50 Best Education Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent education companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 216,808 companies tracked on Fsome.

216,808
Total Companies
$153.8B
Total Funding
$709K
Avg Funding
London
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Ellucian
Ellucian delivers the software, services, and insights that help your institutio…
Fairfax 1K - 5K $1.6B Debt Financing 2020-09-17
2
BrainCo
BrainCo develops brain-computer interface technologies for wellness and educatio…
Somerville 101 - 250 $1.2B Series Unknown 2026-01-06
3
Coursera
Coursera is an online education platform that offers classes for students.
Mountain View 1K - 5K $458.9M Series Unknown 2021-01-01
4
Emversity
Emversity is an employability-led education platform that offers industry-aligne…
Bangalore 51 - 100 $46.0M Series A 2026-01-15
5
Alpaca
Alpaca provides real-time data on teacher wellbeing, helping schools to address …
Omaha 1 - 10 $5.2M Seed 2026-02-11
6
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university that offers degrees …
Pittsburgh 5K - 10K $488.6M Grant 2025-05-29
7
Preply
Preply is an online tutoring platform, aiming to help students achieve their lea…
Brookline 501 - 1K $320.1M Series D 2026-01-21
8
Udemy
Udemy is an online learning platform that helps students, companies, and governm…
San Francisco 1K - 5K $511.4M Post Ipo Debt 2025-05-30
9
Campus
Campus is an online college offering accredited degrees with live classes taught…
New York 251 - 500 $101.6M Series B 2025-03-20
10
Lingokids
Helping families around the world raise amazing kids.
Madrid 101 - 250 $182.4M Series Unknown 2025-09-16
11
Duolingo
Duolingo is a language-learning education platform that offers 98 total courses …
Pittsburgh 501 - 1K $183.3M Series H 2020-11-18
12
ClassDojo
ClassDojo is a school communication platform that teachers, students, and famili…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $191.1M Series Unknown 2024-04-03
13
Traini
Empathic AI To Serve Pets Well-being based on Vertical Large Action Model (V-LAM…
Palo Alto 11 - 50 $10.6M Series Unknown 2025-12-29
14
Newsela
Newsela is an Ed-tech startup that takes content from trusted providers and turn…
New York 251 - 500 $172.2M Series D 2021-02-25
15
Flint
Flint uses Artificial Intelligence to provide personalized learning experience f…
San Francisco 1 - 10 $15.5M Series A 2025-11-05
16
Stellic
Student Success Platform Designed to Help Students Maximize their College Journe…
Palo Alto 51 - 100 $14.1M Series A 2022-03-22
17
Acumen
Acumen is a non-profit venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solv…
New York 101 - 250 $20.0M Debt Financing 2025-09-23
18
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Indian Institute of Technology Madras is a public technical and research univers…
Chennai 1K - 5K $38.3M Undisclosed 2025-11-19
19
Parallel Learning
Parallel is a provider of learning assessments and treatment solutions for stude…
New York 101 - 250 $48.9M Series B 2025-12-09
20
Simplilearn
Simplilearn is an online learning platform that offers professional certificatio…
San Francisco 1K - 5K $76.0M Series E 2022-11-16
21
D2L
D2L is an edtech company that provides integrated learning platform and cloud e-…
Kitchener 1K - 5K $168.5M Series B 2014-08-13
22
ParentSquare
ParentSquare is a startup that develops a school-home communication platform.
Goleta 51 - 100 $57.8M Seed 2021-09-07
23
Upwards
Tech-driven care solutions company with a mission to make care accessible to all…
Los Angeles 101 - 250 $60.3M Series B 2024-02-15
24
DataCamp
DataCamp is a young team of data analytics enthusiasts that provide free interac…
New York 11 - 50 $30.2M Series B 2018-12-17
25
Northeastern University
Northeastern University is a research university that offers a comprehensive ran…
Boston 5K - 10K $78.5M Grant 2026-01-01
26
Jobs for the Future
Jobs for the Future is a non-profit organization that transforms education and w…
Boston 251 - 500 $86.0M Grant 2026-01-01
27
Brown University
Brown University is an Ivy League research university that provides undergraduat…
Providence 5K - 10K $860.8M Debt Financing 2025-07-28
28
University of Louisville
University of Louisville is a public research university that provides undergrad…
Louisville 5K - 10K $137.4M Grant 2026-01-15
29
McGraw-Hill Education
McGraw-Hill Education is a learning company that provides digital educational co…
New York 1K - 5K Private Equity 2021-09-30
30
zSpace
ZSpace offers a system that enables its users to integrate their normal lives wi…
Sunnyvale 101 - 250 $107.7M Post Ipo Equity 2025-07-08
31
University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde is a public research university that offers underg…
Glasgow 1K - 5K $31.7M Grant 2025-07-18
32
The Genesis Inspiration Foundation
The Genesis Inspiration Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committ…
Fountain Valley 1 - 10 $500K Grant 2022-02-16
33
EWOR
The EWOR Fellowship backs the top tech founders globally with up to €500,000 and…
Berlin 11 - 50 $37.6M Series A 2025-04-29
34
AI4ALL
AI4ALL is a nonprofit working to increase diversity and inclusion in artificial …
San Francisco 11 - 50 $3.8M Grant 2026-01-14
35
Epic
Epic is a digital media brand for kids that encourages kids to explore their int…
Palo Alto 101 - 250 $51.5M Series D 2020-06-01
36
Torch
Torch is a leadership development platform that provides coaching, software, and…
San Francisco 251 - 500 $87.8M Series C 2022-05-22
37
Kiddom
Kiddom is an education platform offering a digital curriculum to engage students…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $56.5M Series C 2021-08-13
38
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a public research university offering undergraduate, gra…
College Station 1K - 5K $38.8M Grant 2023-04-26
39
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a university with a mission to benefit society throug…
London 5K - 10K $35.4M Grant 2024-10-04
40
PowerSchool
PowerSchool is a cloud-based software company that offers solutions for K-12 edu…
Folsom 1K - 5K $31.5M Private Equity 2024-10-01
41
Delphi
Delphi is a digital cloning platform that can capture how you think, making your…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $18.7M Series A 2025-06-24
42
Maven
Maven offers live courses with real-world experts in AI, product, marketing, des…
Austin 51 - 100 $25.1M Series A 2021-05-20
43
Hazel Health
Hazel Health is a healthcare company that improves the health and well-being of …
San Francisco 101 - 250 $119.5M Series Unknown 2025-06-10
44
Classover
online child learning center focused on children range between 4-12 years old.
New York 101 - 250 $412.5M Post Ipo Debt 2025-06-02
45
The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is an international institution committed to improving …
Geneva 501 - 1K $500K Grant 2022-01-19
46
LingoAce
LingoAce is an edtech company committed to providing a fun and engaging learning…
Singapore 5K - 10K $180.0M Series C 2021-12-03
47
CollegeDekho
CollegeDekho college discovery, enrollment, and learning platform, helping stude…
Gurgaon 1K - 5K $79.3M Corporate Round 2025-12-26
48
Schoolytics
The all-in-one platform for tracking student data.
Washington 1 - 10 $4.2M Seed 2021-12-01
49
Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a nonprofit organization that provides a free world class educat…
Port Washington 251 - 500 $16.2M Series A 2022-01-01
50
Fizz
Fizz is a social platform that serves as a private discussion forum and news fee…
Palo Alto 11 - 50 $41.5M Series B 2023-08-10