Best EdTech Companies in British Columbia, Canada
The 141 best EdTech companies in British Columbia, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: CFI.
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 British Columbia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CFI Online finance and banking training and certifications | $48M | 63 mo ago | 309 | 2016 | Scott Powell Co-Founder | TypeScriptZone.jsAngular+22 | — |
| 2 | Thinkific Provider of online academy builder | $25M | 68 mo ago | 354 | 2012 | Miranda Lievers Co-Founder | ThinkificSentryAtlassian Statuspage+42 | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 3 | FreshGrade Communication and reporting through digital portfolio | $16M | 121 mo ago | 25 | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Minga SaaS and app-based parent-teacher communication platform | $7M | 28 mo ago | 42 | 2015 | Jason Richards Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+37 | 1 award |
| 5 | Rouxbe Online video classes and certifications on cooking | $7M | 101 mo ago | 35 | 2005 | Dawn Thomas Co-Founder | Head of Media Production | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+46 | — |
| 6 | Wize Online platform providing learning and test preparation courses | $3M | 64 mo ago | 105 | 2017 | Mike Maloon CTO & Co-Founder | SentryRubyFacebook Login+32 | — |
| 7 | Battlesnake Game development solutions provider | $2M | 57 mo ago | 9 | 2018 | Brad Vugt Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 8 | Fictionary SaaS-based editing software for publishers | $1M | 42 mo ago | 11 | 2016 | Mathew Stanley Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | — |
| 9 | Lambda Solutions e-learning technology tools | $1M | 67 mo ago | 40 | 2002 | — | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | — |
| 10 | Fit Brains Brain fitness through app | $1M | 220 mo ago | 11 | 2007 | Paul Nussbaum Founder | — | — |
| 11 | SiMBi Online platform for improving reading skills | $510K | 63 mo ago | 38 | 2018 | — | NicepageWordPressMySQL+14 | — |
| 12 | LlamaZOO Interactive online platform anatomy learning | $500K | 126 mo ago | 24 | 2015 | — | RubyRuby on RailsAzure+7 | — |
| 13 | Onkea Online learning marketplace | $500K | 154 mo ago | 11 | 2013 | Ken Smith Founder | — | — |
| 14 | ChatterBlock Social discovery and booking platform for kids activities | $500K | 179 mo ago | 12 | 2011 | James Degreef Founder and Chair | PythonMapbox GL JSFacebook Login+23 | — |
| 15 | HelpHub Manufacturer of hollow-core photonic crystal fibers and related photonic components | $250K | 130 mo ago | — | 2013 | Miguel Kudry Founder | — | — |
| 16 | Aplic Provider of abroad study programs and admission solutions | $120K | 64 mo ago | — | 2018 | Nikolai Syrov Co-Founder | — | — |
| 17 | aplic.io marketplace for students across the globe seeking study abroad opportunities | $120K | 64 mo ago | 6 | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Educhain Provider of platform for issuing, sharing, and verifying digital academic credentials | $120K | 76 mo ago | 13 | 2016 | Mark Balovnev CEO & MD | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — |
| 19 | Lexim Provider of learning management system | $120K | 170 mo ago | — | 2010 | Michael Shimmins CEO | — | — |
Top 12 EdTech companies in British Columbia
#1
Series A · Kelowna, British Columbia · founded 2015 · 42 employees$7Mraised▾
SaaS and app-based parent-teacher communication platform. It allows clients to share news, photos, announcements and more with students and staff. It enables users to conduct surveys, cultural programs, track and manage student rewards, view reports, and more. Its app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Feb 2024Series A$7M
#2
Series B · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2016 · 309 employees$48Mraised▾
Online finance and banking training and certifications. It offers various certifications in areas such as financial modeling, business intelligence, commercial banking, and capital markets. Its training includes courses, learning paths, and access to templates and resources. It develops practical skills and enhances professional credibility in the finance industry, delivered through video lessons, interactive exercises, and skill validation assessments.
- Mar 2021Series B—
#3
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2016 · 11 employees$1.3Mraised▾
SaaS-based editing software for publishers. The company offers StoryTeller - a digital platform and editing tool for writers, and StoryCoach - a digital structural tool for writers. The software provides features such as an editing tool, a manuscript analyzer, keep track of editing, and more.
- Nov 2022Seed$1.3M
#4
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2012 · 354 employees$25Mraised▾
Provider of online academy builder. It enables users to create online courses, digital products, and communities that actually sell. It works on a premium model with revenue generated from transaction fees and subscriptions.
#5
Acquired · Victoria, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 9 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Game development solutions provider. The platform allows users to create games collaboratively. It also allows developers to compete with each other and improve.
- Sep 2021Seed$1.5M
#6
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2017 · 105 employees$3Mraised▾
Online platform providing learning and test preparation courses. The platform provides video lessons and customized courses for school students. It offers courses for high school students, university students, and test preparation. It also provides its courses on math, science, LSAT exam preparation, and more.
- Jan 2021Seed$3M
#7
Series B · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2005 · 35 employees$6.8Mraised▾
Rouxbe is an online school for cooking, with video lessons developed by professional culinary instructors for home chefs. Rouxbe provides its services to homes, schools, culinary academies, and restaurants. The firm provides different types of certifications on the training imparted such as plant-based training, cook certification, instructional training courses, etc. The Culinary Rx program intends to develop cooking skills for anyone who wants to move to a more health-supportive way of cooking. Works on the subscription-based pricing model.
- Dec 2017Series B$4.2M
- Jul 2017Conventional Debt$25K
- Jan 2013Series A$456.5K
- Sep 2009Series A$2.1M
#8
Acqui-Hired · Kelowna, British Columbia · founded 2012 · 25 employees$15.9Mraised▾
FreshGrade is a web and mobile-based app which targets parent, student and teacher communication and reporting through a digital portfolio. Teachers can add learning outcomes and capture best practices for collaboration, send reports on child's progress to parents, communicate announcements to kids and more. Students can self-document their achievements and progress, post comments on their and others achievements and more. Parents can keep track of their children and communicate with teachers for better development of kids. Available in iOS Appstore.
- May 2016Series A$11.6M
- Aug 2014Seed$4.3M
#9
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2002 · 40 employees$1Mraised▾
Lambda Solutions provides e-learning technology tools for the open-source Moodle learning management system and the Totara training management system. Helps higher education institutes, K-12 Schools, businesses and government organizations in Canada and United States with the implementation, integration, hosting & support of Moodle.
- Nov 2020Conventional Debt—
- Sep 2017Conventional Debt$2.2M
- Jun 2015Seed$1M
#10
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 38 employees$510Kraised▾
Online platform for improving reading skills. Offers a library of books with audio that readers can listen to and improve their reading ability. Allows users to listen to other people and improve their reading skills as well. Also provides readers and educators with personalized insights.
- Feb 2021Seed—
- Apr 2020Seed$50K
- Dec 2018Seed$460K
#11
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018$120Kraised▾
Provider of abroad study programs and admission solutions. It enables finding programs and applying for them. It also provides scholarships to students. It provides AdmissionHelper that provides admission assistance and ScholarshipHelper that provides scholarship assistance.
- Jan 2021Seed$120K
#12
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 6 employees$120Kraised▾
Provider of admission and career assistance platform intended to offer students opportunities in the world. The company's platform is student-centric and technology-driven which allows students and recruitment agencies from all over the world to search and apply to universities and colleges, enabling students to connect with schools, scholarships, funding, and service providers.
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
How research on Education Technology is moving in Canada
A read on the academic research around Education Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 634 Canada-affiliated papers.
- Athabasca University45
- University of Calgary34
- Simon Fraser University33
- University of Toronto33
- University of British Columbia26
- Adaptive learning1→9
- Learning analytics2→6
- Analytics1→5
- Data science1→4
- Educational technology2→4
- Educational technology15→46
- Blended learning8→37
- Mathematics education16→35
- Learning analytics11→25
- Context (archaeology)8→22
- Educational technology10→41
- Higher education1→18
- Technology integration1→15
- Curriculum1→14
- Mathematics education3→15
Where edtech is researched across Canada
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing edtech patents in Canada
Canada edtech patent filing is accelerating — 101 filings from 60 assignees (2016–2025), led by 4AG Robotics, Toronto Dominion BANK, The Ontario Educational Communic; annual filings 5→46.
- 4AG Robotics14
- Toronto Dominion BANK12
- The Ontario Educational Communic11
- Avigilon Patent Holding 110
- Shopify7
- Schlumberger Technology6
- CAE6
- Schlumberger CA6
Common questions
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