercademy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Education and Training

NAICS

Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

IoT, Sensors & Embedded Systems (Arduino/Raspberry Pi) Programs (EDAMADAI)

Keywords

• Coding education services
• Digital making training
• AI professional courses
• Mobile app development training
• School technology programmes

Headquarters

HQ city

Bukit Merah

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Professional Certificate Programs: Multi-module professional certificate courses in mobile app development, web application development, IoT, and blockchain offered through SMU Academy partnership. Participants receive digital Professional Certificates upon completion within 3 years.
2. Corporate Training: Customised in-house technology training programs for businesses including AI workshops, vibe coding, React Native, Unity AR/VR, and Microsoft Copilot courses. Offered as 1-5 day intensives.
3. Public Workshop Programs: Open enrollment courses for individuals and professionals in AI, app development, digital making, and productivity tools. Offered as 2-day workshops with individual and group pricing.
4. IMDA-Subsidized School Programs: Government-subsidised coding education for Singapore schools through LEARN Roadmap, Code For Fun, and Swift Accelerator programmes with up to full subsidization.
5. Hardware and Educational Kits: Sale of micro:bit Tinker Kits, breakout boards, and accessories through the Get Hacking Store e-commerce platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tinkercademy is a Singapore-based technology education company that delivers hands-on coding, digital making, and AI training programmes to schools, corporate teams, working professionals, and individual learners. Core offerings include IMDA-subsidized school programmes (Swift Accelerator, Code For Fun, IMDA LEARN Roadmap), corporate training in AI and modern technologies, SkillsFuture-supported professional certificates via SMU Academy, public workshops, and proprietary micro:bit Tinker Kits.

Product overview

Tinkercademy is a Singapore-based education provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of coding, digital making, and AI training programmes for schools, professionals, corporate teams, and public learners. The company operates under Tinkertanker Pte Ltd and serves as the education brand alongside its subsidiary Get Hacking Store. Their flagship initiatives include Swift Accelerator, IMDA LEARN Roadmap, and Code For Fun for schools, alongside professional courses in AI (Agentic AI, Vibe Coding, Knowledge-Powered AI), mobile development (React Native, iOS/Android), web development, and IoT/microcontroller programming. Courses are delivered across multiple formats including public programmes, corporate training, and SkillsFuture-supported professional certificates in partnership with SMU Academy. The company also produces proprietary educational hardware (Micro:bit Tinker Kit) and maintains an extensive tutorial library for digital makers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Get Hacking Store: Retail store for educational toys and kits, operated by subsidiary Tinker Class Pte Ltd
• Tinker X
• Infocomm Club

Products and services

• Swift Accelerator An intensive talent development programme for secondary school students to build an iOS app using Apple's Swift programming language, supported by IMDA. Fully subsidised for successful applicants.
• IMDA LEARN Roadmap Courses Tech education courses for Infocomm Media Clubs for Singapore primary schools, secondary schools, and junior colleges, part of IMDA's LEARN Roadmap initiative. Includes Digital Making with micro:bit (24 hours), Game Development Bootcamp with Unity (32 hours), and UI/UX Design with Figma (26 hours).
• Code For Fun Fully subsidised training programme teaching coding, computational thinking, and AI through hands-on experience with microcontrollers for Singapore schools, with up to 2 cohorts fully subsidised per school.
• Agentic AI for Digital Builders A 1-day hands-on public course teaching professional teams how to deploy autonomous AI agents on Claude Cowork to scrape data, draft content, and automate work tasks.
• Vibe Coding for Digital Builders A 2-day public workshop providing hands-on experience in generative AI for digital transformation, product design, and application development.
• Knowledge-Powered AI with ChatGPT A public course (½, 1, or 2 days) on leveraging generative AI to transform how organisations access and utilise their knowledge for enhanced productivity.
• Build for Mobile: App Development with React Native A 2-day public hands-on mobile app development course teaching JavaScript and React Native for building real apps that work on both iOS and Android platforms.
• Digital Making with micro:bit & IoT A 2-day course on digital making with micro:bit and IoT for creating interactive projects that bridge the gap between digital and physical worlds.
• Professional Certificate in Mobile Application Development A SkillsFuture-supported course offered by SMU Academy covering full-stack mobile application development across 7 modules, including design, prototyping, databases, and web back-ends. Modules completed within a maximum 3-year window. As low as $1,422.40 for the full certificate.
• Professional Certificate in Web Application Development A SkillsFuture-supported course offered by SMU Academy covering web application development.
• Certificate in Technology Foundations: IoT and Creative Digital Making A 17-day SkillsFuture-supported course offered by SMU Academy on Internet of Things and creative digital making.
• Certificate in Technology Foundations: Blockchain Technology A 17-day SkillsFuture-supported course offered by SMU Academy on blockchain technology.
• Microsoft Copilot Training An introductory business course on leveraging Microsoft Copilot to enhance productivity in business environments.
• Enter the Metaverse: Get started with Unity for AR/VR A 2-day corporate training course introducing Unity for AR/VR development.
• Advanced Agentic Coding with Claude Code or Codex A 3-day corporate training on building resident coding and workflow agents with Claude Code or Codex, covering memory, tools, scheduled runs, logs, approval points, and review gates.
• Level Up Your Vibe Coding (Lovable and Replit) A 2-day corporate training on advanced vibe coding techniques using Lovable and Replit platforms.
• Mastering the Web: Full-Stack Development A 2-day corporate training course on understanding full-stack web development.
• No-code Web Design (Framer) An introductory course on building websites using Framer without coding, covering UI/UX design principles.
• No-Code Machine Learning An introductory course on machine learning models using Orange, designed for teachers to learn no-code ML concepts.
• Micro:bit Tinker Kit A proprietary BBC Micro:bit Tinker Kit made in Singapore, designed for digital making with tutorials and components for hands-on learning. Includes breakout board and component sets.

Named customers22 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Apple (Apple Consultants Network / Apple Professional Learning)coreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial training partner and Apple Consultants Network member. Provides Apple-endorsed courses including Swift Playground, App Prototyping with Keynote and Swift Playgrounds, and Swift Accelerator for iOS development. Instructors include Apple Professional Learning Specialists.
• Microsoft (Global Training Partner)coreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft Global Training Partner status. Offers courses on Microsoft Copilot and Azure AI Fundamentals. Instructors include Microsoft Certified Trainers and Microsoft Innovative Educators.
• Unity TechnologiescoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial Unity training partner providing Game Development Bootcamp with Unity (32 hours) and Enter the Metaverse AR/VR courses. Instructors are Unity Certified Associate Game Developers.
• FigmacoreTechnology or IntegrationFigma Education partner offering UI/UX Design with Figma course (26 hours) as part of IMDA Infocomm LEARN Roadmap for students.
• Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore Singapore government partner delivering IMDA LEARN Roadmap courses, Code For Fun (fully subsidized), Swift Accelerator, and Digital Maker Programme. Tinkercademy is a launch partner for IMDA's Digital Maker Programme with micro:bit.
• Singapore Management University (SMU) AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership delivering SkillsFuture-supported Professional Certificates in Mobile Application Development and Web Application Development at SMU campus. Curriculum co-developed with SMU.
• Ministry of Education Singapore (MOE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Singapore's Ministry of Education for school technology programmes, CODE@SG initiatives, and alignment with national digital literacy curriculum.
• Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerProfessional body partnership for technology education targeting accounting and finance professionals.
• TinkermindminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTinkercademy is a proud investor in and collaborator with Tinkermind, a maker-centric tech education company. Strategic investment for ecosystem expansion.
• BBC micro:bit FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaunch partner for the Digital Maker Programme in Singapore, using BBC micro:bit as the core educational platform for digital making curriculum.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Saturday Kids: Singapore-based coding and STEAM school for children and teens offering similar in-person and online courses (Scratch, Python, micro:bit, AI). Directly comparable in target audience, curriculum themes, and Singapore-school GTM.
• SG Code Campus: Singapore adult coding bootcamp and corporate training provider covering full-stack web, data science, and AI. Directly comparable to Tinkercademy's professional and corporate training streams.
• Create & Learn: US-based online coding and AI school for K-12 students with small-group live instruction. Directly comparable to Tinkercademy's school coding delivery model, though serving a different geography.
• Coding Lab: Singapore coding school for students aged 7-16 offering Python, Scratch, mobile and game development courses. Closely matches Tinkercademy's school segment in curriculum, age band, and MOE-aligned positioning.
• Hackwagon: Singapore-based data science, full-stack web, and AI coding bootcamp. Competes head-to-head with Tinkercademy's adult professional and corporate upskilling courses.

Broad incumbents

• Tynker: US-based kids coding platform widely used in schools for block-based and Python coding. Comparable to Tinkercademy's K-12 coding and Code For Fun offerings but as a self-serve software platform rather than instructor-led service.
• General Assembly: Global corporate technology training provider offering bootcamps and enterprise upskilling in software engineering, data, and AI. Comparable in the corporate-training stream, but with much wider geographic and category footprint.

Regional players

• BlackBelt Technology (Singapore): Singapore corporate IT and developer training provider. Competes for the same enterprise upskilling wallet as Tinkercademy's corporate training stream, though focused on enterprise software (SAP, Microsoft) rather than AI/mobile.

Others

• Newton Show (Science Centre Singapore): Singapore national science institution running enrichment programs and digital-maker initiatives. Tangentially comparable as a government-aligned STEAM education provider in Singapore, though broader in scope than Tinkercademy's coding focus.

Emerging players

• Code Avengers (Ninja Code): Online coding education platform with school and educator programs, originally from New Zealand. Comparable to Tinkercademy's school curriculum and digital-making delivery, though delivered primarily online rather than via in-person instructors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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