Best EdTech Companies in Alberta, Canada
The 58 best EdTech companies in Alberta, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Showbie.
Our analysis of 261 EdTech companies
$20.4b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best EdTech companies in Alberta
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Showbie App to assign, collect & review student work on iPad | $16M | 66 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | 1 launch |
| 2 | MindFuel Online learning resource provider for STEM | $3M | 14 mo ago | Early Stage | Cassy Weber CEO | 1990 | — | — |
| 3 | Gummii 3D Math games for K-12 | $1M | 150 mo ago | Seed | Brent Davis Co-Founder | 2012 | — | — |
| 4 | Enthrill SaaS-based platforms for e-book creation and sales | $1M | 143 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 5 | Extempore Assessment platform for language instructors | $990K | 74 mo ago | Seed | Carlos Seoane Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | ZohoIntercomEmotion+25 | — |
| 6 | Baby World Language English language development products for Pre-K | $400K | 151 mo ago | Deadpooled | Paul Wittgenstein President & CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 7 | Smart Technologies Smart classroom solutions for schools | $48K | 114 mo ago | Acquired | Hari Babu Kesaboina Founder & MD Smart Tech Services | 1987 | SitecoreApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+25 | — |
| 8 | Elluminate Video conferencing solution | — | 203 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2001 | — | — |
Top 8 EdTech companies in Alberta
#1
Early Stage · Calgary, Alberta · founded 1990 · 22 employees$3.1Mraised▾
MindFuel is an online learning resource provider for STEM. Offerings include wonderville(provides online activities aligned with science standards), ignition pack(provides real-world examples & engaging activities), and geekStarter(provides project-based learning experience), and others. Won several awards including "W3 GOLD AWARD 2016", "ASTECH AWARDS" and others.
- Apr 2025Unattributed$500K
- May 2022Grant (prize money)$600K
- Jul 2019Grant (prize money)$2M
#2
Series A · Edmonton, Alberta · founded 2013 · 69 employees$16.5Mraised▾
Allow students to create presentations, essays, mind maps, and all types of digital content and save their work into a cloud-based assignment folder. Teachers can assign a task to students by bringing materials from another app, add a PDF worksheet from iCloud or Google Drive, or digitize a paper document. Teachers can review and provide individualized, feedback to students. Primary customers are K-12 schools and post-secondary institutions.
- Dec 2020Conventional Debt—
- Dec 2020Series A$5.9M
- Aug 2020Series A$3.8M
- 2016Seed—
#3
Seed · St. Paul, Alberta · founded 2015 · 34 employees$990Kraised▾
Extemporeapp offers assessment platform for language instructors. Allows instructors and students to exchange video and audio assignments and provide feedback on them. The platform allows creating and editing video, image or audio assessments. Offers services for both individuals and institutions. Clients include K-12 schools and universities such as University of Miami, Temple University, Cranbook Schools, etc. Pricing is based on subscription. Available for Android and iOS platform.
- Apr 2020Seed$570K
- Mar 2018Seed$420K
#4
Seed · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2012 · 4 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Gummii is a 3D gamified adaptive math learning platform on iPad for K-12. Build mental math skills in grades 1-3. Is aligned to Common-Core standards. Has an adaptive curriculum which adjusts to the level of each student according to his strengths and weaknesses. Version 1.0 attracted 300K+ users in under a month.
- Dec 2013Angel$1.3M
#5
Acqui-Hired · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2012 · 11 employees$1.2Mraised▾
SaaS-based platforms for e-book creation and sales. The flagship product, Endpaper provides a dashboard for publishers to sell B2B, customize content orders, manage bulk sales, increase sales and title discovery, and more. Produces an ebook code which is used as a proxy for an ebook for bulk sales. Also has an interface for publishers to create e-books. Works on the subscription-based pricing model.
- Aug 2014Seed$1.2M
#6
Deadpooled · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2011$400Kraised▾
Baby World Language provides english language development products and services to the pre-kindergarten language learning sector. Product includes prenatal sound delivery through e-learning with live, online video coaching options.
- Nov 2013Seed$400K
#7
Acquired · Calgary, Alberta · founded 1987 · 1001 employees$47.7Kraised▾
Smart Technologies provides smart classroom products to schools. Products include interactive displays, smart learning suite software and smart whiteboard. Smart learning suite provides a software tool for connecting students and teachers. Includes SilkTouch and Smart Ink for interactive learning on whiteboards. Also has Smart lab for teachers to create game based learning activities. Works on the product-based pricing model.
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$47.7K
- Aug 2007PE—
#8
Acqui-Hired · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2001 · 50 employees—raised▾
Elluminate, a product of BeyondTrust, the provider of virtual classroom platform, video conferencing and other solutions for educational publishers. Provides a platform for individuals, corporates, universities, tutoring organizations to run their online classes and reach out to students online. The platform provides collaboration features other than 1:1 conferencing such as discussion boards, feed view for looking at individual learning progress, analytics and more.
- Jul 2009Venture Debt—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of EdTech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
What Alberta researches in edtech
University of Alberta leads Alberta's edtech research, focusing optimistically on online learning, analytics, and adaptive systems, with recent post-2020 growth reflecting cautious advancement over breakthrough innovation.
- University of Alberta21
- Alberta Bible College1
- College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta1
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology1
- Alberta Advanced Education1
Common questions
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