Nick Winter
FounderFounder/CEO at CodeCombat
Bellevue, Washington, United States
FoundedCodeCombat · YC
About
Nick Winter founded Skritter, an application for learning Chinese and Japanese character writing, before starting CodeCombat, a multiplayer game focused on programming education. He has also authored educational materials on motivation and productivity.
Founder/CEO at CodeCombatYC W14
Intro paths
Nick went through Y Combinator (Winter 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Nick can intro founders to CodeCombat's investors below.
CodeCombat's investors · 5
Experience
- Gray SwanSVP Frontier Lab Safetycurrent2026 — presentBellevue, Washington, United States
- Gray SwanVP Product & Growth2025 — 2026
- CodeCombatCo-Founder, Chairman of the Boardcurrent2024 — presentBellevue, Washington, United States
- CodeCombatCEO, Co-Founder2013 — 2024San Francisco
- Inkren (Skritter.com)Board Membercurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Inkren (Skritter.com)CTO, Co-Founder2008 — 2013
Skills & more
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Google App EngineHandwriting RecognitionSocial Media MarketingiPhone developmentSoftware DesignGame DevelopmentCoffeeScriptWritingPythonChineseOpen SourceJavaScriptLanguages Chinese · English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nick Winter?
- Nick Winter founded Skritter, an application for learning Chinese and Japanese character writing, before starting CodeCombat, a multiplayer game focused on programming education. He has also authored educational materials on motivation and productivity.
- Where does Nick Winter work?
- Nick Winter is Founder/CEO of CodeCombat.
- What companies did Nick Winter found?
- Nick Winter founded CodeCombat.
- Where did Nick Winter go to school?
- Nick Winter studied at Y Combinator; Oberlin College (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).
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