Best EdTech Companies in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The 132 best EdTech companies in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Almentor.
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 Dubai
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almentor Online platform providing management and self-development courses | $24M | 39 mo ago | Series C | Abdelrhman Fahmy Co-Founder | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | 3 job openings |
| 2 | zenda Provider of app-based pay-now and pay-later solutions for students | $9M | 49 mo ago | Seed | Haseeb Ahmed Co-Founder | 2021 | TypeScriptBootstrapAngular+18 | 1 job opening |
| 3 | Englease Provider of an online platform to prepare for language proficiency tests | $3M | 54 mo ago | Seed | — | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | — |
| 4 | Coded Minds Online STEAM courses for children | $3M | 87 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | — | — |
| 5 | Training Calendar Online marketplace offering courses and executive educational programs for professionals | $2M | 92 mo ago | Seed | Peer Mohaideen Sait Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — |
| 6 | Coinmarketpedia Cryptocurrency and blockchain learning platform | $2M | 48 mo ago | Seed | Ashay Arya Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — |
| 7 | Vaqat Online on demand staffing platform for students | $2M | 41 mo ago | Seed | — | 2022 | — | — |
| 8 | Optima Provider of an educational platform | $1M | 24 mo ago | Acquired | Yusuf Saber Founder | 2023 | — | — |
| 9 | Secure My Scholarship Online platform offering scholarship discovery solutions | $1M | 25 mo ago | Seed | Craig Fernandes Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | Node.jsNext.jsGSAP+16 | — |
| 10 | Potential Flipped learning platform for business education | $1M | 150 mo ago | Seed | — | 2005 | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | — |
| 11 | Geek Express Online platform providing coding and STEM classes | $860K | 69 mo ago | Seed | Manal Hakim Co-Founder & CEO | 2000 | VimeoBootstraptoastr+22 | — |
| 12 | Verbatica AI-powered educational platform for learning foreign languages | $700K | 22 mo ago | Seed | Nikolay Morozov Co-Founder | — | UbuntuGoogle Sign-inBootstrap+9 | — |
| 13 | KidsAI Developer of child-safe AI assistants and AI literacy media | $199K | 24 mo ago | Funding Raised | Irmak Atabeg Co-Founder & CEO | 2024 | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | 1 launch · 2 partnerships · 1 award |
| 14 | Skillza Provider of online coding classes for kids | $125K | 51 mo ago | Seed | Anand Satyan Founder | 2021 | — | — |
Top 12 EdTech companies in Dubai
#1
Seed · Dubai, Dubai$700Kraised▾
AI-powered educational platform for learning foreign languages. It focus on English and Arabic. The platform aims to provide a new level of language learning using AI technology.
#2
Series C · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2016 · 165 employees$24.5Mraised▾
Online platform providing management and self-development courses. It provides video-based courses on various topics which include leadership basics, life skills, English language, project management, pricing management, and more. It also offers informative and motivational videos. The revenue is based on the pay-per-course model. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Mar 2023Series C$10M
- May 2021Series B$6.5M
- Oct 2019Series A$4.5M
- 2016Seed$3.5M
#3
Acquired · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2023$1.1Mraised▾
Provider of an educational platform. It offers live interactive sessions, self-paced learning, and AI-assisted tutoring for learning coding and data.
- 2024Seed$1.1M
#4
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2021$1Mraised▾
Online platform offering scholarship discovery solutions. It is search engine that aids students in finding grants. It collaborates with many universities across the globe. They provide information about admissions,expenses,tuition and more.
- May 2024Seed$550K
- Mar 2023Seed$470K
#5
Funding Raised · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2024$198.8Kraised▾
Developer of child-safe AI assistants and AI literacy media. It creates ethical AI assistants designed for children, alongside educational content to foster AI literacy. The company also conducts research and advocates for responsible AI development focused on children's well-being, collaborating with experts and policymakers to shape ethical AI frameworks and regulations. This includes developing scalable AI solutions for businesses while promoting AI literacy as a fundamental skill.
- 2024Grant (prize money)$198.8K
#6
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2021 · 40 employees$9.4Mraised▾
Provider of app-based pay-now and pay-later solutions for students. It offers pay-now and pay-later options for families and students on their school bills. It also offers lending for schools with automated reconciliation and analytics tools. It offers rewards to lendees for fund repayment.
- Apr 2022Seed$9.4M
#7
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2022 · 10 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Online on demand staffing platform for students. It offers a marketplace and allows students to browse and apply for vacancies based on their skills, location, etc. It enables companies to get on demand interns on a subscription based pricing model. It also provides tools such as career mentorship, performance assessments, and time management for candidates.
- Jan 2023Seed$1.8M
#8
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2019 · 52 employees$3.4Mraised▾
Provider of an online platform to prepare for language proficiency tests. It offers online courses for preparing for exams like IELTS, TOEFL, and more.
- Dec 2021Seed$3.4M
#9
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2020 · 8 employees$2Mraised▾
Cryptocurrency and blockchain learning platform. The platform will provide both students and instructors with to engage through a live session that can be booked on demand through the platform with instructor course offerings including Etherium programming, python, blockchain, NFT, Defi, cryptography, metaverse, digital assets, and more.
- May 2022Seed$2M
#10
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2018$2.7Mraised▾
Online STEAM courses for children. Provides lessons, projects, and doubt clarification. Allows children to learn robotics, coding, social app development, Python, and more. Caters to students above 4 years.
- Mar 2019Seed$2.7M
#11
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2015$2.1Mraised▾
Online marketplace offering courses and executive educational programs for professionals. It provides courses for learning accounting, finance, engineering, IT, business management, marketing, project management, data science, and more.
- Oct 2018Angel$1M
- Seed$1.1M
#12
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2000 · 139 employees$860Kraised▾
Geek classes is an online platform providing coding and STEM classes. It provides robotics, coding, and STEM camps for kids and teens. It also provides robotics and programming courses. It provides instructors, gamified learning, certification courses, and many more. It provides applications for Android as well as iOS.
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 Dubai researches in edtech
British University in Dubai, University of Dubai, and University of Wollongong in Dubai lead optimistic edtech research (mean stance 0.45), dominated by AI-enhanced and COVID-driven e-learning themes across 23 recent papers.
- British University in Dubai8
- University of Dubai8
- University of Wollongong in Dubai2
- Heriot-Watt University Dubai2
- Canadian University of Dubai2
Common questions
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