Avocademy blog · Oct 2024
Avocademy compared itself to Flatiron on price, flexibility, mentorship, and real-world projects.
We teach UX/UI design and then help people get great jobs.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Avocademy is a Miami-based online UX/UI bootcamp and career accelerator founded in 2020. It sells asynchronous design training plus career services, emphasizing mentorship, portfolio projects, and job-search support for career changers. Public funding data is inconsistent across sources, with some profiles reporting $125K raised and others reporting $500K across two rounds.
Primary product
UX/UI Design Career Accelerator and UX/UI Foundations course
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Miami, Florida, United States
Team size
11-50
Industry
Design
Sub-industry
UX/UI design education / bootcamp
Offices
2125 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33137, United States
Business model
online course and bootcamp tuition
career services add-on
mentorship/coaching
financing/installment plans
Funding
Stage
Seed
Latest round
Seed Round · Aug 2022
Latest amount
$125K
People & investors
Work & culture
Mentor-driven, accessibility-focused, and community-oriented. The company emphasizes helping career changers break into UX/UI design, with a strong focus on inclusion, real-world projects, and ongoing support across time zones.
Compensation
No public employee compensation bands were found. Publicly visible pricing and financing are for students, not staff.
Benefits
Unlimited mentorship
Project-based learning
Real client projects
Portfolio and case-study support
Resume help
Interview prep
Job search guidance
Career advisor sessions
Job guarantee
Financing via Affirm
Product & market
Pricing
Paid bootcamp tuition with installment financing; career services and some add-on offerings are separately priced
Differentiators
- —Lower upfront price than many comparable bootcamps
- —Unlimited mentorship during the Foundations program
- —Real client projects for portfolio building
- —Career services and job-search support after Foundations
- —AI-focused UX/UI product design track
- —Job guarantee messaging
- —Self-paced / asynchronous format
Technology
Figma
Adobe Creative Suite
Airtable
Zoom
Slack
Workday
Hootsuite
Recharge
Swift
Flutter
JavaScript
HTML
YouTube
LinkedIn
Facebook
Instagram
TikTok
Loom
Customers
career changers
aspiring UX/UI designers
beginners without prior design experience
people entering tech via design
Competitors
Designlab
CareerFoundry
Flatiron School
BrainStation
UX Design Institute
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
about $3.5M/year (third-party estimate; not company-confirmed)
Estimated monthly visits
9.9K
Traffic estimate as of Apr 2026
Latest news
Avocademy blog · Oct 2024
Alumni story describing a successful transition from the program into product design work, including a fast job search outcome.
Avocademy blog · Sep 2024
Avocademy compared its program to CareerFoundry, emphasizing lower cost, mentoring, and project-based learning.
Fortune · Jun 2024
Fortune included Avocademy in its 2024 best UX/UI bootcamps coverage, supporting the company’s market positioning.
Fortune · May 2024
Fortune reviewed Avocademy’s UX/UI bootcamp and highlighted its asynchronous learning model and place in the broader bootcamp market.
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