Juno College of Technology

Juno is the university of the future.

junocollege.com

HQ: Toronto, ON, Canada

11-50

Education

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

Juno College of Technology is a Toronto-based coding school and web development training provider offering live online and in-person bootcamps, upskilling courses, free workshops, and career support for people changing into tech careers.

Primary product

Web Development Bootcamp and related upskilling courses

Founded

2012

Headquarters

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Team size

11-50

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Higher Education

Sub-industry

Coding bootcamp / tech education

Offices

483 Queen St W, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2B2, Canada

Business model

tuition-based education

bootcamps

short courses

scholarships

income share agreements

Funding

Stage

seed

Total raised

$150K

Latest round

Seed · Aug 2019

Latest amount

$150K

Seed

Aug 2019 · Y Combinator

$150K

People & investors

Leadership

Heather Payne

Founder / Chair of the Board

Farzad Kajouii

CEO

Investors

Work & culture

Public materials emphasize an inclusive, community-minded, people-first culture focused on student outcomes, career change support, and sustainable growth. The company also publicly moved toward a 4-day workweek and employee ownership.

Work style

Flexible

Compensation

Public evidence does not show a formal salary policy. The company stated employees kept market-rate salary during the four-day workweek rollout, and one public LinkedIn scrape mentioned a Marketing Specialist salary in CAD, but no comprehensive compensation bands were found.

Benefits

4-day workweek

market-rate salary during 4-day workweek transition

specialized career support

inclusive alumni community

scholarships up to $5,000

income share agreements

Financeit loan option

Product & market

Pricing

Tuition-based bootcamp and course pricing, with financial aid options including scholarships, income share agreements, and Financeit loans.

Differentiators

—Original Canadian coding school positioning
—Live online and in-person Toronto delivery
—Strong focus on inclusive community and career support
—Income Share Agreement option approved in Ontario
—Scholarships and flexible financing
—Publicly stated industry-leading placement rates

Technology

JavaScript

jQuery

APIs

GitHub

React

Firebase

HTML5

CSS3

Customers

Career changers

Aspiring web developers

Students seeking upskilling in web development

Employers hiring Juno bootcamp graduates

Competitors

Lighthouse Labs

BrainStation

Concordia bootcamp-style programs

General Assembly

Codecademy

Other coding bootcamps and short-form tech training providers

Scale & contact

Estimated monthly visits

18.6K

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

Signals & risks

Other

Mar 2023

Leadership transition: founder Heather Payne stepped down as CEO and Farzad Kajouii became CEO.

Source

Other

Jan 2023

Juno announced it was ceasing new enrollments and pausing new courses due to softer tech job market conditions while focusing on current students and a new direction.

Source

Shutdown

Apr 2020

Juno sold its 12-acre campus project and moved away from the live-in campus plan during COVID-era restructuring.

Source

Layoff

Apr 2020

Juno reported one pandemic-related layoff, according to BetaKit coverage.

Source

Other

Dec 2021

Juno said it planned to move toward a 100% employee-ownership model and repay investors.

Source

Other

Mar 2022

Juno began phasing in a four-day workweek, indicating a major operating-policy change.

Source

Latest news

Juno College announces new Recession Relief Scholarship

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 of Technology announces new CEO Farzad Kajouii

Juno College · Mar 2023

Founder Heather Payne stepped down as CEO and moved to Chair of the Board; Farzad Kajouii, longtime Juno operator, became CEO.

The tech labour market is changing, Juno is too

Juno College · Jan 2023

Juno said it would pause new course launches and cease new enrollments temporarily while reworking its offering around the softer junior-dev market and a solopreneurship direction.

Juno College phasing in a four-day workweek for all employees

Benefits Canada · Mar 2022

Juno began transitioning employees to a four-day workweek while maintaining market-rate salary.

Toronto's Juno College planning to move to 100% employee-ownership model

Benefits Canada · Dec 2021

Founder Heather Payne said the company planned to repay investors and transition ownership to employees over time.

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SourcesJuno homepage / company profile excerpt New CEO announcement The tech labour market is changing, Juno is too BetaKit: Pay-What-You-Can ISA and campus sale BetaKit: ISA learnings Benefits Canada: employee ownership Benefits Canada: four-day workweek Exa company profile / traffic excerpt

Jobs and careers at Juno College of Technology

8 jobs at Juno College of Technology

Regional Director, University Relations

Remote

University Relations

Remote, United States; United States

1d ago

Remote

Full-time