Best EdTech Companies in Kolkata, India
The 161 best EdTech companies in Kolkata, India in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Nalanda Learning Systems.
Biggest earners Think & Learn Private Limited ($634M, +120% YoY), Razorpay Software Limited ($441M, +65% YoY), Straive Private Limited ($337M, +8% YoY), Physicswallah Limited ($336M, +49% YoY)
Our analysis of 119 EdTech companies
$9.6b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best EdTech companies in Kolkata
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nalanda Learning Systems Online platform providing learning management solutions for pre-k schools | $6M | 59 mo ago | Series A | — | 2012 | Node.jsUbuntuTailwind CSS+9 | — |
| 2 | Elearnmarkets Online education platform providing finance training courses | $2M | 58 mo ago | Series A | Vivek Bajaj Co-Founder | 2006 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — |
| 3 | CuePilot Provider of an AI-powered platform for early childhood education management 32Talent top 28%AI top 45%Funding top 46%Tech top 46% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 28% AItop 45% Fundingtop 46% Techtop 46% Fin. healthbottom 42% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 18% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $2M | 7 mo ago | Seed | Manav Kedia Co-Founder & CTO | 2023 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+17 | 3 job openings · 1 partnership |
| 4 | Kredent Academy Financial market courses | $861K | 97 mo ago | Seed | Vivek Bajaj Founder | 2008 | BootstrapAmazon Web ServicesZendesk+4 | — |
| 5 | Mind Hour Gamified learning platform for K-12 students | $725K | 80 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2014 | — | — |
| 6 | EPaathsala Accreditation management software for higher educational institutes | $626K | 121 mo ago | Seed | Prabol Bhandari Co-Founder | 2009 | — | — |
| 7 | PrepGenie Online test preparation platform | $340K | 154 mo ago | Seed | Amalendu Sikdar founder | 2011 | — | — |
| 8 | CollegeShala Provider of the college community and study material for college students | $247K | 67 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2020 | — | — |
| 9 | myELSA English learning platform provider for students | $188K | 86 mo ago | Seed | Sanjoy Paul Co-Founder | 2019 | — | — |
| 10 | MasterMentors Mobile-based platform providing skill-development tutoring solutions | $131K | 74 mo ago | Seed | Vijay Rachh Co-Founder & CFO | 2019 | — | — |
| 11 | I and We Learning management system provider | $108K | 96 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2016 | — | — |
Top 12 EdTech companies in Kolkata
#1
Seed · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2023$1.8Mraised▾
Provider of an AI-powered platform for early childhood education management. The platform offers tools for planning, assessments, parent communication, and administrative tasks. It aims to simplify workflows and enhance educators' capabilities through automation and user interface design. The AI is designed to support educators' thinking and integrate with existing curricula.
- Nov 2025Seed$1.8M
#2
Series A · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2012 · 60 employees$5.9Mraised▾
Online platform providing learning management solutions for pre-k schools. It provides audio-visual learning, school administration, parent-teachers engagement, and more.
- Jun 2021Series A$5.4M
- Aug 2020Angel$180.6K
- Jul 2019Angel$161.3K
- Sep 2018Angel$152.8K
#3
Series A · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2006 · 143 employees$2.3Mraised▾
Online education platform providing finance training courses. Offered courses include technical analysis, NISM preparatory, stock market analysis and others. Accessible on the Android platform.
- Aug 2021Series A$1.4M
- Apr 2018Seed$813.7K
- Dec 2010Seed$108K
#4
Deadpooled · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2014 · 4 employees$724.5Kraised▾
Mindhour is a gamified learning platform for K-12 students to learn and practice their syllabus. Students get access to adaptive learning programs and exercises. Students get rewarded with points and badges for completing the exercises. Teachers get a performance report of the student based on analysis such as topic wise performance, time management efficiency, accuracy level, weakness and strengths.
- Oct 2019Seed$125.8K
- Aug 2018Angel$28.6K
- May 2018Seed$194.4K
- Dec 2017Seed$150.8K
#5
Seed · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2008 · 143 employees$861.4Kraised▾
Kredent Academy provides online and offline training related to financial markets (stock, derivative, options trading etc). Enables learners to become a certified Financial Market professional. Offer Basic and advanced share market courses and stock trading training. Certified By NSE Academy.
- Apr 2018Seed$753.4K
- Dec 2010Seed$108K
#6
Seed · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2009$625.7Kraised▾
Accreditation management software for higher educational institutes. Enables clients to manage accreditations, reporting, data collection from students, compliance, and more. Pricing is based on a freemium model. Also offers consulting services and conducts workshops.
- May 2016Seed$575.7K
- Apr 2015Seed$50K
#7
Acquired · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2020 · 26 employees$247.1Kraised▾
Provider of the college community and study material for college students. The platform offers learning solutions for degrees such as BSc, BCom, BA, BBA, and more. The platform offers study materials, a syllabus tracker, and more. Its mobile app is available for Android devices.
- Nov 2020Seed$247.1K
#8
Seed · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2011 · 51 employees$339.8Kraised▾
PrepGenie is an online test preparation platform that offers study materials for exams like GAMSAT, UMAT, PCAT, HPAT, and UKCAT. It provides learning materials and mock tests prepared by the university tutors. The students can access the content through an online learning management system.
- Aug 2013Seed$339.8K
#9
Seed · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2016 · 23 employees$63.2Kraised▾
Gurusiksha is a mobile-based platform providing tutor discovery solutions. It enables in finding online and offline tutors within the proximity of the home. It also enables in inquiry, selection of teacher profile, demo classes, class confirmation, and teaching process. It provides tuition discovery for school, college, language/extracurricular, and competitive. It provides its application for Android.
- Jul 2022Seed$63.2K
#10
Seed · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2019 · 7 employees$187.9Kraised▾
MyELSA is an English learning platform provider for students. It provides resources covering the English curriculum of CBSE, ICSC, ICS, and WB board. Some of its features include assessments, exams, mock tests, a question bank, videos, online sessions, and others.
- Mar 2019Seed$187.9K
#11
Seed · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2019$131.4Kraised▾
Mobile-based platform providing skill-development tutoring solutions. It enables users to connect with mentors. The platform also provides courses on arts, tattooing, lifestyle, music, sports, and more. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Mar 2020Angel$131.4K
#12
Deadpooled · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2016 · 3 employees$108.5Kraised▾
Offers learning management solution for schools and educational institutions. Provides for creation and management of education content for these institutes. Also provides for organising workshops, skills training workshops and online courses. Currently operational in Kolkata as of June 2016.
- Jun 2018Angel—
- Sep 2017Seed$108.5K
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 flat · growth rising
How research on Education Technology is moving in India
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 2,453 India-affiliated papers.
- Saveetha University59
- G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College56
- Christ University44
- Chitkara University39
- Lovely Professional University38
- Scalability78
- Personalized learning70
- Reinforcement learning63
- Learning analytics60
- Analytics54
- Educational technology2→236
- Blended learning1→114
- Analytics1→95
- Adaptive learning1→76
- Quality (philosophy)1→52
- Information and Communications Technology1→44
- Learning analytics1→41
- Blended learning1→40
- Analytics1→35
- Experiential learning1→33
Where edtech is researched across India
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 India
India edtech patent filing is accelerating — 44 filings from 53 assignees (2018–2025), led by Tata Consultancy Services, RN Chidakashi TECH, Doshi Payal; annual filings 1→4.
- Tata Consultancy Services17
- RN Chidakashi TECH5
- Doshi Payal3
- Indiavidual Learning2
- Highradius TECH2
- Medtrainai TECH2
- Kaalbi TECH2
- Sharma Sharda2
Common questions
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