Best EdTech Companies in France
The 430 best EdTech companies in France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ornikar.
France's EdTech sector is more active than its funding headlines suggest, and this directory ranks the best EdTech companies in France by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum across 430 tracked players. Total disclosed capital sits at $469M, with Ornikar carrying the bulk at $175M, Poppins at $14M, and Revyze at $8M. No unicorns yet, but the pipeline is real. Globally, the market is moving fast: forecast to reach $518.9B by 2034 at a 14.3% CAGR, driven by personalized learning demand and government digital-education pushes. That tailwind matters for French founders right now.
So what's actually hot? K-12 apps, tech-enhanced pedagogy, and virtual classroom infrastructure are where you'll see the most builder activity this quarter. Bpifrance and Educapital are the names showing up repeatedly on cap tables, alongside Kima Ventures. Coverage volume is flat, but deal flow keeps ticking, and global EdTech is clearly restructuring around focused verticals, as Veranda Learning's move to demerge its commerce division illustrates. I'd watch France's engineering-for-adolescents niche closely. It's underfunded relative to its activity level, and that gap rarely stays open long.
- Soaring High
- EdTech Market Primed to Reach USD 421 Billion by 2032
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 France
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ornikar Blended courses for driving lessons in France | $175M | 61 mo ago | Series C | 296 | — | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+30 | — | — |
| 2 | MentorShow Subscription-based platform providing multi-disciplinary learning classes | $20M | 39 mo ago | Series A | 32 | Mathieu Moreno Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+39 | — | — |
| 3 | DigiSchool Online education for k-12 students | $20M | 124 mo ago | Series B | — | Anthony Kuntz Co-Founder & President | TypeScriptGraphQLNode.js+19 | — | — |
| 4 | digiSchool.com Provider of learning tools for primary school to post-graduation studies | $20M | 124 mo ago | Series B | — | Thierry Debarnot Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 5 | EURECOM Provider of graduate school programs and research center in digital science | $18M | 49 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | — | PHPHandlebarsBackbone.js+14 | 29 patents Sidelink positioning, low‑power OOK waveforms, and multi‑antenna distribution for 5G V2X. | — |
| 6 | Stych Provider of driving instruction, test preparation, and road safety training | $15M | 68 mo ago | Series B | 85 | — | Amazon WebstorePHPBootstrap+15 | — | 1 expansion |
| 7 | LiveMentor Marketplace for online tutoring service in France | $14M | 56 mo ago | Series A | 228 | Charles Lefebvre du Prey Co-founder | WordPress Block EditorTeachableWordPress+41 | — | — |
| 8 | Poppins Provider of a digital therapeutics platform for neurodevelopmental disorders 60Tech top 14%Growth top 35%Funding top 37%Product top 47% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 14% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 37% Producttop 47% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 42% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 27% Tech: 54 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $14M | 13 mo ago | Series A | 47 | Francois Vonthron Co-Founder & CEO | RubyTrixFacebook Login+24 | — | — |
| 9 | Invivox Provider of surgeon training platform with specialists in operating rooms | $12M | 50 mo ago | Series A | 64 | Nicolas Reffait Co-Founder | TypeScriptNode.jsGoogle Maps+21 | — | — |
| 10 | Chance Online platform offering skill assessment courses for professionals to choose careers | $12M | 52 mo ago | Series A | 50 | Louis Gromard Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowSentryNode.js+24 | — | — |
| 11 | Index Education Management solution for schools | $12M | 99 mo ago | Acquired | 119 | Olivier Calderon Founder & CEO | ElasticsearchPHPVimeo+15 | — | — |
| 12 | Lunii Manufacturer of interactive audio devices and related audiobooks for children | $11M | 40 mo ago | Seed | 50 50 → 96 (+92%) | Maelle Chassard Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — |
| 13 | tuto4PC Tutorials for software users | $11M | 180 mo ago | Series A | — | Jean-Luc Haurais CEO | — | — | — |
| 14 | PowerZ Online platform offering game-based learning solutions for students | $10M | 48 mo ago | Series A | 43 | — | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+6 | — | — |
| 15 | Revyze Community-based platform offering learning solutions for students | $8M | 20 mo ago | Seed | — | Guillaume Perrot Co-Founder | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+7 | — | — |
| 16 | Revyze AI-powered educational platform for professionals | $8M | 20 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | EvidenceB Developer of adaptive learning platform and educational modules for core skills | $6M | 29 mo ago | Series A | 42 | Thierry Vulpillieres CEO | SentryMathJaxVarnish+8 | — | — |
| 18 | Maskott Cloud-based platform providing learning management solutions | $5M | 29 mo ago | Series A | 59 | Pascal Bringer CEO | — | — | — |
| 19 | Lablabee Online platform providing telecom-related learning solutions | $5M | 24 mo ago | Seed | — | Mahfoud Sidi Ali Mebarek Co-Founder & CPO | WebflowLenisPreact+22 | — | 3 launchs |
| 20 | Metronaut Mobile-based platform providing music learning solutions | $5M | 87 mo ago | Series A | 22 | Laurent Lieu Co-Founder | SentryZendeskNode.js+20 | — | 1 launch |
| 21 | Unow MOOC platform for business professionals | $4M | 104 mo ago | Series A | 82 | Jeremie Sicsic Co-Founder | Amazon Web ServicesNetlifyCloudflare+14 | — | — |
| 22 | SchoolMouv Online course provider for high school and college students | $4M | 89 mo ago | Acquired | 62 | — | TurbopackUnbounceNode.js+24 | — | — |
| 23 | Magic Makers Code learning platform for children | $4M | 95 mo ago | Series A | 76 | Claude Terosier Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+24 | — | — |
| 24 | Gymglish Adaptive English lessons | $3M | 92 mo ago | Series A | 50 | Antoine Brenner Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — | 1 job opening · 2 launchs |
| 25 | Nolej AI-based platform offering instructor IT solutions | $3M | 30 mo ago | Series A | — | Bodo Hoenen Co-Founder Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) | Webflow EcommerceWebflowHubSpot Chat+14 | — | — |
| 26 | CoachGuitar Mobile-based platform providing video-based guitar lessons | $3M | 120 mo ago | Seed | 7 | Antoine Mercier Co-Founder & CPO | UbuntuBootstrapAmazon Web Services+16 | — | — |
| 27 | Revoltrain Online platform offering learning solutions for professionals | $3M | 36 mo ago | Seed | 8 | Floran Aubry Co-Founder & COO | WebflowVimeoBootstrap+22 | — | — |
| 28 | Klassroom Ed-tech platform offering school apps for teachers, parents, and students | $3M | 69 mo ago | Seed | 19 | Damien Rottemberg Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityBootstrapGSAP+20 | — | — |
| 29 | ENACO Distance training for college students | $3M | 138 mo ago | Seed | 200 | Helene Lejeune Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+23 | — | — |
| 30 | iMusic-School Online platform providing video music-related learning solutions | $2M | 153 mo ago | Seed | 45 | Stephane Chauffriat Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — |
| 31 | Meet in Class School support classes provider | $2M | 92 mo ago | Seed | 10 | Youssef Zakaria Co-Founder & CEO | JavaGoogle MapsYouTube+21 | — | — |
| 32 | Edifice Provider of educational digital services for schools and colleges | $2M | 90 mo ago | Late Stage | 49 | Olivier Vigneau Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressWordPress Block EditorMySQL+23 | — | — |
| 33 | Marbotic Provider of educational apps and kits for students | $2M | 91 mo ago | Acquired | 13 | — | — | 4 patents Tangible objects and interfaces for capacitive touch-screen identification and interaction | — |
| 34 | En Voiture Simone Online and offline driving school for individuals | $2M | 100 mo ago | Seed | 40 | Edouard Polese co-founder & COO | Node.jsRubyJava+25 | — | — |
| 35 | Jam Chat-based social platform to assist students | $2M | 84 mo ago | Seed | 52 | — | RubyErlangChart.js+15 | — | — |
| 36 | Kartable Online educational resources for students | $2M | 141 mo ago | Seed | 27 | Sarah Besnainou Co-Founder & CEO | TypeScriptZone.jsAngular+16 | — | — |
| 37 | Epopia SaaS-based platform providing gamified learning solutions for kids | $2M | 61 mo ago | Seed | 24 | — | Cart FunctionalityCloudflarecdnjs+14 | — | — |
| 38 | ExtraStudent Online learning community for high school and university students | $2M | 36 mo ago | Seed | — | Jules Brocherie Co-Founder & CEO | Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+7 | — | 1 partnership |
| 39 | LoginChinese E-learning platform to learn Mandarin | $1M | 101 mo ago | Deadpooled | 3 | Leo Sun Founder | — | — | — |
| 40 | BCDiploma Blockchain-based platform offering a digital portfolio solution for students | $1M | 65 mo ago | Seed | 21 | Jarry Lacombe Luc Founder & CEO | Node.jsElement UIAzure Front Door+18 | — | 4 partnerships |
| 41 | Edusign Digital attendance management platform | $1M | 55 mo ago | Seed | 32 | Dylan Teixeira Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — | — |
| 42 | Fast4 Online platform offering medical education | $1M | 52 mo ago | Late Stage | — | Baptiste Roux Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 43 | Digit'Owl Provider of digital skill learning programs for students | $1M | 72 mo ago | Deadpooled | 11 | Maryline Perenet Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 44 | Cantoo Provider of a software toolkit for students to manage note-taking and other educational tasks | $1M | 42 mo ago | Seed | 11 | Minashe Selvam Founder & CEO | Webflowstyled-componentsReact+20 | — | 1 launch |
| 45 | Bugali Provider of augmented reading experience for children | $980K | 48 mo ago | Seed | — | Emmanuelle Duez Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyYouTube+30 | 9 patents AR-enabled interactive book hardware and page-recognition systems | 1 expansion |
| 46 | UbiCast Offers video recording and web publishing solutions | $726K | 29 mo ago | Seed | 24 | Tanguy Yu Co-Founder & CEOI | HubSpot CMS HubProton MailGoogle Workspace+24 | 6 patents Real-time rendering of graphic overlays in encoded composite video streams | 1 expansion |
| 47 | Cabrilog Online adaptive math education platform | $522K | 29 mo ago | Series A | 14 | — | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+22 | — | — |
| 48 | Aleph Kids Developer of an AI language learning platform integrated with Minecraft | $500K | 8 mo ago | Seed | — | Jaihee Kim Co-Founder | Turbopackstyled-componentsSentry+23 | — | — |
| 49 | Prometheus X Developer of infrastructure and building blocks for decentralized data sharing | $413K | 29 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Matthias Bievre Founder / CEO of Visions & Co-Founder / President | — | — | — |
| 50 | Life Skills Group Online learning platform for schools | $195K | 28 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Nikki Bonus Founder | HubSpot CMS HubVimeoAmazon Web Services+17 | — | 1 award |
Top 12 EdTech companies in France
#1
Series A · Palaiseau, Ile de France · founded 2018 · 47 employees$13.6Mraised▾
Provider of a digital therapeutics platform for neurodevelopmental disorders. It offers therapies in the form of musical video games for the treatment of children's neurodevelopmental disorders such as dyslexia, dysorthographia and dyscalculia.
- Apr 2025Series A$5.7M
- Oct 2023Series A$8.4M
- Mar 2021Series A$4.8M
- Feb 2019Seed$120K
#2
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2021$500Kraised▾
Developer of an AI language learning platform integrated with Minecraft. It provides an immersive environment where children learn languages through interactive play. The platform offers personalized learning experiences, adapting to each child's pace and learning style. It aims to build confidence in language acquisition through engaging activities.
- Sep 2025Seed$500K
#3
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2022$8.2Mraised▾
Community-based platform offering learning solutions for students. It offers resources for students for SAT preparation and writing your college application essays.
- Oct 2024Seed$6M
- Jun 2022Seed$2.2M
#4
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2022$8.1Mraised▾
AI-powered educational platform for professionals
#5
Series C · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2013 · 296 employees$175Mraised▾
Ornikar provides blended courses for driving lessons in France. Online course content includes road rules, a driving map, a codebook, and more. Also provides offline driving lessons in selected cities and registration for the driving exams. Claims to have tutors certified with ECASR and BEPECASER. Works on the subscription-based pricing model.
- Apr 2021Series C$120.2M
- Jun 2019Series B$40M
- Feb 2018Series A$12.3M
- Seed$1.3M
#6
Seed · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2021$4.8Mraised▾
Online platform providing telecom-related learning solutions. It enables users to learn 5G level 1, IMS level 1, OpenRAN level 1, SDN, analytics level 1, and more.
- May 2024Seed$3.4M
- Sep 2022Seed$1.4M
#7
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2017 · 42 employees$6.4Mraised▾
Developer of adaptive learning platform and educational modules for core skills. The platform personalizes learning content for school, higher education, and professional training. Adaptive modules stimulate fundamental knowledge acquisition and intrinsic student motivation. The company creates intelligent pedagogical assistants for primary and secondary education, supporting teachers and learners with evidence-based education.
- Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$173.8K
- Nov 2022Series A$4.1M
- Feb 2020Seed$2.2M
#8
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2020 · 32 employees$20.3Mraised▾
Subscription-based platform providing multi-disciplinary learning classes. The platform offers learning classes on entrepreneurship, writing, cooking, lifestyle, sports, and more. The platform offers expert tutors and video-based classes.
- Mar 2023Series A$15.8M
- Feb 2021Seed$4.5M
#9
Series A · Le Puy, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2004 · 59 employees$5.3Mraised▾
Cloud-based platform providing learning management solutions. It offers an authoring tool, collaborative resources, animation tools, and more. It caters to schools and colleges.
- Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$158.6K
- May 2022Series A$5.3M
#10
Funding Raised · France · founded 1991$17.8Mraised▾
Provider of graduate school programs and research center in digital science. It offers teaching, research, and partnership opportunities in digital fields. The center provides master's and doctoral programs, along with research in data science, communication systems, and digital security. It also supports scientist visitors and a tech forward incubator.
- May 2022Grant (prize money)$85.6K
- Sep 2021Grant (prize money)$426.1K
- Apr 2021Grant (prize money)$2.3M
- Mar 2021Grant (prize money)$371.8K
#11
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2014 · 50 employees$11.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of interactive audio devices and related audiobooks for children. The company designs and produces screen-free audio players intended to stimulate imagination and language development in young children. It creates original audio content and makes it available for download onto its devices. The company’s products are designed to provide an alternative to screen-based entertainment.
- Feb 2023Seed$11.4M
#12
Series A · Lille, Hauts de France · founded 2021$3.2Mraised▾
AI-based platform offering instructor IT solutions. It allows users to create interactive learning by analyzing content and generating multiple questions, including simple yes or no questions and multiple-choice questions with distractors.
- Dec 2023Series A$3.2M
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 France
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 259 France-affiliated papers.
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique25
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne24
- Aix-Marseille Université11
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 111
- Université Paris-Saclay10
- Adaptive learning4
- Curriculum4
- Adaptation (eye)3
- Preparedness3
- Workforce3
- Context (archaeology)1→12
- Learning analytics5→11
- Analytics4→10
- Adaptive learning1→6
- Set (abstract data type)1→4
- Educational technology2→12
- Learning analytics3→4
Where edtech is researched across France
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 France
France edtech patent filing is accelerating — 71 filings from 29 assignees (2018–2025), led by Dassault Systemes, Services Petroliers Schlumberger, Geoquest Systems; annual filings 1→21.
- Dassault Systemes32
- Services Petroliers Schlumberger15
- Geoquest Systems14
- Schlumberger Technology7
- Schlumberger CA6
- Sanofi4
- Median TECH4
- Airbus SAS4
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.