26 Best Massive Open Online Course Mooc Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Massive Open Online Course Mooc 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 26 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $1.9b. The average funding per company in this subset is $73.6m.

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

Khan Academy logo

Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a nonprofit online educational organization that was founded in 2008.

5

Funding Rounds

$19.7m

Money raised

Simplilearn logo

Simplilearn

Simplilearn is an educational technology company with a focus on courses for digital skills.

5

Funding Rounds

$76.0m

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

Udacity logo

Udacity

Udacity is an e-learning company that has a digital education platform. It was founded in 2011 and is located in Mountain View, California.

5

Funding Rounds

$235.0m

Money raised

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NovoEd

NovoEd is a program delivery platform, founded by Stanford University professor Amin Saberi and PhD student Farnaz Ronaghi, that partners with training firms, corporations, educational institutes and foundations to provide blended learning solutions.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.8m

Money raised

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Codecademy

Codecademy is a company providing a platform based on web and mobile that teaches digital skills to users. It participated in the S11 cohort of Y Combinator.

5

Funding Rounds

$112.5m

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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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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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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EverFi

EVERFI is a K-12, financial, and corporate compliance education platform.

4

Funding Rounds

$251.0m

Money raised

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Cybrary

Cybrary is a College Park, Maryland-based career development platform in cybersecurity and information technology applications.

5

Funding Rounds

$34.8m

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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StraighterLine

StraighterLine is a Baltimore-based company founded in 2008.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

FutureLearn logo

FutureLearn

Massive open online course platform founded in 2012 as a company majority owned by the uk's open university.

1

Funding Rounds

$63.0m

Money raised

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Querium

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

2

Funding Rounds

$528.0k

Money raised

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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Engageli

Engageli is an online program management company offering a digital learning platform with student learning and course information systems, as well as student information systems.

2

Funding Rounds

$47.5m

Money raised

Kadenze logo

Kadenze

Kadense is an online arts education company offering courses online from different universities.

4

Funding Rounds

$5.9m

Money raised

Pathwright logo

Pathwright

Pathwright is a Greenville, South Carolina-based company founded in 2012.

1

Funding Rounds

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iNurture

iNurture Education Solutions provides industry relevant courses that are suitable for undergraduates and postgraduates.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

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Everspring

Everspring is a developer of online and hybrid courses and engagement products for higher education institutions and non-traditional institutions.

6

Funding Rounds

$63.5m

Money raised

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Iversity

Iversity is a company founded in 2011.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.7m

Money raised

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Schoo (company)

Schoo is a company founded in 2011.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

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CorpU

Company

1

Funding Rounds

$4.5m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$1.7m

Money raised