Best Continued Learning Companies in Australia
The 170 best Continued Learning companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Open Learning.
Australia's Continued Learning sector has 170 companies tracked, $31M in disclosed funding, and zero unicorns yet — which tells you exactly where the opportunity sits. Open Learning leads the pack at $8M raised, with Typsy close behind at $7M and saasguru at $4M. The global market hit roughly $2.0B in 2020 and is forecast to reach $5.0B by 2025 at a 20% CAGR, driven by accelerating demand for digital upskilling and the speed at which online formats let learners absorb change. Median app installs across 1,823 learning and e-learning apps are growing at +13% YoY. That's not noise. It's a signal that consumption is outpacing the funding story.
What I find interesting is how the sector's hot themes — AI research, machine learning, AI frameworks — are pulling continued learning platforms toward genuinely technical audiences, not just casual self-improvers. Pieces circulating right now, like this one on pushing your limits through learning and this broader look at strategies beyond self-help, reflect a cultural appetite that Australian founders are clearly building into. Investors like Fishburners and Slingshot are circling. So if you're mapping this space, the gap between total funding and market trajectory is the story worth watching.
- ResearchAndMarkets.com
Ranked: Best Continued Learning companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open Learning Open marketplace for MOOC | $8M | 96 mo ago | Public | — | 2012 | SentryTinyMCETailwind CSS+29 | 1 launch |
| 2 | Typsy Online learning platform for the hospitality industry 57Growth top 28%Moat top 39%Tech top 41%Customers top 44% All 8 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Moattop 39% Techtop 41% Customerstop 44% Markettop 50% Fundingtop 50% Productbottom 40% Globalbottom 36% Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 500,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $7M | 11 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | HubSpot CMS HubFacebook LoginLinkedin Sign-in+27 | — |
| 3 | saasguru SaaS and AI-based marketplace providing certification exam preparation solutions | $4M | 42 mo ago | Seed | Prateek Kataria Co-Founder & CPO | 2021 | TeachableCart FunctionalityTypeScript+37 | — |
| 4 | Prosper Blended learning platform for individuals and educational institutes | $3M | 98 mo ago | Series A | Dominic Richards Co-Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 5 | GetMee AI-based application providing personal skill development coaching solutions | $2M | 29 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Language Confidence AI-based platform providing English language learning solutions | $2M | 51 mo ago | Seed | Swahn Fraye Co-Founder | 2016 | Node.jsMUIReact+15 | — |
| 7 | GGWP Academy Online platform providing marketing lessons to gamers | $1M | 45 mo ago | Series A | Jacqueline Garrett Founder | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — |
| 8 | Codebots Provider of code-writing bots | $1M | 83 mo ago | Series A | Eban Escott Co-Founder | 2017 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Azure+13 | — |
| 9 | HEX Online platform providing learning programs for students | $1M | 52 mo ago | Seed | — | 2017 | SentryNode.jsBootstrap+20 | — |
| 10 | BRiN Platform providing education content through both a chatbot and an app interface | $950K | 120 mo ago | Seed | Dale Beaumont Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | — |
| 11 | myDRIVESCHOOL Simulation platform for learning driving | $195K | 28 mo ago | Funding Raised | Lisa Skaife Founder & CEO | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
Top 12 Continued Learning companies in Australia
#1
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016 · 55 employees$7.4Mraised▾
Typsy is an online learning platform for the hospitality industry. Provides short courses including topics such as how to master the first impression, communicating with hotel guests, and more. It provides a premium subscription service that provides users access to multiple courses.
- Jul 2025Seed—
- Sep 2016Angel—
#2
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2020 · 10 employees$2.5Mraised▾
AI-based application providing personal skill development coaching solutions
- Jan 2024Seed—
- Jun 2021Seed$500K
#3
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 15 employees$3.6Mraised▾
SaaS and AI-based marketplace providing certification exam preparation solutions. The platform offers gamified learning solutions, social learning solutions, learning content, mentoring, mock tests, and more.
- Nov 2022Seed$2.7M
- Jan 2022Seed$937.4K
#4
Public · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2012 · 55 employees$7.8Mraised▾
OpenLearning is an open marketplace MOOC that enables individuals and institutions to take and create free courses online. Has a collection of 660+ courses in arts, medicine, math, sports, lifestyle and many self- development programs. Users can sort courses by universities, skills and more. As of September 2015, 230K+ students have used this platform. Offers a guide to individuals, institutions, and businesses who want to create courses. Earns most of its revenue from its private courses, where the course provider is able to restrict who takes the course.
- Jun 2018Series A$6.5M
- Jun 2016Grant (prize money)—
- Feb 2015Angel$1.3M
- Aug 2014Seed$46.6K
#5
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 8 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Online platform providing marketing lessons to gamers. It offers various courses such as goal setting, personal branding, and social media marketing. It works on a subscription-based revenue model. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Sep 2022Series A$1.1M
- Feb 2021Seed$276.3K
- 2019Seed—
#6
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 12 employees$1.9Mraised▾
AI-based platform providing English language learning solutions. The platform enables enhancing the spoken English of students by offering pronunciation proficiency solutions, virtual tutors, LCAT products, and more.
- Mar 2022Seed$1.5M
- Seed—
#7
Funding Raised · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2012 · 5 employees$195.1Kraised▾
Simulation platform for learning driving. The programs can be delivered in full simulators, with multi-screens, on motion platforms, in Virtual Reality or on a PC/laptop with portable force feedback steering wheel and pedal set.
- Feb 2024Grant (prize money)$195.1K
#8
Seed · Fitzroy, Victoria · founded 2017 · 48 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Online platform providing learning programs for students. The platform offers internships, innovation programs, global challenges, and more.
- Feb 2022Seed$1.2M
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$178.2K
#9
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2013$2.8Mraised▾
Blended learning platform for individuals and educational institutes. Provides interactive songs, digital storybooks, games, activities, lesson planning tools, and learning content. Allows learning British English. Also offers teacher training programs.
- Mar 2018Series A$2.8M
#10
Series A · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2017 · 14 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Provider of code-writing bots. It has developed a platform which can write code for developing an application for web, Android, iPhone & iPad. It comes with advanced behaviours and integrations and can write a number of technology stacks.
- Jun 2019Series A$1.4M
#11
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016$950Kraised▾
Platform providing education content through both a chatbot and an app interface. AI technologies offer human-like support to millions of business owners simultaneously. BRiN App is able to pinpoint user business problems with the help of a chat interface and give solutions and recommendations within microseconds. The app is available on both Android and iOS platforms.
- 2016Seed$950K
#12
Funding Raised · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2017 · 4 employees$25Kraised▾
Provider of an online tool for the teacher to develop written communication skills of the student. It enables choosing essential skills, gets aligned with curriculum, and assess with consistency. It also enables maintaining students, target teaching, track learning, and personalized learning.
- Grant (prize money)$25K
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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