CAPSLOCK
CAPSLOCK is an award-winning online cyber security education provider.
About CAPSLOCK
CAPSLOCK provides career-changing education around cutting-edge emerging technologies, such as cyber security. They make their educational programmes affordable and accessible to everyone, by using modern student finance arrangements and delivering world-class education entirely online. We make sure our admissions process concentrates on an individual’s future potential, not their past academic background. The programmes focus on employment outcomes. They prepare learner’s for the workplace, so they can apply new skills in a real, practical way and ultimately start their tech-based career. Included is a mentoring programmes and industry-specific certifications to increase the employability of our learners. They have enrolled over 700 learners and are helping to plug the UK’s cyber skills gap with this new generation of talent. Their graduates are being hired by the likes of Barclays, Dyson and the BBC, and are seeing an average salary increase of 65%. CAPSLOCK has won many awards including: 2021: DCMS UK’s Most Innovative Cyber SME 2021: TechUK Cyber Innovator of the Year 2022: NCSC’s Cyber Den Winner 2022: Learning Technologies Awards Best Online Distance Learning Programme 2023: Women in IT Awards Tech Start-up of the Year 2023: BVCA's Excellence in Impact award, The Portfolio Company - Social Impact category. Key facts: Company launched: February 2021 Location: 100% remote Learners enrolled to date: 700+ Average % hired within 6 months of graduation: 70% Learners who go into entry-level roles (20-35k): 61% Learners who go into mid-level roles (35-50k): 33% Learners who go into senior roles (50k+): 6% No. of companies who have hired CAPSLOCK learners: over 120 Average salary learner salary pre-CAPSLOCK: £22,300 Average learner salary post-CAPSLOCK: £34,400 Highest salary to date: £79,000 – Policy Adviser 2nd highest salary to date: £75,000 – Splunk solutions engineer,
Company Facts
- Headquarters
- Manchester
- Operating Status
- active
- Company Type
- for_profit
- IPO Status
- private
- Employees
- c_00001_00010
- Funding Stage
- seed
- Total Funding
- $1,364,907
- Last Funding Type
- pre_seed
- Last Funding Date
- 2021-11-10
- Website
- capslock.ac
Industries & Categories
Cloud Security, Continuing Education, Cyber Security, EdTech, Education, Higher Education, Information Technology, Network Security, Training, Vocational Education
Social Links
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