They say in this article that it's being funded (at least partly) by commercial partners: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-03/12/bbc-micro-bit-hands-on

They say in this article that it's being funded (at least partly) by commercial partners: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-03/12/bbc-micro-bit-hands-on http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-03/12/bbc-micro-bit...