During the COVID-19 period, Juno disclosed one pandemic-related layoff in connection with moving courses online and selling its planned campus.
SourceJuno is the university of the future.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Toronto-based coding school/private career college founded in 2012 by Heather Payne and rebranded from HackerYou to Juno in 2019. Juno’s core offering is a web-development-centered bootcamp/courses business with live online and Toronto in-person delivery, career coaching, and flexible financing; in May 2023 it paused new enrollments and said it would develop “Juno 2.0.” Public funding trackers disagree, but the clearest evidence supports at least one 2019 seed round and suggests additional 2019 capital.
Primary product
Web Development Bootcamp
Founded
2012
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Team size
11-50
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Higher Education
Sub-industry
Coding bootcamp / private career college
3 jobs at Juno College of Technology
Offices
Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$275K
Latest round
Seed · Dec 2019
Latest amount
$125K
Leadership
Founder
VP of Growth
Manager of Web Development
Investors
Experimental, people-first, transparent, inclusive, community-oriented, and student-success focused; the company emphasizes flexibility, continuous improvement, and a supportive learning environment.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Transparent, no-negotiation compensation philosophy with public salary bands, annual adjustments, and a target around the 50th percentile of market total compensation; the company also describes itself as a Living Wage Employer.
Benefits
Pricing
Fixed tuition for bootcamps and short courses, with upfront payment, scholarships, income-share agreements, and financing loans; corporate training priced separately.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
about $2.2M
Estimated monthly visits
18.6K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
During the COVID-19 period, Juno disclosed one pandemic-related layoff in connection with moving courses online and selling its planned campus.
SourceJuno said it was no longer admitting new students into its Web Development Bootcamp or Continuing Education programs while it developed Juno 2.0.
SourceJuno sold a planned 12-acre live-in campus in Kawartha Lakes and doubled down on online delivery and flexible tuition.
SourceJuno College blog · May 2023
Heather Payne said Juno would stop admitting new students and pivot to Juno 2.0, focused on solopreneurship and micro-business training.
Juno College blog · Mar 2023
Juno introduced a needs-based and merit-based scholarship of up to $5,000 for its Web Development Bootcamp to help career changers during economic uncertainty.
Juno College blog · Mar 2023
Juno announced Farzad Kajouii as CEO after Heather Payne stepped back from the role, and said the company would continue toward an employee ownership trust.
Juno College blog · Oct 2021
Juno laid out a new vision including a 4-day work week, calmer growth targets, and a plan to move toward employee ownership.
BetaKit · Apr 2020
BetaKit reported Juno’s move online, sale of a planned 12-acre campus, and one pandemic-related layoff while adopting a flexible ISA tuition model.