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Best EdTech Companies in Dallas, United States

The 73 best EdTech companies in Dallas, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Cambium Learning.

73companies tracked
$176.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
17have raised
Sector wealth & growth · validated company filings
$63Mmedian revenue
+0%median YoY growth
$1.0Bcombined revenue pool
9companies reporting

Biggest earners Skillsoft Corp. ($513M, -3% YoY), Instructure Inc ($156M, +12% YoY), Blackboard Inc ($119M), Capella Education Co ($112M, +0% YoY)

FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · EDTECH × DALLAS

Our analysis of 88 EdTech companies

$7.3b in tracked funding; 99% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

88companies analysed
99%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
12unicorns
2016median founding year
151kcombined LinkedIn audience
87%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best EdTech companies in Dallas

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Cambium Learning
K-12 education technology company creating impactful learning experiences for students
$135M96 mo agoAcquired—2009Apple iCloud MailPHPSalesforce+29—2 job openings
2Study Island
Learning platform for K12 and Higher Ed
$17M192 mo agoAcquiredTim McEwen
CEO
2000———
3LoudCloud Systems
Software solutions driving student success through personalized learning and data insights
$11M167 mo agoAcquired—2010———
4Rhithm
Online platform providing social emotional learning & mental health-related solutions for schools
$5M61 mo agoAcquiredJosh Knutson
Co-Founder & CEO
2019———
5BuddyBooks
Provider of monitoring platform for students with disabilities
37Tech top 33%Growth top 35%Funding top 39%Global bottom 33%
All 5 signals ▾
Techtop 33%
Growthtop 35%
Fundingtop 39%
Globalbottom 33%
Marketbottom 21%
Tech: 44 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100
$3M5 mo agoFunding Raised—2018WordPress Block EditorWordPress Site EditorCart Functionality+28——
6Linux Academy
Online cloud platform training
$2M104 mo agoAcqui-Hired—2012———
7iLearning Gateway
SaaS-based educational tools for schools
$1M200 mo agoSeedKishore
Founder & CEO
2004———
8Fathomd
Online platform providing student engagement solutions
$964K105 mo agoFunding RaisedOzalp Ozer
Founder
2011—2 patents
Automated rule validation for multiplayer online interactive environments
—
9OrgSync
Online community platform for higher education
$500K194 mo agoAcqui-HiredEric Fortenberry
Founder & CEO
2007———
10Smarty Ears
Online platform providing speech therapy-related solutions for kids
$261K84 mo agoFunding RaisedBarbara Fernandes
Founder & CEO
2009WordPressBetterDocsMySQL+25——
11Safer Management
Limited information available
$125K57 mo agoSeedFredrick Burns
Founder
2020———
12Wildcards
Provider of educational products for children
$100K84 mo agoSeedDavid Hoelscher
Co-Founder
2018———
13Mobile MUM
Netflix for kids
$100K185 mo agoSeedTim Capper
Co-Founder & CEO
2011———

Top 12 EdTech companies in Dallas

#1
Funding Raised · Dallas, Texas · founded 2018 · 10 employees
$3.3Mraised
▾

Provider of monitoring platform for students with disabilities. The curriculum helps struggling readers improve their reading skills and actively engage in reading through buddy-reading. It also provides a web-dashboard for teachers and specialists who assist students with visual impairments.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 33%
Growth
top 35%
Funding
top 39%
Global
bottom 33%
Market
bottom 21%
Tech: 44 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Nginx
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $3.3M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 6 yrs (1.3/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Dec 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 598 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Grant (prize money)$287.5K
  • Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$575K
  • Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$575K
  • Jun 2024Grant (prize money)$387.5K
Investors
HHS
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#2
Acquired · Dallas, Texas · founded 2009 · 1649 employees
$135Mraised
▾

K-12 education technology company creating impactful learning experiences for students. The company provides educational solutions, digital learning resources, and assessment tools for educators and students. They offer a range of brands focused on literacy, math, science, and assessment, supporting personalized learning and improved student outcomes. The company leverages technology to deliver purpose-driven innovation, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, to enhance teaching and learning. They are committed to making every learning moment count by helping teachers and students feel seen, valued, and supported through their software and digital platforms. The company aims to tackle the greatest challenges in education by providing educators with the resources and support they need to help students succeed.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 63k LinkedIn followers — 42.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Cambium Assessment, Cambium Success Services
Funding rounds
  • 2018Conventional Debt—
  • Feb 2016Conventional Debt$135M
Investors
Crescent Capital BDC, Babson Capital Management, VSS, Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAxiosBootstrap
#3
Acquired · Dallas, Texas · founded 2000 · 1460 employees
$17.4Mraised
▾

Study Island, part of Archipelago Learning, provides a learning management system for K-12 and post-secondary institutions. Courses are prepared using 'Depth of Knowledge' guidelines to make students prepare for PARCC and SBAC. Provides assessments and in-depth analysis on student's strong and weak areas. Accessible through both mobile and web. Works on the premium model. Provides services in the US and Canada. Plato Learning has acquired Archipelago Learning and as a whole, the company was renamed to Edmentum.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2010Unattributed$17.4M
  • Nov 2007Conventional Debt$80M
Founders & team
Tim McEwenCEO
Investors
NewStar Financial, Dillon Joyce
Tech stack
DrupalPhpYoutubeBootstrapAmazon Web ServicesAcquia Cloud Platform
#4
Acquired · Dallas, Texas · founded 2010 · 119 employees
$11Mraised
▾

Software solutions driving student success through personalized learning and data insights. The company builds software for colleges and universities, focusing on improving communication, extracting data, and driving positive student outcomes. They offer academic solutions, including digital courseware and open educational resources. Their software provides learning analytics and supports competency-based education. They aim to improve student retention and engagement through information and insights into student performance. They provide tools for faculty adoption and quick connection, facilitating a collaborative environment to enhance student success metrics. They offer ecommerce solutions and resources to support educational institutions.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2012Series B$10M
  • Feb 2010Seed$1M
Tech stack
MariadbPhpVarnishPantheonNginxFastly
#5
Acquired · Dallas, Texas · founded 2019 · 50 employees
$4.5Mraised
▾

Online platform providing social-emotional learning & mental health-related solutions for schools. The platform offers assessments on mental, emotional, energy, physical, and social learning. The platform also offers learning activities, data insights, dashboards, and more.

Funding rounds
  • May 2021Seed$4.5M
Founders & team
Josh KnutsonCo-Founder & CEOJake GannonCo-Founder & President
Investors
Reach Capital, Edovate Capital, Red House Education, SJF Ventures
#6
Acqui-Hired · Dallas, Texas · founded 2012 · 143 employees
$2.3Mraised
▾

Linux Academy offers online self-paced cloud training. It provides online training and certification courses in Linux, AWS, OpenStack, Azure, BigData, Containers, Google Cloud Platform, and DevOps. The courses feature 1,200+ hours of video content, lab exercises, flashcards, practice exams, quizzes and instructor mentoring. The platform also has a community forum to connect and share with other users. The users can access the course content through the web platform and mobile app.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2017Series A—
  • Nov 2016Series A$2.3M
Investors
Arthur Ventures
#7
Funding Raised · Dallas, Texas · founded 2011 · 16 employees
$964.3Kraised
▾

Online platform providing student engagement solutions. The platform enables instructors to create gamified & interactive classrooms and also offers real-time feedback. The platform also offers business games and learns fundamental topics.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 308 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2017Grant (prize money)$739.3K
  • Jul 2016Grant (prize money)$225K
Founders & team
Ozalp OzerFounder
Investors
National Science Foundation, America’s Seed Fund
#8
Seed · Dallas, Texas · founded 2004
$1Mraised
▾

iLearning Gateway provides SaaS-based educational tools for schools to improve learning. Flagship product, TeachingBot, which interacts with users, uses natural language and teaches concepts. Provides a series of strategic questions to students and analysis on the same. Partners with institutes for providing content. Works on the subscription-based pricing model. Was awarded the impact finalist award, 2010.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2009Seed$1M
Founders & team
KishoreFounder & CEO
Investors
Texas Emerging Technology Fund, North Texas RCIC
Tech stack
Apache Http Server
#9
Acqui-Hired · Dallas, Texas · founded 2007 · 39 employees
$500.1Kraised
▾

Online community platform for higher education. It allows users to manage people, groups and calendars, plan events, track hours and attendance, maintain websites, assess the evaluation of student performances, and centralize communication and online resources.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2010Seed$500.1K
Founders & team
Eric FortenberryFounder & CEO
Investors
Sterling Private Capital
#10
Seed · Dallas, Texas · founded 2020 · 3 employees
$125Kraised
▾

Developer of management software designed for attendance tracking for public schools and universities. The company uses machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to create proprietary software features that schools use to track student attendance and improve standardized test scores through real-time alerts, data synchronization, and data insights, enabling schools to accurately track student attendance data and drive significant results.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2021Seed$125K
Founders & team
Fredrick BurnsFounder
Investors
Y Combinator, Capital Factory, Sovereign's Capital, Collab Capital
#11
Funding Raised · Dallas, Texas · founded 2009 · 10 employees
$261.3Kraised
▾

Online platform providing speech therapy-related solutions for kids. The platform offers solutions for speech, language, and technology. The platform offers resources such as app reviews, evidence-based practice, funding, homework solutions, manuals, and more. The platform offers apps such as Adjective remix, Apraxia farm, Articulation scenes, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2019Grant (prize money)$261.3K
Founders & team
Barbara FernandesFounder & CEO
Investors
HHS
Tech stack
BetterdocsBetterdocs PluginCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsContact Form 7Elementor
#12
Seed · Dallas, Texas · founded 2016 · 14 employees
$20Kraised
▾

Provider of school administration and teaching solutions

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 831 LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Account Executive
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Seed$20K
Investors
Techstars

Funding & investor landscape

$176.5Mtotal disclosed funding
14companies funded
25disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Capital Factory3 rounds
HHS2 rounds
Patterson Thoma Family Office2 rounds
Skyline Merchant Partners2 rounds
AT&T1 rounds
America’s Seed Fund1 rounds
Arthur Ventures1 rounds
Ascension Ventures1 rounds
Atlantic Merchant Capital Investors1 rounds
Babson Capital Management1 rounds

Notable founders

Tim McEwen
CEO · Study Island
Josh Knutson
Co-Founder & CEO · Rhithm
Jake Gannon
Co-Founder & President · Rhithm
Ozalp Ozer
Founder · Fathomd
Kishore
Founder & CEO · iLearning Gateway
Eric Fortenberry
Founder & CEO · OrgSync
Fredrick Burns
Founder · Safer Management
Barbara Fernandes
Founder & CEO · Smarty Ears
David Hoelscher
Co-Founder · Wildcards
Tim Capper
Co-Founder & CEO · Mobile MUM
Ryan Hartsell
Co-Founder · Mobile MUM
Blake Clark
CEO · Kalkomey
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,661,750 docs

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

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Education Technology is moving in the United States

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 4,451 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 48% → 65% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Purdue University West Lafayette107
  • North Carolina State University61
  • Michigan State University61
  • University of Florida57
  • Carnegie Mellon University56
leading researchers
E Mahiban Ross · D Beula Jeba Malar · Freederia AI Researcher · Charles R. Graham · Wordly Knowledge Publishing Centre · Richard E. Mayer · Vincent Aleven · Florence Martin
▲ Breakthroughs487 · 11%
▲ 4%→12% share
▲3.0× share momentum0 median citations93% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (4%→12% of field), led by Adaptive learning.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Adaptive learning3→51
  • Analytics2→42
  • Learning analytics6→44
  • Educational technology6→37
  • Artificial neural network1→27
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→63 · Scalability 0→43 · Personalized learning 0→26
Landmark What is Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)? · 1,481 cites
◆ Advancements2,156 · 48%
▲ 43%→50% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations84% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (43%→50% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology84→423
  • Experiential learning13→154
  • Higher education4→126
  • Curriculum23→137
  • Learning analytics28→135
Newly emergingTransformative learning 0→112 · Generative grammar 0→72 · Digital learning 0→71
Landmark The Relative Effectiveness of Human Tutoring, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, and Other Tutoring Systems · 1,829 cites
▼ Concerns1,162 · 26%
▼ 30%→25% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations79% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (30%→25% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology79→257
  • Higher education7→109
  • Professional development11→74
  • Curriculum19→74
  • Transformative learning2→55
Newly emergingGenerative grammar 0→63 · Digital learning 0→38 · Thematic analysis 0→32
Landmark Teacher Technology Change · 2,249 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where edtech is researched across United States

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.

Boston105 · +0.37
Hot · Educational technologyAdvancing · Student engagementOpportunity · Key (lock)Concern · Mathematics education
New York92 · +0.31
Hot · Medical educationAdvancing · Key (lock)Opportunity · Generative grammarConcern · Data science
Pittsburgh82 · +0.48
Hot · Intervention (counseling)Advancing · Learning analyticsOpportunity · Higher educationConcern · Generative grammar
SF Bay Area76 · +0.41
Hot · Reflection (computer programming)Advancing · Embodied cognitionOpportunity · LiteracyConcern · Generative grammar
Philadelphia52 · +0.32
Hot · Social mediaAdvancing · Science educationOpportunity · PedagogyConcern · Emerging technologies
Atlanta46 · +0.51
Hot · PersonalizationAdvancing · Adaptation (eye)Opportunity · Educational technology
Los Angeles44 · +0.24
Hot · PerceptionAdvancing · Test (biology)Opportunity · Active learning (machine learning)Concern · Higher education
Chicago42 · +0.29
Hot · Higher educationAdvancing · Bridge (graph theory)Opportunity · Adaptive learningConcern · Engineering ethics
Ann Arbor35 · +0.30
Hot · Teacher educationAdvancing · Sociotechnical systemOpportunity · Teaching method
Seattle34 · +0.44
Hot · Formative assessmentAdvancing · UsabilityOpportunity · Reinforcement learning
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing edtech patents in the United States

United States edtech patent filing is accelerating — 2,649 filings from 804 assignees (2016–2025), led by Google, Microsoft, Adobe; annual filings 32→533.

2,649 filings804 assigneespeak 533/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Google131
  • Microsoft123
  • Adobe110
  • Equifax107
  • IBM94
  • Oracle64
  • Capital One Services58
  • Qualcomm55

Common questions

How many EdTech companies are there in Dallas, United States?
Radar tracks 73 indexable EdTech companies headquartered in Dallas, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by EdTech companies in Dallas, United States?
The EdTech companies in Dallas, United States on this list have raised a combined $176.5M in disclosed equity funding across 14 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded EdTech company in Dallas, United States?
Cambium Learning is the highest-funded EdTech company in Dallas, United States, with $135M in disclosed equity funding.
How many EdTech companies in Dallas, United States are funded?
14 of the 73 EdTech companies in Dallas, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many EdTech unicorns are there in Dallas, United States?
None of the EdTech companies in Dallas, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Dallas, United States EdTech companies?
The most active investors in Dallas, United States EdTech companies on this list include Capital Factory, HHS, Patterson Thoma Family Office, Skyline Merchant Partners, AT&T.
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