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Best EdTech Companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The 34 best EdTech companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Pandai.

34companies tracked
$7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
10have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · EDTECH × KUALA LUMPUR

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.

261companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
18unicorns
2017median founding year

Ranked: Best EdTech companies in Kuala Lumpur

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Pandai
SaaS-based platform providing learning applications for school students
$2M57 mo agoSeedKhairul Zaki
Co-Founder & CEO
2019——
2pandai
Pandai is a learning app that offers curriculum-based daily quizzes to help students get better grades.
$2M57 mo agoSeed—2020WordPressMySQLPHP+24—
3GIFT.ed
Online platform providing content management solutions
$1M52 mo agoSeed—2019——
4GuruLab
Online platform providing English language tutoring solutions
$1M57 mo agoSeed—2021WordPressMySQLPHP+25—
5Mereka
Platform connecting individuals to educational experts
$386K96 mo agoSeedRashvin Singh
Co-Founder & CEO
2017SentryTypeScriptFirebase+30—
6Easyuni
Discovery platform for universities
$267K130 mo agoSeries B—2008Headless UITailwind CSSAlpine.js+15—
7Quadby
Mobile-based platform providing a social community of students
$62K67 mo agoSeed—2019——
8My AOne Learning Sdn Bhd
Provider of school and learning center management software
$46K78 mo agoSeedDarren Gouk
Founder & CEO
2017WordPressMySQLPHP+25—

Top 11 EdTech companies in Kuala Lumpur

#1
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2019
$2.1Mraised
▾

SaaS-based platform providing learning applications for school students. Its platform helps students with exam preparation, report card, gamified quiz, personalized learning, and others. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 5.9% of this cohort's audience · 23 engagements/post (2.6× cohort median)
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. MPOC) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Seed$2M
  • Sep 2021Seed$125K
Founders & team
Khairul ZakiCo-Founder & CEOAkmal AkhpahCo-Founder & CTOSuhaimi RamlyCo-Founder & COO
Investors
Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, 500 Global, Soma Capital, Harvard University, Falnas Capital
#2
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2019 · 14 employees
$1Mraised
▾

Online platform providing content management solutions. The platform offers a learning curriculum, publication solutions, learning insights, and more for agribusiness, healthcare, fintech, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Seed$1M
Investors
IMC
#3
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur · founded 2020 · 38 employees
$2.1Mraised
▾

Developer of a learning application designed for students to get better grades in school. The company's application provides gamified quizzes aligned to a specific school curriculum, practice questions, and learning materials, enabling students to learn, practice, get feedback, and diagnose weaknesses.

Investors
Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, 500 Global, Soma Capital, Harvard University, Falnas Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareCore-JsFacebook PixelFramer SitesFunding ChoicesGoogle Adsense
#4
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2021 · 22 employees
$1Mraised
▾

Online platform providing English language tutoring solutions. Its platform uses learning analytics to identify skill gaps between students.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Seed$1M
Investors
Wright Partners
Tech stack
All In One SeoCore-JsElementorFlickityFont AwesomeGoogle Analytics
#5
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2019 · 4 employees
$61.8Kraised
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Mobile-based platform providing a social community of students. The platform enables students to chat & communicate with anyone on the campus and discover students. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2021Seed$61.8K
Investors
ScaleUp Malaysia, Quest Ventures
#6
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2021 · 6 employees
$12Kraised
▾

Social learning platform for K-12 students

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2021Seed$12K
Founders & team
Aziz IskandarCo-FounderArif IkmalCo-Founder
Investors
1337 Ventures, Amanz
#7
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2017
$386.1Kraised
▾

Platform connecting individuals to educational experts. It offer courses and collaboration opportunities for events. It provides mentorship programs. The app is available for iOS and android users.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 25k LinkedIn followers — 16.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2018Seed$386.1K
Founders & team
Rashvin SinghCo-Founder & CEOGurpreet Singh DhillonCo-Founder & CEOZoe Victoria TateCo-Founder
Tech stack
AngularAnimate.CssApple Sign-InBootstrapBricksCanny
#8
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2017 · 43 employees
$46.4Kraised
▾

Aoneschool is the provider of school and learning center management software. It provides fee collection & tracking, online payment, receipt management, class scheduling, time management, student & teacher data management, and many more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 850 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2020Seed$46.4K
Founders & team
Darren GoukFounder & CEO
Investors
ScaleUp Malaysia, Wavemaker Partners
#9
Series B · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2008 · 21 employees
$267Kraised
▾

Easyuni provides discovery platform of universities and colleges. Also features content about the universities, student reviews, photos, and videos of the campus. Spread across 400+ universities and colleges and over 30,000+ programs in 20 countries. One of the biggest player in South East Asia.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2015Series B—
  • May 2013Series A—
  • Dec 2010Seed$267K
  • Angel—
Investors
MDEC, Teak Capital, Axiata Group, cradlefund.org, Intres Capital Partners, Mavcap
Tech stack
Alpine.JsCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsDoubleclick For Publishers (Dfp)Google AnalyticsGoogle Publisher Tag
#10
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2019 · 6 employees
—raised
▾

Mobile-based platform providing music learning classes. The platform offers one-on-one learning classes, tutors, performance feedback, post-class assessment, and more. The platform offers piano-related courses such as beginner, classical, contemporary, music theory, and more. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2021Seed—
  • Feb 2021Seed—
Investors
Iterative, MaGIC
#11
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2003 · 404 employees
—raised
▾

Online platform providing courses for professionals. It provides lessons on mind,body, entrepreneurship, career, and relationships. It also provides videos and live workshops.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 113k LinkedIn followers — 73.1% of this cohort's audience · 19 engagements/post (2.1× cohort median)
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2014Seed—
Investors
500 Global
Tech stack
Alpine.JsApple Icloud MailApplovinBootstrapChart.JsCloudflare

Funding & investor landscape

$7Mtotal disclosed funding
9companies funded
10disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
500 Global2 rounds
ScaleUp Malaysia2 rounds
1337 Ventures1 rounds
Amanz1 rounds
Axiata Group1 rounds
Falnas Capital1 rounds
Global Founders Capital1 rounds
HASAN.VC1 rounds
Harvard University1 rounds
IMC1 rounds

Notable founders

Khairul Zaki
Co-Founder & CEO · Pandai
Akmal Akhpah
Co-Founder & CTO · Pandai
Aziz Iskandar
Co-Founder · Cikguu
Arif Ikmal
Co-Founder · Cikguu
Rashvin Singh
Co-Founder & CEO · Mereka
Gurpreet Singh Dhillon
Co-Founder & CEO · Mereka
Darren Gouk
Founder & CEO · My AOne Learning Sdn Bhd
Prism market signals · Malaysia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 394,858 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 · Malaysia

How research on Education Technology is moving in Malaysia

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 1,396 Malaysia-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201420212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 68% → 68% across 2014–2026.
top research entities
  • Universiti Teknologi MARA210
  • Sultan Idris Education University125
  • National University of Malaysia123
  • University of Malaya121
  • University of Technology Malaysia112
leading researchers
Lee Bih Ni · Harwati Hashim · Melor Md Yunus · Noraffandy Yahaya · Wai Yie Leong · Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi · Rafiza Abdul Razak · Hanita Hanim Ismail
▲ Breakthroughs103 · 7%
▲ 5%→8% share
▲1.6× share momentum0 median citations98% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (5%→8% of field), led by Learning analytics.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Learning analytics15
  • Educational technology13
  • Experiential learning13
  • Scalability11
  • Analytics11
Newly emergingLearning analytics 0→14 · Educational technology 0→13 · Experiential learning 0→13
Landmark A flowchart‐based intelligent tutoring system for improving problem‐solving skills of novice programmers · 88 cites
◆ Advancements842 · 60%
▲ 57%→61% share
▲1.1× share momentum0 median citations95% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (57%→61% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology11→147
  • Blended learning8→111
  • Experiential learning3→81
  • Mathematics education15→80
  • Curriculum1→63
Newly emergingHigher education 0→59 · Usability 0→56 · Cognition 0→46
Landmark Teaching and Learning with Technology: Effectiveness of ICT Integration in Schools · 1,126 cites
▼ Concerns281 · 20%
▼ 24%→20% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations91% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (24%→20% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology9→44
  • Blended learning2→23
  • Mathematics education4→23
  • Perception1→19
  • Learning analytics1→17
Newly emergingHigher education 0→37 · Curriculum 0→28 · Thematic analysis 0→27
Landmark Online Learning Readiness Among University Students in Malaysia Amidst Covid-19 · 569 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Malaysia

Where edtech is researched across Malaysia

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.

Kuala Lumpur317 · +0.38
Hot · Educational technologyAdvancing · Likert scaleOpportunity · Key (lock)Concern · Systematic review
Shah Alam235 · +0.39
Hot · CommercializationAdvancing · Learner autonomyOpportunity · Language acquisitionConcern · Key (lock)
Bangi123 · +0.29
Hot · Sociocultural evolutionAdvancing · Special needsOpportunity · CurriculumConcern · Emerging technologies
Johor Bahru116 · +0.39
Hot · Educational technologyAdvancing · Learning environmentOpportunity · Systematic reviewConcern · Face (sociological concept)
George Town101 · +0.33
Hot · Thematic analysisAdvancing · OriginalityOpportunity · CognitionConcern · Distance education
Petaling Jaya76 · +0.42
Hot · Predictive analyticsAdvancing · Project-based learningOpportunity · Educational technologyConcern · Teaching method
Malacca74 · +0.36
Hot · Vocational educationAdvancing · Student engagementOpportunity · Experiential learningConcern · Technology integration
Seri Kembangan57 · +0.35
Hot · Online learningAdvancing · Active listeningOpportunity · Learning analyticsConcern · Technology integration
Putrajaya51 · +0.28
Hot · Focus groupAdvancing · Descriptive statisticsOpportunity · Teaching methodConcern · Information and Communications Technology
Kota Bharu43 · +0.29
Hot · CognitionAdvancing · Construct (python library)Opportunity · Higher educationConcern · Thematic analysis

Common questions

How many EdTech companies are there in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
Radar tracks 34 indexable EdTech companies headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by EdTech companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
The EdTech companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on this list have raised a combined $7M in disclosed equity funding across 9 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded EdTech company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
Pandai is the highest-funded EdTech company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with $2.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many EdTech companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are funded?
9 of the 34 EdTech companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many EdTech unicorns are there in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
None of the EdTech companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia EdTech companies?
The most active investors in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia EdTech companies on this list include 500 Global, ScaleUp Malaysia, 1337 Ventures, Amanz, Axiata Group.
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