SharpestMinds
Acquired
What they do:
Peer-to-peer mentorships through income-share agreements.
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Top Education Startups
This list has 185 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 29 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (65), New York (32), and Bengaluru (8). Largest teams: Skill-lync, Panorama Education, and UBITS.
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Py
Acquired
What they do:
Py is democratizing access to career opportunities in tech
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Opennote
Acquired
What they do:
The notebook that thinks with you.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Verbling
Acquired
What they do:
Language learning through video chat.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Launchpad Toys
Acquired
What they do:
Creativity at Play. Tablet toys. Acquired by Google, 2015.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Vayable
Acquired
What they do:
We're building a marketplace for unique travel experiences (it's…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Together Video Chat
Acquired
What they do:
Interactive video chat made for kids and families
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Hunter2
Acquired
What they do:
Hunter2 trains engineering teams in application security through…
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
YC W18Early stage
Pathrise
Shut down
What they do:
YC for your career
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Tutorspree
Shut down
What they do:
Online tutoring marketplace.
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HQ: Chicago, IL, United States
AntWalk
Shut down
What they do:
An employee up-skilling platform for fast growing companies
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Make School
Shut down
What they do:
Make School is redesigning college for the 21st century. Students…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Skillza
Shut down
What they do:
Skillza builds simple tools for teachers and schools in MEA
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Marathon Education
Shut down
What they do:
We provide live after-school tutoring to K-12 students in Vietnam
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HQ: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
CareerTu
Shut down
What they do:
Online school for Chinese to learn in-demand digital skills
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Quad
Shut down
What they do:
Quad is where college students get things done.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Path
Shut down
What they do:
Financial advisors for Gen-Z
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Tap to Learn
Shut down
What they do:
Games For Education
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Insight Data Science
Shut down
What they do:
Turning PhDs & engineers into data scientists & data engineers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hickory
Shut down
What they do:
Hickory turns your employees into experts.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Futureleague
Shut down
What they do:
Engineering and Programming for Kids 6-12 with a focus on creativity,…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Tailor-ED
Shut down
What they do:
AI-powered corporate learning for accelerated employee growth & skill…
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Blair
Shut down
What they do:
Financing education through Income Share Agreements
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kurios
Shut down
What they do:
Cohort-based online courses for professionals in Latin America
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Mentorcam
Shut down
What they do:
Mentorship from leaders of the world's best companies
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Degrees of Freedom
Shut down
What they do:
DoF provides a high quality, affordable higher education alternative.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Edlyft
Shut down
What they do:
Helps enterprises train college CS students on essential job skills
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
buildspace
Shut down
What they do:
we're the place where people build cool shit.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Virtually
Shut down
What they do:
The "Shopify" for Online Schools
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Prendea
Shut down
What they do:
Live afterschool classes for Spanish-speaking kids ages 4 to 15.
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HQ: Barranco, Peru
Avion School
Shut down
What they do:
We teach Filipinos to become remote software engineers globally.
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HQ: Manila, Philippines
ExceptionALLY
Shut down
What they do:
Affordable expertise for special needs parenting.
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States
Assembled
Shut down
What they do:
Pivoted to TenXList, a professional network of top college engineers.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Trainzen
Shut down
What they do:
Educational assessments made easy. Eliminating paper-based exams in…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Crowdery
Shut down
What they do:
[Now Clara, YC S14- claralabs.com]
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Ixiplay
Shut down
What they do:
Engaging, expressive & Android hackable robot buddy for playful…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States