CodeCafé

What CodeCafé does

CodeCafé is a Netherlands-based ICT education services provider founded in 2020 and headquartered in Utrecht. The company specializes in supplying qualified ICT teachers (docenten) to Dutch vocational (MBO) and higher professional (HBO) educational institutions, delivering customized corporate ICT training, and running structured 12-week traineeship programs that prepare employees to become junior developers. Its teacher roster of approximately 11 full-time educators holds advanced qualifications spanning software development, cybersecurity, game and media technology, and artificial intelligence, and is deployed directly to client sites across the Netherlands. All teachers are CodeCafé employees (not freelancers), are VOG-certified, and the firm manages DBA compliance for schools.

The company operates a consultative B2B professional services model with a structured four-step sales process: needs mapping, teacher profile selection, deployment, and ongoing evaluation. Revenue is generated through teacher placement fees, corporate training engagements (delivered in Dutch or English, in-person, hybrid, or online), and traineeship program fees. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. As a complementary go-to-market layer, CodeCafé maintains a free online course platform with over 100 hours of programming content, a YouTube channel, and an active Discord community used for employer branding, community building, and indirect demand generation.

Customer evidence includes placements at Hogeschool Utrecht, Curio, Grafisch Lyceum Utrecht, ROC Almere, ROC Flevoland, ROC Friese Poort, and ITVitae on the education side, and corporate training engagements with Macaw, Qualogy, Master IT, ROBORANA, Creating Insights, and NOS. The company is privately held, founder-managed, has not raised external funding, and operates exclusively within the Netherlands.

Name

CodeCafé

Legal name

CodeCafé

Website

https://code-cafe.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CodeCafé is a Netherlands-based ICT education services provider founded in 2020 that supplies qualified ICT teachers to MBO/HBO schools, delivers corporate ICT training, and runs 12-week developer traineeships for Dutch organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

ICT Education Services

NAICS

Computer Training (611420), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Software Development (Programming, Frameworks, Dev Tools) (EDABAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technical & Digital Skills Training (BPACANAB), Computer Science & Programming Tutoring (K–12 & Intro College) (EDANAAAE), Coding & Programming Learning Platforms (EDAFANAA)

Keywords

• ICT education services
• Corporate ICT training
• IT traineeship programs
• Teacher secondment
• Vocational ICT teaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Netherlands

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. ICT Teachers for Schools: CodeCafé provides qualified ICT teachers/docents to MBO and HBO educational institutions in the Netherlands. Teachers are employed by CodeCafé and placed at schools to deliver ICT education, develop curriculum materials, and support existing teaching teams.
2. Corporate ICT Training: CodeCafé delivers customized ICT training programs to corporate clients, both in Dutch and English, either in-person, hybrid, or fully online formats. Training covers beginners and advanced levels and can include certification exam preparation.
3. Traineeships: CodeCafé offers structured IT traineeship programs for companies, typically lasting 12 weeks minimum. Programs include self-study phases, front-end and database training, practical application development, and optional soft skills coaching extending up to one year.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CodeCafé employs ICT teachers and places them at Dutch MBO and HBO schools to deliver computer science, software development, AI, game development, cybersecurity, technical informatics, and business IT programs, while also developing curriculum materials and supplementing existing teaching teams. The company additionally delivers customized corporate ICT training in Dutch and English across in-person, hybrid, and online formats, and runs structured IT traineeships (12 weeks minimum) that train employees to become junior developers, with optional soft-skills coaching.

Product overview

CodeCafé operates as a services company providing ICT education solutions across three interconnected offerings: (1) ICT-docenten voor Scholen supplies qualified ICT teachers to MBO and HBO institutions; (2) ICT-trainers voor Bedrijven delivers corporate training in Dutch and English across hybrid, in-person, and online formats; and (3) Traineeships provides 12-week customized programs that train employees to become junior developers. As a complementary add-on, CodeCafé maintains a free online course platform with 100+ hours of programming content and an active Discord community for knowledge sharing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ICT-docenten voor Scholen Supply of experienced ICT teachers (docenten) to MBO and HBO educational institutions in the Netherlands. Teachers are employed by CodeCafé and placed at schools to deliver lessons in software development, AI, game development, cybersecurity, technical informatics, and business IT, while developing curriculum materials and reducing the workload of existing teaching teams.
• ICT-trainers voor Bedrijven Customized ICT training delivered to corporate clients by CodeCafé trainers, available in Dutch and English and offered in in-person, hybrid, or fully online formats for both beginners and advanced learners, including certification exam preparation.
• Traineeships Structured IT traineeship programs for companies, lasting a minimum of 12 weeks, covering self-study, front-end and database training, practical application development, and optional soft-skills coaching (up to one year). Programs include certification preparation such as PSM-1 Scrum and are designed to produce job-ready junior developers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25% of computer science teacher vacancies in the Netherlands are unfilled; CodeCafé addresses this critical shortage
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hogeschool UtrechtcoreOthersHogeschool Utrecht (Utrecht University of Applied Sciences) is a preferred supplier of CodeCafé for ICT teaching staff. CodeCafé teachers have been deployed across multiple courses including Technische Informatica and Artificial Intelligence programs. The relationship is characterized by collaborative curriculum development and teachers being welcomed as full team members.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vijfhart IT-opleidingen: Established Dutch IT training provider offering courses, certification prep, and corporate ICT training. Comparable to CodeCafé's corporate training stream and competes for the same Dutch corporate ICT upskilling budget.
• ITvitae: Dutch social enterprise that trains and places neurodivergent ICT talent; CodeCafé currently supplies teachers into ITvitae's programs. Highly comparable as an ICT education/traineeship provider in the Dutch market.
• Computrain: Netherlands-based IT training company specializing in technical and certification training for professionals. Directly comparable to CodeCafé's corporate training and certification exam preparation offerings.
• Info Support: Dutch IT services and training firm that runs training programs and traineeships to develop junior developers, overlapping directly with CodeCafé's traineeship product and software-development teaching portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Brunel International: Global staffing and project services firm with a Netherlands operation that supplies ICT specialists and trainers to enterprises and educational clients. Larger and more diversified, but directly competing for ICT-detachment mandates.
• Yacht (Randstad Groep): Large Dutch professional staffing and consulting firm with a dedicated technology practice that places ICT professionals and trainers. Broader scale and corporate parent (Randstad) make it a larger incumbent competing for the same ICT-staffing wallet.
• DPA (Digital Performer Acquisition): Dutch professional services and staffing group active in IT and education segments. Comparable as an incumbent ICT staffing/services firm competing in the Netherlands for education and corporate training mandates.

Emerging players

• Codam (Techgrounds/Jinc): Dutch coding bootcamp and software development traineeship provider. Overlaps with CodeCafé's traineeship stream and serves similar corporate clients seeking junior developer talent pipelines.
• Techgrounds: Dutch tech traineeship provider that trains junior developers and places them at companies. Closely comparable to CodeCafé's traineeship offering in terms of target customer (companies needing IT talent) and curriculum focus.
• Springest (SpringPeople): Dutch training comparison and learning marketplace that connects learners and corporates with training providers. Overlaps with CodeCafé's corporate training buyer journey, though it is a marketplace rather than a deliverer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/CodeCafe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/het-code-cafe

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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