Edtech Wonder Workshop raises further $41m for DIY robots
US edtech firm Wonder Workshop has raised $41m in a series C funding round featuring Tencent and Softbank Korea. The Silicon Valley-based firm has developed programmable robots called Dot and Dash, which teach children basic coding and problem-solving skills. They are used in more than 10,000 classrooms worldwide, while more than four million programmes have been written by children using them. The company previously raised $20m in a series B round last year.

Silicon Valley-based education robots developer Wonder Workshop has raised a US$41 million series C round from a number of investors including Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd., SoftBank Group’s unit SoftBank Korea.