Raspberry Pi gets $45M to meet demand for low cost PCs and IoT

Turns out COVID-19 lockdowns have been good for the indoor hobby of hardware hacking: The UK-based foundational behind the low price microprocessor, Raspberry Pi, announced close of a $45 million funding round yesterday.
The cash injection into the trading arm of the (non-profit) Raspberry Pi Foundational values it at $500M (pre-money), founder Eben Upton confirmed.
The funding round was led by London-based Lansdowne Partners and The Ezrah Charitable Trust, a private charitable foundation based