69 Best Higher Education Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Higher Education Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 151 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $7.5b. The average funding per company in this subset is $108.4m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Coursera logo

Coursera

Coursera is an online education technology company founded in 2012 by Daphne Koller.

8

Funding Rounds

$431.5m

Money raised

Lambda School logo

Lambda School

U.S-based e-learning platform teaching coding, UX, and data science.

5

Funding Rounds

$126.0m

Money raised

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Handshake (software company)

Handshake is a Caliornia-based college career recruiting network for college students, career centers, and employers.

7

Funding Rounds

$448.0m

Money raised

Skillshare logo

Skillshare

Skillshare is a New York-based educational technology company offering an online learning community for creative entrepreneurs.

8

Funding Rounds

$117.5m

Money raised

Degreed logo

Degreed

Degreed is a San Francisco-based company founded by David Blake.

11

Funding Rounds

$598.0m

Money raised

Insight Data Science logo

Insight Data Science

Insight Data Science is a Palo Alto-based education startup providing post-doctoral training programs in the big data industry.

1

Funding Rounds

Rescale logo

Rescale

Rescale is a company developing and providing software platform and hardware infrastructure for companies to perform scientific and engineering simulation.

4

Funding Rounds

$146.0m

Money raised

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ApplyBoard

A software company offering a platform for international students to find and apply to top universities.

9

Funding Rounds

$2.5b

Money raised

Avenify logo

Avenify

Avenify is a peer-to-peer lending platform for Income Share Agreements.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0

Money raised

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Guild Education

Guild developed a tool for companies to offer tuition reimbursement and education as a benefit.

8

Funding Rounds

$853.5m

Money raised

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EverTrue

EverTrue is a Boston-based company founded in 2010 by Eric Carlstrom, Brent Grinna and Jesse Bardo.

4

Funding Rounds

$12.6m

Money raised

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Microverse

Microverse is a company that provides online education for software developers. It was founded in 2017 and is located in San Francisco, California.

4

Funding Rounds

$37.2m

Money raised

NationBuilder logo

NationBuilder

NationBuilder sells software designed to power organizations, movements, and campaigns.

3

Funding Rounds

$14.8m

Money raised

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Accredible

A company offering a digital credential platform.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.7m

Money raised

BridgeU logo

BridgeU

BridgeU is a United Kingdom-based company founded in 2015 by Lucy Stonehill.

5

Funding Rounds

$9.2m

Money raised

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Academia.edu

Academia.edu is a social networking website founded in 2008.

5

Funding Rounds

$33.8m

Money raised

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EdCast

EdCast is a company that provides personalized research analysis.

7

Funding Rounds

$135.3m

Money raised

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RedShelf

RedShelf is a company. It provides an HTML5 cloud reader and marketplace to buy, sell and read eBooks, textbooks, academic materials, magazines, documents and other digital content.

7

Funding Rounds

$43.4m

Money raised

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Glints

Glints is a Singapore-based company founded in 2013 by Looi Qin En, Oswald Yeo and Seah Ying Cong.

3

Funding Rounds

$79.3m

Money raised

Civitas Learning logo

Civitas Learning

Civitas Learning is an education technology company.

7

Funding Rounds

$83.3m

Money raised

OpenClassrooms logo

OpenClassrooms

OpenClassrooms is a massive open online course platform founded in 2013 by Pierre Dubuc.

5

Funding Rounds

$228.4m

Money raised

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Uversity

Uversity is an Oakland, California-based company founded in 2007 by George Deglin, Michael Staton, Joseph Sofaer and Mike Sofaer.

7

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

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foreignadmits

foreignadmits is an India-based company founded by Nikhil Jain.

1

Funding Rounds

$35.0m

Money raised

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RaiseMe

RaiseMe is a San Francisco-based company.

3

Funding Rounds

$42.0m

Money raised

Doxel logo

Doxel

Doxel leverages artificial intelligence and autonomous robots to monitor construction productivity, progress, and quality. Doxel's robots navigate jobsites every day to capture images and perform laser scans so users can understand exactly what kind and how much work has been done.

1

Funding Rounds

$40.0m

Money raised

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Kustomer

Kustomer is a customer service software founded in 2015 by Jeremy Suriel.

8

Funding Rounds

$226.0m

Money raised

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The University of Akron

Public research university located in akron, ohio, united states

1

Funding Rounds

$300.0k

Money raised

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OpenLearning

OpenLearning is a MOOC platform that allows users to create, run, teach and enroll in a course (free or private).

4

Funding Rounds

$15.8m

Money raised

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Grockit

Grockit is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2006 by Farbood Nivi.

6

Funding Rounds

$44.7m

Money raised

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BenchPrep

BenchPrep is a Chicago-based company founded in 2010 by Ashish Rangnekar.

3

Funding Rounds

$27.8m

Money raised

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Winnow

An online education company. It was founded in 2018 and is located in Hyderabad, India.

1

Funding Rounds

$12.0m

Money raised

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Piazza (company)

Piazza is a Palo Alto, California-based company founded in 2009 by Pooja Sankar.

2

Funding Rounds

$7.5m

Money raised

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Cialfo

Cialfo is an AI driven solution that brings together people, software, and data to simplify college and career counseling workflows.

2

Funding Rounds

$55.0m

Money raised

uConnect logo

uConnect

uConnect is a company founded in 2013 by David Kozhuk.

2

Funding Rounds

$8.5m

Money raised

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MPower Financing

MPower Financing provides international student loans.

5

Funding Rounds

$225.0m

Money raised

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SchooLinks

SchooLinks is a career readiness platform that engages students in career education and college planning and application.

2

Funding Rounds

$88.3m

Money raised

Testive logo

Testive

Testive is a company founded in 2011 by Tom Rose.

2

Funding Rounds

$500.0k

Money raised

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NewtonX

NewtonX is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2016 by Germain Chastel, Sascha Eder and Anuja Ketan.

2

Funding Rounds

$44.0m

Money raised

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StudyTube

StudyTube is an online learning platform founded in 2010.

4

Funding Rounds

$42.9m

Money raised

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VIROHAN

VIROHAN is a Gurgaon-based company founded in 2018.

6

Funding Rounds

$4.6m

Money raised

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Koru (Company)

Koru is a Seattle-based company founded in 2013.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.4m

Money raised

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Smart Sparrow

Smart Sparrow is a Sydney-based operator of an e-learning platform for higher education organizations to create an online program and learning environment.

4

Funding Rounds

$23.5m

Money raised

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StraighterLine

StraighterLine is a Baltimore-based company founded in 2008.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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UpSwing

UpSwing is an Austin, Texas-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

SocialToaster logo

SocialToaster

SocialToaster is a Baltimore-based company founded in 2010 by Brian Razzaque.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

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NetBeez

A company providing network performance data from the user layer to detect and solve issues on wired and WiFi network

1

Funding Rounds

$25.0k

Money raised

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Minerva Project

Minerva Project is a company founded in 2011 by Ben Nelson.

1

Funding Rounds

$57.0m

Money raised

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Flinja

Flinja is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2013.

1

Funding Rounds

Odilo logo

Odilo

Odilo is a company founded in 2011 by Rodrigo Rodriguez.

2

Funding Rounds

$66.3m

Money raised

Cerego logo

Cerego

Cerego is a San Francisco-based company founded by Andrew Smith Lewis.

4

Funding Rounds

$103.1m

Money raised

Cirrus Identity logo

Cirrus Identity

Cirrus Identity is a company founded in 2013 by Dedra Chamberlin.

3

Funding Rounds

$400.0k

Money raised

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ExtraaEdge

Admissions and Marketing Automation CRM Software for the education industry.

4

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Henry (education company)

Platform that trains software developers and data scientists for free and helps them find jobs in exchange for a share of their future income.

1

Funding Rounds

$56.5m

Money raised

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Element451

Element451 is an admissions marketing technology and CRM platform that brings students and colleges together.

3

Funding Rounds

$5.6m

Money raised

Querium logo

Querium

Querium is an Austin, Texas-based company founded in 2013 by Kent Fuka.

2

Funding Rounds

$528.0k

Money raised

TargetX logo

TargetX

TargetX is a company that provides higher education CRM solutions in recruitment and retention.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

Fidelis Education logo

Fidelis Education

Fidelis Education is a San Francisco-based company founded by Erik Counselman.

2

Funding Rounds

$8.5m

Money raised

EduKart logo

EduKart

EduKart is an India-based company founded in 2011.

1

Funding Rounds

$500.0k

Money raised

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Simpletuition

Student loans company.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

Roam & Wander logo

Roam & Wander

Roam & Wander is a company founded in 2012 by Jason Warren.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

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Examity

A platform that online course providers use for proctoring services to authenticate the identity of students and ensure they don't cheat.

1

Funding Rounds

$90.0m

Money raised

Swoup logo

Swoup

Swoup is a company founded in 2015 by Philip Parrotta.

1

Funding Rounds

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Woolf (education company)

Woolf is a marketplace, Market Network, EdTech, Higher Education founded in 2008 by Joshua Broggi.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.5m

Money raised

AfterCollege logo

AfterCollege

AfterCollege is a San Francisco-based company founded in 1999 by Brian Heifferon, Michael Dawes and Roberto Angulo.

1

Funding Rounds

Quipper logo

Quipper

Quipper is a United Kingdom-based company founded in 2010 by Mariko Tokioka.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.3m

Money raised

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Collegedunia

Collegedunia is a unique platform for all information pertaining to colleges and competitive exams. It has an enormous database of over 25,000+ colleges with 1,50,000+ authentic College Reviews for students to make the right decision.

2

Funding Rounds

$605.8k

Money raised

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Jolt (education technology company)

Jolt is a Tel Aviv-based education technology company offering courses for consumers and professionals in micro-campuses across the world.

4

Funding Rounds

$29.7m

Money raised

CampusLogic logo

CampusLogic

CampusLogic is a Chandler, Arizona-based company founded in 2011 by Gregg Scoresby.

3

Funding Rounds

$185.0m

Money raised

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StudySmarter

StudySmarter is a Germany-based company founded in 2018 by Christian Felgenhauer.

1

Funding Rounds

$15.0m

Money raised