It’s a friendly, welcoming, and challenging way to build real programming experience both inside the company and in the broader developer community. “We first found out about Battlesnake from our own developers who were having so much fun learning and competing. The team expanded to work with companies and engineering managers directly in 2020. In 2020, Battlesnake went fully online and started drawing crowds similar to gaming and eSports events, offering programmers who were working from home an easy way to connect with each other, build programming experience, and compete for prizes. Realizing they were onto something Founders Brad Van Vugt, Noah Warder, and Chris Hoefgen rapidly expanded scope, building a global online presence that attracts thousands of developers and spectators monthly. Started in 2015 as a developer recruiting event in the Pacific Northwest, by 2019 the flagship Battlesnake Tournament in Victoria drew 1,500 participants and spectators. Battlesnake makes that process fun – you can play it with your co-workers or with developers across the globe, using whatever language and technologies you want to,” commented founder and CEO, Brad Van Vugt. “Whether you program at school or on the job, there comes a point where every developer wants to step outside their comfort zone and learn something new. Funding was led by Madrona Venture Group with participation from Liquid 2, Ascend, 200 OK, and notable angel investors including Jason Warner (former CTO GitHub) and Chris Aniszczyk (CTO Linux Foundation).
VICTORIA, British Columbia-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Battlesnake, a company with the mission to make it fun and accessible for anyone to be a better programmer, announced $1.5 million (US dollars) in funding to build on the platform that has grown from a grass roots recruiting platform into a programming game and competition that attracts thousands of developers to have fun and learn new skills.