Tech4Girls

Name

Tech4Girls

Legal name

TechEducation gGmbH

Website

https://tech4girls.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Digital Education / STEM Learning Programs

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Computer Training (61142), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

K–12 Digital Curriculum & Interactive Lessons (EDAGAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Coding, Game Design & Computer Science Camps (EDAMALAD)

Keywords

• Girls coding education
• School digital literacy
• Children STEM education
• School extracurricular clubs
• Digital literacy training

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. School-based Extracurricular Courses (AGs): Semester-length coding courses (Coding-Spiele 1 & 2, Meine Website HTML/CSS) delivered as school extracurricular activities (Arbeitsgemeinschaften). Priced per course per student (€12–€80 depending on school and gender format). Revenue is per-transaction per student per semester, with courses requiring a minimum of 6 enrollments to launch.
2. Vacation/ Holiday Coding Camps: 5-day intensive vacation camps (Gaming, Künstliche Intelligenz/AI) and 3-day thematic camps (HTML + Climate). Priced per camp at €25–€400 per participant. Includes materials, snacks, and course books. Revenue is one-time per camp registration.
3. Corporate Sponsorship & Partner Funding: Funding from company partners (sponsors, foundations) to support program delivery at under-resourced schools, enable free/subsidized access, and fund operational growth. Partners engage through corporate volunteering (employee coaches/mentors), employer branding activities, and long-term talent pipeline investment.
4. Foundation & Private Donor Support: Support from foundations and private individuals through donations and Sachspenden (in-kind contributions) that fund program delivery and coach goodie bags. Sources include Berliner Volksbank, Funke Stiftung, Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, and individual private donors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tech4Girls delivers digital literacy and coding education directly inside schools and at vacation camps in Berlin and Brandenburg, primarily to girls in grades 2 through 12. The offering comprises sequenced programming courses (Coding-Spiele 1 & 2, Meine Website HTML & CSS, JavaScript game-building, and AI literacy camps), structured around the UNESCO Framework for Digital Literacy and taught by trained volunteer coaches on school premises. Pricing is per course per student (€12–€80) or per camp (€25–€400), with subsidy pathways for under-resourced schools funded by corporate partners and foundations.

Product overview

Tech4Girls is a single-platform educational program operated by TechEducation gGmbH focused on bringing digital education directly to schools in Berlin and Brandenburg. The core portfolio consists of coding courses structured across three competency levels: Coding-Spiele 1 and 2 (foundational and advanced programming concepts through games), Meine Website HTML and CSS (website creation from structure to styling), and specialized camps including Gaming camps (JavaScript game programming), Künstliche Intelligenz camps (AI literacy), and holiday camps on topics like climate change. Programs are delivered through three formats: weekly Arbeitsgemeinschaften (after-school clubs), Wahlpflichtunterricht courses, and multi-day Feriencamps (holiday camps). The company also offers Coding Brunch as a supplementary workshop format. All programs target girls specifically (with some all-gender options) and are aligned with the UNESCO Framework for Digital Literacy covering Access, Evaluate, Create, and Participate competencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Arbeitsgemeinschaften (After-School Coding Clubs) Weekly after-school coding clubs (Arbeitsgemeinschaften) delivered on partner school premises, covering Tech4Girls' coding curriculum for girls in grades 2-12. Per-student pricing per course per semester, with courses requiring a minimum of 6 enrollments to launch.
• Coding-Spiele 1 Introductory coding course teaching fundamental programming concepts including algorithm basics, bug fixing, pixel coding, angles, loops, nested loops, and binary code through a mix of online coding games and offline hands-on activities. Designed for grade 2-3 students as the entry point into the Tech4Girls coding curriculum.
• Coding-Spiele 2 Advanced follow-up course that deepens programming concepts from Coding-Spiele 1, covering while-loops, until-loops, conditionals, and functions through team-based logic puzzles and creative offline activities. Target audience is grade 3-4 students with prior Tech4Girls fundamentals.
• Meine Website HTML Website building course teaching HTML fundamentals including basic HTML structure, headings, lists, images, and hyperlinks, enabling students to create and publish their own websites. Targeted at grade 4-6 students.
• Meine Website CSS Styling course that follows Meine Website HTML, teaching CSS selectors, properties, values, and the difference between external, internal, and inline stylesheets, plus RGB color usage. Targeted at grade 4-6 students.
• Sommerferiencamp: Gaming (Girls Only) Five-day summer vacation camp where girls program their own JavaScript game, learn internet fundamentals, solve coding challenges, and develop a team game project. Held at Delivery Hero's Berlin Mitte office.
• Sommerferiencamp: Gaming (All Gender) Five-day summer gaming camp open to all genders where participants program their own JavaScript game and learn internet basics. Held at Delivery Hero's Berlin Mitte office.
• Sommerferiencamp: Künstliche Intelligenz (AI Camp) Five-day summer camp teaching how AI works, exploring AI in daily life, experimenting with AI tools, learning about large language models like ChatGPT, creating small AI applications, and understanding prompt writing and responsible AI use.
• Osterferiencamp: HTML und Klimawandel (with WattWelt) Three-day Easter holiday camp where students build websites about climate change, learning HTML, source verification, information trustworthiness, and image rights. Co-designed with TU Berlin's Wattwelt project.
• Coding Brunch Coding workshop series with a brunch format, providing a casual learning environment for girls to explore programming as a supplementary workshop offering.

Quantifiable outcome

• 92 courses delivered across Berlin and Brandenburg
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• SAPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAP is listed among the further partners (Weitere Partner:innen) of Tech4Girls, likely providing corporate volunteering and/or sponsorship support for girls' tech education programs.
• AFE (A FE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFE is listed as a partner organization (Weitere Partner:innen) of Tech4Girls, supporting the organization's mission through an undisclosed partnership arrangement.
• 10MoreInminorStrategic or Co-development Partner10MoreIn is listed as a partner organization (Weitere Partner:innen) supporting Tech4Girls. Nature of support undisclosed in available source materials.
• Wattwelt (Technische Universität Berlin)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Wattwelt project at the Technical University of Berlin co-designed and co-delivered a 3-day Osterferiencamp (Easter holiday camp) on HTML and climate change. TU Berlin students provided an academic excursion on climate topics, while Tech4Girls delivered the coding curriculum. The TU sponsorship reduced the camp fee to €25.
• Delivery HerominorGTM or Marketing PartnerDelivery Hero provides its Berlin Mitte office (Monbijoustraße 15) as a venue for Tech4Girls Sommerferiencamp (summer holiday coding camps), hosting approximately 5-day gaming and AI camps. This provides visibility for Delivery Hero as an employer and tech company while giving Tech4Girls access to a professional venue.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Junge Tüftler: Germany-based non-profit that brings digital education and maker/STEM programs into schools, very similar mission, target audience (children), and school-distribution model. Comparable in scale and geographic focus.
• CoderDojo: International volunteer-led movement of free coding clubs for children aged 7–17. Comparable peer in terms of mission (making coding accessible to young learners), volunteer-driven delivery, and non-formal educational positioning.
• Black Girls CODE: US-based non-profit introducing girls of color to computer science through workshops, camps, and after-school programs. Comparable peer in mission (girls-focused tech education), non-profit structure, and workshop/camp delivery format.
• Code it!: German coding school provider offering in-person programming courses for children and teens, including school-based delivery. Comparable peer in product (coding education for kids), format (in-person classes), and geographic market (Germany).
• HackerSchool: German non-profit offering in-school coding workshops for children using a similar volunteer-coach model. Most directly comparable peer given shared school-embedded delivery model, mission-driven focus, and reliance on corporate partnerships for scale.

Broad incumbents

• Code.org: Global non-profit providing free K–12 computer science curriculum and teacher training. Serves as a broader incumbent offering digital literacy curricula that schools may adopt in lieu of, or alongside, programs like Tech4Girls.

Emerging players

• Kids Code Jeunesse: Canadian non-profit bringing coding education to children with a focus on inclusive access and teacher training. Comparable mission and non-profit delivery model, though focused on a different geography and Canadian school system.

Regional players

• MINT Zukunft schaffen: German initiative promoting STEM education (MINT = Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften, Technik) with school-based programs. Comparable as a national-level K-12 STEM education platform with school partnerships, though broader in scope than Tech4Girls.

Others

• SAP Young Thinkers / SAP4Kids: SAP's corporate STEM outreach initiative, which already partners with Tech4Girls. Relevant peer as both a comparable corporate-led K-12 coding program and an existing ecosystem partner that could expand internal efforts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tech4girls

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