Online Coding School Lambda Raises $30M, Looks Toward Medicine and Cybersecurity

EdSurge

By Sydney Johnson

January 8, 2019

Coding bootcamps have been quick to adopt income-share agreements, or ISAs, as they work to figure out funding models amid a fast-changing industry.

The model typically entails students paying back a portion of their salary after completing a program and landing a job, rather than paying tuition up front. And even as questions remain about whether or not this unregulated financing model will work in the long run, more alternative education providers—and even some universities—are giving ISAs a try.

Lambda School is one of the venture capital community’s latest bets. Today, the San Ramon, Calif.-based online coding school has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round, led by Bedrock Capital, to grow (continue reading…)