VIPC Awards Commonwealth Commercialization Fund Grant to DataClassroom to Help Students Develop Programming Skills
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RICHMOND, VIRGNIA, UNITED STATES, August 16, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- The Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) today announced that DataClassroom, Inc. has been awarded a Commonwealth Commercialization Fund (CCF) grant for $75,000. VIPCs CCF programs have distributed more than $51 million to Virginia-based startups, entrepreneurs and university-based inventors since 2012.Based in Charlottesville, Va., DataClassrooms web-based app lets students, from sixth grade through college, engage with data to unlock solutions to real-world problems. Python is one of the most commonly used programming languages.We are thrilled to receive a CCF grant from VIPC, said Dr. Aaron Reedy, CEO and Co-Founder of DataClassroom. The CCF Private Sector program seeks to fund high-potential Virginia-based for-profit technology companies at the early stage of commercialization. The grants support early technology and market validation efforts such as the development of prototypes or a minimum viable product (MVP), customer pilots, intellectual property protection, and more.